Countryside Estates Officer

Multiple locations

• Fully Remote

Countryside Estates Officer

About Us

Indevor Group is reshaping the house-building industry through innovation, technology, and a relentless focus on results. Our clients include some of the UK’s leading FTSE 100 companies, and we take pride in delivering solutions that drive real impact.

We’ve built a culture that balances ambition with support, a place where people are challenged to achieve their best while being part of a team that celebrates success together. Our commitment to our people has earned us Gold accreditation from Investors in People and recognition in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work for two consecutive years (2025 and 2026), underlining our belief that high performance and a great workplace go hand in hand.

Countryside Estates Officer

This role would suit an experienced countryside, greenspace, landscape or estate management professional who combines practical site-based knowledge with strong project coordination skills. The successful candidate will be confident inspecting sites and completed works, reviewing technical information, working with contractors and supporting the successful transition of greenspaces into long-term estate management.

As Countryside Estates Officer, you will play a key role in supporting English Estates’ growing portfolio of environmental and countryside projects, including suitable alternative natural greenspaces, country parks, nature reserves and biodiversity net gain projects.

You will support projects from initial site assessment through to handover and aftercare, helping to ensure that greenspaces are safe, compliant, appropriately maintained and ready for effective long-term management.

Role Overview

As the Countryside Estates Officer, you will play a key role in delivering English Estates’ growing portfolio of environmental and countryside projects, including suitable alternative natural greenspaces, country parks, nature reserves and biodiversity net gain projects. You will lead onboarding, technical assurance, handover and initial aftercare, ensuring completed assets are ready for safe, compliant and effective long-term operational management.

The role will primarily cover sites across the South and Southwest of England, including Devon, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Surrey, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Sussex, Essex and Wiltshire, with occasional travel to sites outside this area as required.

Working within the Environment & Biodiversity Team, you will help deliver high-quality greenspaces for communities and conservation. You will provide technical oversight from initial site assessment through to capital works delivery and the handover and aftercare maintenance arrangements.

The role combines project management, technical inspection and review, and contractor oversight, ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently and to the highest possible standard in accordance with specifications. Working closely with colleagues, clients and contractors, you will provide expert guidance throughout the onboarding process of each project while maintaining quality, compliance and commercial awareness.

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape a growing business, supporting the successful delivery of projects that enhance biodiversity, create high-quality green spaces and deliver lasting environmental value.

Responsibilities Include

Project Handover and Aftercare

• Coordinate the handover of completed sites, ensuring all contractual, technical and operational requirements are met prior to acceptance.
• Verify that maintenance plans, warranties, asset information and compliance documentation are complete before site acceptance.
• Ensure defects and outstanding works are identified, monitored and resolved prior to handover.
• Support and coordinate the transition of completed greenspaces into long-term operational estate management.
• Appoint and manage maintenance contractors during the initial aftercare period, ensuring quality, compliance and value for money.
• Manage aftercare budgets and monitor contractor performance throughout the maintenance period.
• Maintain accurate handover, asset and warranty records to support the transition into long-term management.

Capital Works Monitoring

• Reviewing contracts, warranties and associated project documentation for the implementation of hard and soft landscaping works.
• Ensuring projects comply with required specifications and drawings, quality standards and environmental objectives.
• Undertaking site inspections across greenspace and countryside projects, monitoring the quality and progress of hard and soft landscaping works
• Inspecting completed works where necessary identifying defects and specifying improvement and remedial works to enable sign off and handover of the site.

Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

• Work collaboratively with colleagues across English Estates and the wider Group.
• Build positive relationships with contractors, consultants and external stakeholders.
• Promote consistent technical standards across all English Estates projects.
• Identify opportunities to improve project delivery, specifications and operational processes.
• Support the continued growth and development of English Estates.

Requirements

• Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
• Estate or landscape management professional with more than 5 years practical experience in landscape, environmental or countryside management.
• Experience of contract administration, including contractor management, cost control and qualify assurance
• Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. Chartered Institute of Horticulture, Landscape Institute or CIEEM).

Desirable Qualities

• GIS experience and capabilities (QGIS, ArcGIS or similar)
• Understanding of planning processes
• Sound ecological and biodiversity knowledge including biodiversity net gain
• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality work.
• Strong commercial awareness and sound decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Proactive, self-motivated and able to work independently.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a practical approach.
• Committed to maintaining high standards of health, safety and environmental compliance.
• Professional, dependable and takes ownership of responsibilities.
• Adaptable and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Full UK driving licence

What We Offer

• Comprehensive training and ongoing support to help you excel in your role
• 75% reimbursement of your monthly mobile phone bill to cover business use
• Performance-based financial rewards, recognising your contributions.
• Gym Membership
• Included in private healthcare scheme after one year of service
• Opportunities to participate in charity initiatives and team-building activities, from fundraising walks to skydiving
• Daily Lunch Allowance
• Work-Related Expenses – i.e., Travel costs and mileage
• Reimbursement of professional fees
• A chance to work with an award-winning, high-performing team

Our Perks & Benefits

• Enhanced Holiday Allowance
• Gym Membership
• Free Lunches
• Regular social & team events

Take the time you need, our enhanced holiday allowance policy supports true work-life balance.

Stay active and healthy at any gym of your choice.

Paid for lunch everyday, plus free healthy snacks like fruit available all day.

We celebrate our successes together with fun, team-building events every quarter.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £35,000-40,000

Locations Bristol, Guildford, Basingstoke, Salisbury Remote status Fully Remote

Contact Cameron Norris Group HR Advisor – Human Resources

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Cameron Norris

Group HR Advisor

Bristol Guildford Basingstoke Salisbury