At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage rural estates, provide consultancy, and develop client relationships.
- Company: Established rural property consultancy with a focus on career growth.
- Benefits: 32 days' leave, birthday off, health support, and professional development.
- Other info: Supportive team environment with mentoring opportunities and varied portfolio.
- Why this job: Combine estate management and consultancy for real impact in the rural sector.
- Qualifications: MRICS qualified with strong rural surveying experience and business development skills.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 55000 £ per year.
Are you an MRICS Rural Surveyor ready for a role that combines estate management, consultancy, client relationships and genuine career progression? Looking for more than just another rural surveying position? Could your next role combine estate management, consultancy and business development?
Company: An established rural property and land consultancy seeking an experienced MRICS Senior Surveyor / Associate with an interest in Property Management to join their growing team. This is an excellent opportunity to work closely with senior leadership, manage a varied portfolio of rural estate instructions and play an active role in developing both clients and junior team members.
The Opportunity: You’ll work as part of a team delivering retained estate management and wider rural consultancy services, providing practical and strategic advice to a diverse client base. The role offers variety across estate management, landlord & tenant, property management, property rights, consultancy and rural projects, alongside opportunities for business development and team leadership.
- Manage rural estate management instructions from inception through to completion
- Provide advice on landlord & tenant, property management, negotiations and property rights
- Assist with consultancy projects, including compulsory purchase and utility negotiations
- Prepare fee estimates and quotations
- Supervise, coach and mentor junior surveyors
- Support performance reviews and knowledge sharing across the team
- Develop and maintain strong client relationships and understand their commercial objectives
- Identify and generate new business from existing and prospective clients
- Contribute to departmental and wider business planning
- Identify opportunities to cross-sell additional rural services, including valuations, diversification, renewables, grants, business planning, agency and farmland investment
- Work collaboratively with colleagues across different disciplines to deliver joined-up client solutions
- Represent and promote the business within the rural property market
- Maintain high professional standards and comply with RICS, GDPR and company procedures
About You:
- MRICS qualified
- CAAV qualified or working towards CAAV
- Strong technical rural surveying and estate management experience
- Commercially minded with proven business development ability
- Excellent knowledge of the rural property market
- Strong client relationship and communication skills
- Confident managing instructions independently
- Experience supervising or mentoring junior professionals
- Proactive, self-motivated and able to use initiative
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strong Microsoft Office skills
- Full UK driving licence
- Comfortable working both independently and as part of a collaborative team
What's On Offer?
- 32 days' annual leave, increasing with length of service
- Your birthday off
- Health and wellbeing support
- Further benefits to be discussed with successful applicants
- Opportunity to work across a varied rural estate portfolio
- Genuine opportunity to develop your career and professional profile
- Supportive team environment with opportunities to mentor and lead others
Interested? If you’re an MRICS Rural Surveyor, Senior Rural Surveyor or Associate looking for a varied role combining estate management, consultancy, client relationships and business development, I’d be keen to hear from you.
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