Rural Surveyor (Associate Director/Director)
Join our dynamic team in Edinburgh where you will be responsible for delivering land and estate management advice, together with other consultancy advice, to land and property owners across Scotland.
Role Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Rural Management team in Edinburgh.
You will be responsible for delivering land and estate management advice, together with other consultancy advice, to land and property owners. The role will support and encourage the successful individual to work with existing clients and to develop new clients and service lines.
You will be based in our Edinburgh office, and the successful candidate will be:
- Experienced in delivering high-level advice to land and property owners across rural land and mixed-use estates and portfolios.
- Demonstrates an ability to advise clients strategically, being able to look at the wider implications of decisions.
- Technical strengths in Landlord & Tenant and strategic estate management.
- Experienced in providing a wide range of consultancy skills to landowners.
- Demonstrates an expertise in niche skills as well as general industry technical requirements.
- Passion to win new work and create new opportunities.
- Trusted advisor and a respected property expert with high levels of emotional intelligence.
- Ability to manage multiple clients.
- Maintain a strong industry presence and network.
- Demonstrates the ability to influence others to achieve high standards.
- Can demonstrate a proven network of intermediaries and contacts that refer fee-earning work to others.
- To adhere to all company processes in people management and to role model professional behaviours at all times, ensuring an inclusive workplace with zero tolerance of discrimination.
- To ensure recruitment is completed professionally and in line with team / divisional / company goals, thinking strategically about future needs and in line with our D&I objectives.
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What we offer you:
- Career and Professional Development
- 25-30 Days Annual Leave, depending on grade
- Life Assurance
- Private Medical Scheme
- Virtual GP
- Global Mobility Scheme
- Rewards Platform
- Company Pension Scheme
- Enhanced Incremental Annual Leave
Find out more about Savills offer
Team Overview
The team in Edinburgh provide a range of services to both private and institutional clients including traditional estate management, strategic development land management, Compulsory Purchase, Utilities and Telecoms work. The team comprises of a Director who is supported by an Associate, a Rural Surveyor and a Team Administrator. Savills Scottish Management Team of 40 are based across offices in Edinburgh, Perth, Inverness and Dumfries. The team provides core management and consultancy services in the rural, agricultural and residential sectors.
The Edinburgh management team works in partnership with a number of other teams and in particular: Food and Farming; Agency; Valuation; Commercial property management; Planning; Natural Capital; Tourism, Leisure & Events and; Forestry.
The wider Rural Division operates across the UK, with 37 offices from Inverness in the North to Truro in the South.
Recruitment agencies
Savills only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place and that agency has been previously contacted and directed by a member of our recruitment team. We do not pay agency fees when speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to Savills or any of our employees other than via our careers website and through our recruitment process. If this is not adhered to, agency fees will not be paid.
Submission of any unsolicited CVs or proposals to Savills will be deemed evidence of full and unlimited acceptance of this approach.
- Business area
- Rural & Projects
- Role
- Rural Management
- Locations
- Edinburgh
- Contract Type
- Permanent, Full time
- Remote Status
- This role is office based
- Salary
- Competitive
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.
About Savills
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