Specialist Surveyor

**Contract type**: Fixed Term until 31 October 2023 with a possibility of a further extension.

**Work pattern**: 37 Hours per week.

**Post number**: 202390

You will be contracted to the NRW location stated in this advert, of which you will be required to attend for regular meetings, training and for one-to-one meetings with your manager. These will be planned in advance.

This role provides a fantastic opportunity to join Natural Resources Wales NRW as an Assistant Land Agent (Specialist Surveyor). The role will help provide professional expertise and advice to teams and Senior Management, on all land agency matters to support NRW’s work.

The work will involve the management of a large and varied portfolio including forestry land (Welsh Government Woodland Estate), protected and designated sites, agricultural land, water resources and flood assets. The post holder will work with a Senior Specialist Surveyor (Land Agent) to deliver rent reviews, negotiations of new leases, easements and licenses, tenancy negotiations, valuations and planning advice, grazing licences and event and access permission agreements. As well as working on the NRW managed estate, the role also involves supporting work and agreements on third party land, particularly in relation to conservation management agreements and water management works. Advice will need to be provided to colleagues relating to property deeds and their interpretation to include rights such as mineral and access rights. The post holder will be expected to prepare appraisal reports (Land and Property Consultation’s) and other approval documents seeking consensus and necessary approval for all manner of proposals affecting NRW managed land.

The post holder will need to provide professional expertise on a wide range of rural estate management matters and will be expected to negotiate with third parties to reach agreements. The Specialist Surveyor will be expected to agree Heads of Terms and prepare instructions to solicitors and liaise with the instructed solicitor to support and ensure completion of a range of different types of legal agreements such as leases, conveyances, and easements etc. Occasionally the post holder will be expected to provide information to legal agents in support of claims and litigation on the NRW managed estate, as well as assessing and negotiating the settlement of claims off the NRW managed estate. The role will need to help ensure third party agreements on the Welsh Government Woodland Estate and our managed land are compliant with industry standards, and all relevant legislation and certification schemes including the UK Woodland Assurance Standard.

**Responsibilities**:
Your responsibilities will include:

- Planning, prioritising and organising resources to ensure projects are delivered in line with agreed time, cost and quality standards.
- Identifying and acting on opportunities to reduce cost, increasing income and achieve value for money.
- Identifying and managing potential risks to the business.
- Assumption of delegated authority for decision making and be able to progress matters within a given tolerance to a satisfactory conclusion.
- Building strong stakeholder relationships.
- Building, maintaining and improving relationships with internal and external stakeholders to best achieve the shared outcomes; and being visible and approachable to all.
- Setting strategic direction.
- Evaluating strategic policy and procedure and initiate appropriate change to meet objectives.
- Being sensitive to the political landscape and the possible impacts on NRW business.
- Recognising that knowledge exists at all levels and look to provide opportunity for knowledge transfer.
- Required to take part in incident response activities

**Qualifications, experience and knowledge**:
You will be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of the following:

- Qualified Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rural or General Practice Pathway, or similar) or Graduate in another discipline willing to complete the Post Graduate Diploma in Surveying and Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors’ Assessment of Professional Competency and become a Chartered Surveyor within an agreed time period; or an enrolled student member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors working towards full membership.
- Experience in property management and able to demonstrate experience of working with legal documents such as leases.
- Proven ability to analyse property related issues and to develop solutions to deliver the optimum overall outcome, often working in collaboration with others.
- A sound working knowledge of a wide range of legislation and common law interacting relating to bodies with statutory responsibilities.
- Experience of assisting in managing either private or public
- sector land.
- Experience of working in partnership with fellow professionals of mixed disciplines (e.g. engineers, building surveyors, cost consultants,