Rural Surveyor
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Rural Surveyor to join our Oxford Rural Estate Management team.
Role Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Rural Surveyor (2+ years PQE) to join our Oxford Rural Estate Management team, working on a diverse and high‑quality portfolio for both private landed estates and a major institutional client.
This role offers the chance to take real responsibility from day one, with strong client exposure, varied work, and clear scope to broaden your experience across traditional estate management and emerging areas of the rural sector.
You will be based from our Oxford (Botley) office, working closely with a highly experienced local team and drawing on the depth of the wider Savills national business.
You will be responsible for the day‑to‑day management of rural estates, acting as a trusted adviser to clients and helping to deliver both commercial performance and long‑term strategic objectives. Your role will include:
• Managing a varied estate portfolio, delivering a high standard of client care and professional service.
• Reviewing and commenting on profit & loss accounts, and preparing annual budgets.
• Managing your own time and fee income effectively to deliver work to budget.
• Identifying and advising on grant funding and diversification opportunities.
• Preparing work specifications, appointing and managing contractors and professional advisers.
• Advising on land use opportunities, constraints and competing priorities.
• Applying landlord and tenant law and taxation knowledge in a practical, commercial way.
• Developing a broad understanding of the estate business sector, including new and emerging markets.
• Beginning to take on line management or mentoring responsibilities, as part of your professional development.
• Working collaboratively with colleagues across Savills UK, using our national expertise to add value for clients.
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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
Our Savills Oxford team provides advice on all matters of rural property and we work with colleagues across the 8 other divisions in the office to ensure our clients receive the best service. Our clients range from farming landowners, private family estates, corporate ownership structures and local and national institutional clients. The team comprises 7 Directors, 5 Associate Directors, 8 Associates plus qualified agents, graduates and administrators.
The wider Rural division operates across the UK, with a network of 37 offices and a number of estate offices from Inverness in the North to Truro in the South-West.
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
- Locations
- Oxford
- 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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