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Estate Surveyors - Ipswich, Norwich, Peterborough, Worthing, or Reading

Environment Agency • Full-time • England, United Kingdom • £43,198 - £47,948 / year • 4w ago

Reference: 35386

Salary: £43,198 Pro Rata

Post Type: Fixed Term (up to 24 months)

Working Pattern: Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Part Time Term Time, Compressed Hours

Location: Ipswich, Norwich, Peterborough, Reading or Worthing

If you’re part of the Environment Agency, you’re part of the solution. Working with us means protecting and improving the environment and tackling issues of national importance. We’re based across England, and our responsibilities span industry regulation, flood defences, land contamination, water quality, fisheries and conservation.

Such broad scope of work calls for diverse, multi-skilled teams. Together, we’ll promote sustainable growth, tackle climate change and secure a better future for everyone.

As an Estates Surveyor, you’ll be involved in surveying work, providing professional property expertise across aspects of our business. You’ll work collaboratively within project teams helping to deliver a £5.4 billion programme of flood defence work that will protect 336,000 properties. You’ll be involved at stages of project delivery from feasibility through to completion. Your expertise will be applied to the management of a land and property portfolio, including property management, valuation and dealing with landlord and tenant issues helping to maximise income, enhance asset value and deliver commercial objectives.

As a confident negotiator, you’ll represent our interests with a broad customer and client base. With an up-to-date knowledge of current legislation and best practice, you’ll identify opportunities for sustainable revenue growth and provide technical guidance and support to members of your team. We’ll also support you to develop both personally and professionally

Responding to incidents is an important part of what we do, and with this in mind you’ll have an incident role and should be ready to make yourself available to respond or provide business continuity support. This may attract an additional payment, and full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you.

The Team

The Estates service extends to 160 people, offering professional support for Environment Agency land, property, compensation and valuation matters. We are core to the delivery of the Agency’s £5.2 billion capital programme to better protect 336,000 homes. Our experienced teams specialise in negotiating access, dealing with compensation claims from land/property owners where they have suffered loss as a consequence of our work.

Experience/Skills Required

Please read the Additional Information pack for the full essential and desirable criteria required for this role. Below states the qualifications/memberships and experience required:

· You will hold one of the following qualifications/memberships:

· you’ll be a fellow of the CAAV (FAAV)

· qualified as a chartered surveyor (MRICS/FRICS) ideally in Land and Resources, Commercial or Rural. However, we would consider other pathways, if you feel the pathway you have followed would be suitable for this role. Please note. We will accept your application if you have submitted your APC and expect to pass within the next three months.

· full and valid driving licence

· experience of estate management, acquisition and disposal work in the urban and/or rural environment and experience within land rights acquisition

· be able to demonstrate that you can draw on your knowledge and experience to advise on a range of property matter and projects

AN ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCE OF £4,750 IS OFFERED FOR THIS ROLE, INCREASING THE SALARY TO £47,948 PRO RATA. Please read the Additional Information pack for details about this allowance payment and role.

Contact and Additional Information

We’re hosting an open MS Teams call on 7 September at 15:00, and you’re welcome to join us to learn more about the role. Email RecruitmentEstates@environment-agency.gov.uk for the details. You can also download the Additional Information pack, which includes helpful guidance for your application.

A full UK driving licence is essential to travel to sites and offices across our hubs, some of which are inaccessible by public transport. You’ll be provided with a hire vehicle to carry out this work if required.

If you have any further enquiries about this role, please email RecruitmentEstates@environment-agency.gov.uk.

Interviews are expected to take place via MS Teams on 6 and 7 October.

Closing date:13 September 2026, 23:55 hours.

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