Senior Development Surveyor

We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.

Historic England have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Senior Development Surveyor. This is a Full Time, Permanent position. The location of this role is National where we offer hybrid working, you will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and Cambridge.

Salary National: £40,545 - £45,000 Greater London+: £43,651 - £48,000

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.

What you will be doing:

• This role is in Regions Group - a multi-disciplinary team of experts, providing advice to owners, Local Authorities and communities.
• You will work very closely with our Development Economics Director who is based in London.
• This is a national role with some travel to the London Head Office and other Historic England regional sites across England, as well as online meetings, providing professional development economics advice to our local, regional teams; acting as the in-house source of specialist knowledge on all aspects of development viability, including property development, investment and valuation, and the connection to development planning matters.
• Working closely and proactively with Regions Group teams as well as our Policy and Evidence and Legal teams providing property advice.
• Aid an understanding of the financial viability of proposals for new development or for the reuse of historic buildings.
• Aid an understanding of the economic market as a context to setting out the issues facing historic towns and cities.
• Advise on the commissioning of, and content of, options appraisals.
• Identify fiscal incentives for owners and developers.

Please note: this is a national role with some travel to London and across England, as well as online meetings. Site inspections will be undertaken when deemed necessary. Travel will sometimes involve overnight stays.

Who we are looking for:

• Chartered Surveyor (RICS or equivalent) with considerable post-qualification experience in valuation and development work.
• Demonstrable experience in producing and analysing development appraisals.
• Demonstrable experience of using development appraisal software – e.g. ARGUS.
• Ability to be proactive in establishing contacts and working collaboratively with multiple stakeholders and partner organisations.
• Excellent organisational skills in planning a full workload, travelling throughout England and operating independently.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria.

We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having just won the Gold Award from MIND, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance.

We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can.

We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working.

Why work for Historic England:

• We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work.
• We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
• We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level.

Historic England want all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email if you have any recruitment queries.

At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. You will also be required to submit a CV.

To ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone the use of AI or automated tools is not permitted.

Provisional interview dates: 31st July 2025.