We’re looking for a Rural Practice Chartered Surveyor to work in the Land and Estates team in Dorset supporting management of our diverse let estate and to provide technical advice and support on land management matters to our operational property colleagues.
You’ll have an interest in nature conservation and combine it with strong technical skills and an entrepreneurial approach to rural surveying. Managing change in the rural landscape through implementation of our new Strategy - 'People and Nature Thriving, is a central focus within the National Trust and your colleagues will look to you for up-to-the-minute advice and guidance.
Because the Kingston Lacy estate office is in a rural area, please think about how you’d be able to get here for work, before you apply for this job.

The management of our tenancies and assets, together with the relationships we have with our tenants, underpins our national £40m+ annual rental income and is absolutely essential to the delivery of our conservation work. We’ve recently redefined our strategy and made some revolutionary changes to significantly increase the outcome we want to deliver for nature and people.
If you join our team, you’ll build on these strong foundations and take on unique, interesting case work and associated projects that will shape the future of the UK’s biggest private landowner and the properties it owns and protects.
Your contractual location will be our Kingston Lacy Estate office at Hilbutts and there will be an expectation for you to attend the office. However, there is flexibility on where you are based at other times. You will be required to work at a National Trust location for 40-60% of your working week. This will be discussed in more detail at interview .
The team is home to property specialists including experts in Building maintenance and management, Estate Managers, lettings officers and business managers.

You'll be involved in delivering a range of work, which on a day-to-day basis might include commercial lettings; management of agricultural tenancies and agri-environment schemes on in hand land; woodland creation and management; access rights and boundary disputes; work with restrictive covenants; and occasional acquisitions and disposals. Whilst working with our structured governance framework, we need you to be an effective and convincing champion of best practice.
As part of the Land and Estates team, you'll bring a range of skills to ensure we safeguard and effectively manage our land better for nature and build on the relationships we have with our tenants. You'll provide insightful advice, and considerate stakeholder management, and have forward thinking approaches to managing and conserving our land and buildings.

• A member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors • Verbal and written communication skills including influencing and negotiation• The ability to analyse, interpret and resolve rural surveying problems using technical knowledge to implement workable solutions • A strong knowledge of land use, agriculture, asset management, land management, environmental issues, nature conservation and sustainable development • Demonstrates practical experience collaborating within structured project teams to achieve shared objectives. • Understanding team dynamics, contributing effectively to collective goals, and adapting to different roles and responsibilities within a project environment.

The National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.

• Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary

• Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)

• Rental deposit loan scheme

• Season ticket loan

• EV car lease scheme (for roles that meet the salary criteria)

• Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts

• Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria.

• Flexible working whenever possible

• Employee assistance programme

• Free parking at most Trust places

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