Property Surveyor & Asset Manager

This post will be based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire with requirements to travel regularly to Trust sites around the UK.

As a key member of the Ruskin Mill Land Trust team, the post holder will be responsible for the stewardship of the Trust’s estates and assets and for the management and effective utilisation of all of the Trust’s property having regards to the environment, aesthetics, financial values, town planning and the appropriate utilisation of the buildings and land. They will ensure that its property assets are used and maintained appropriately. The Trust owns a variety of properties throughout the country which include farms and woodland, listed buildings, inner city former industrial properties and a number of houses.

The post holder will liaise and work closely with the Ruskin Mill Trust professional services such as Trust Head of Property, Trust Biodynamic Land Manager, Architects, Environmental and Energy Manager and Ruskin Mill Land Trust’s Legal Team, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director to ensure the development of medium/long term strategic plans for the development and management of the Trust’s properties and land.

To undertake this role, you should have professionally surveying or architectural accreditation and experience in property and estate management.

In return we offer significant personal development opportunities to work within a holistic organisation that is complex and growing on a national scale and the satisfaction of contributing to significantly improving the lives of young people and their families. We offer competitive salaries and holiday allowances, an auto-enrolment pension scheme with a salary sacrifice option, a health cash plan and employee assistance programme via Medicash.

In addition, staff receive valuable training opportunities including an in-depth interactive induction to enable our new team members to experience our Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE) curriculum and also opportunities for further training and academic research including our own MSc in Practical Skills Therapeutic Education.

Ruskin Mill Land Trust holds responsibility for land and building assets which it leases to Ruskin Mill Trust. By partnering with Ruskin Mill Trust, we help create lively centres for special needs education, arts and culture, festivals, social enterprise and community. As well as buildings, we help protect the landscape with woodlands, farms, market gardens and a fish farm that is reputed to be the oldest in the country, all looked after through holistic, biodynamic agriculture.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Level Disclosure as well as a medical check, references, evidence of qualifications, plus verification of the right to work in the UK.