Rural Surveyor
Working primarily within our multi-disciplinary Sevenoaks office, you will be responsible for Savills' rural consultancy business across Kent, East Sussex, and the eastern half of Surrey.
Overview
Working primarily within our multi-disciplinary Sevenoaks office, you will play a key role in further developing Savills' rural consultancy business across Kent, East Sussex and the eastern half of Surrey. This could involve the valuation of rural and residential assets, compulsory purchase, negotiations, rural landlord and tenant, expert witness work and a range of other property matters within your skill set.
This is a fantastic opportunity for the right person to take a lead role in the provision of our consultancy services in the rural and residential sectors across the south east of England. The Sevenoaks office has over 50 employees from across all aspects of Savills' business and is one of the leading surveying practices in the region. You will be part of the wider rural consultancy and valuation team across the south of England, with colleagues in Petworth, Winchester, Newbury, Salisbury, and Bath. We support agile working within the region, enabling you to manage your time effectively and giving you the ability to work from other offices or sometimes home
Key Responsibilities
• Consolidate and expand the existing consultancy business in the region.
• Create longstanding relationships with and win new instructions from banks, solicitors, accountants and private clients.
• Work with the rest of the rural team (management, food and farming, forestry, farm agency) and other departments in Sevenoaks.
• Be a key part of the rural consultancy and valuation team across the south of England.
• Become the "go to" professional / team for rural and residential advisory services in Kent, East Sussex and the eastern half of Surrey.
Key Skills
• MRICS, preferably with three plus years PQE. Potentially FAAV.
• RICS Registered Valuer.
• Excellent numerate, analytical and technical skills and ability to produce high quality written reports, including Red Book valuations.
• Proven ability to win new business.
• Attention to detail.
• Understanding of rural property and factors driving the agricultural land market.
• Market knowledge and commercial awareness.
• Autonomous - able to take sole responsibility for instructions from start to finish.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and manage own time.
• Have an innate curiosity and be eager to experiment, push boundaries of what is possible and deliver efficiency in addition to effectiveness.
• Driving licence
At Savills, our best asset is our people. We support, develop and challenge all of our people to become the best that they can be, by being themselves and adding their own unique DNA to our exceptional culture.
We believe that whoever you are, wherever you come from, you can prosper and fulfil your potential at Savills.
Find out more about Savills offer
- Business area
- Rural & Projects
- Role
- Rural Consultancy
- Locations
- Sevenoaks
- Contract Type
- Permanent, Full time, Part time
- Remote Status
- This role offers some working from home
- Salary
- Competitive
Sevenoaks
Our offer
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Holiday
We understand the importance of a work life balance and offer you a generous holiday entitlement, which increases throughout your career as you progress through our job levels or reach service milestones.
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Health
Your wellbeing and that of your family is as important to us as it is to you. We offer Virtual Gp, Digital Health, Private Medical Scheme and mental health support amongst other benefits.
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Lifestyle
We promote a healthy work life balance, supported by our approach to flexible working and our wide variety of health, wellbeing and social programmes.
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Our Offer
Read more about our benefits and culture in our offer overview below
Values
No matter the role you’re in, we all share one purpose: to help people thrive through places and spaces. This is built into our DNA, shaping the way we behave to deliver the best results. We define it by four key values:
We listen: Tell us your goals and aspirations and we’ll provide the support you need to achieve them. We appreciate the individual value of every team member and create an environment where you can reach your full potential.
We empower: Here, there’s no limit to what you can achieve. We give you opportunities to have a real, positive impact in the community through the work you do, backed by access to our market-leading research and insights.
We challenge: The best results happen when we question the status quo. We create an environment where you can safely challenge our thinking, bringing fresh ideas to the table to innovate as a team.
We collaborate: When you join Savills, you become part of a 40,000-strong network of driven individuals, all sharing their knowledge and experience to push the real estate industry forward.
At the heart of it all, we deliver best-in-class insights and advice to help people make better property decisions. We're looking for colleagues who will help us on this mission. When you join Savills, our ask for you is simple – to be extraordinary, together.
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Rural Surveyor
Working primarily within our multi-disciplinary Sevenoaks office, you will be responsible for Savills' rural consultancy business across Kent, East Sussex, and the eastern half of Surrey.
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