The Role

We are seeking a motivated Senior Estate Surveyor to join an established team within our expanding Estates network. The successful candidate will be a customer focused individual and will deliver exciting and varied estate surveying programmes, services and professional advice across all customers.

The MOD Estate is wide and varied including military establishments, historic buildings, listed buildings, and commercial tenants. On this unique Estate variety is certain and no 2 days will be the same!

The DIO Senior Estate Surveyor Role is responsible to the Military Heads of Establishment for property related management including; negotiations to grant and acquire new lease agreements, negotiating rent reviews, lease renewals and any other property related agreements.

Successful candidates will become members of the Government Property Profession, with benefits including: opportunities for Government and industry-led CPD events; access to a diverse community of property professionals across government for sharing knowledge and ideas; and a comprehensive career framework and learning and development curriculum to support your career journey.

Post Location

The role is based at Sandhurst.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic most employees are currently working from home, as these restrictions ease the post holder may be expected to work a combination of home and office based working. All employees will be provided with IT equipment to facilitate remote working.

Responsibilities

Main Responsibilities

The DIO Senior Estate Surveyor Role is responsible to the Military Heads of Establishment for property related management, including negotiations to grant and acquire new lease agreements, negotiating rent reviews, lease renewals and any other property related agreements.

The role delivers a comprehensive advice and estate management consultancy service with the provision of subject matter expert advice on a wide range of property matters and will deliver timely and accurate professional input, advice and support to parliamentary, Freedom of Information, secretariat business and general inquiries.

You will advise on MOD estate rationalisation and re-provision opportunities, identifying disposal opportunities. Providing an estate consultancy service with your team, customers, and stakeholders you will develop and support strategic programmes.

The successful candidate will support the team to enable delivery of all objectives. Creating strong working relationships within your team, Estates and wider DIO and MOD, you will promote collaborative working practices with all team members, customers, and partners in support of the management and development of the MOD Estate.

For a full job description or further insight into the role, we encourage you to engage with the contact point stated below

About our Team

Estates are the in-house real estate team within DIO advising our customers on current and future infrastructure needs. We acquire, manage, safeguard and dispose of the Defence real estate. Our unique customer knowledge and insight of the Defence Estate enables our in-house team of chartered surveyors, town planners, registered valuers and technical staff to provide in-depth advice, adding value to our customers, delivering programmes across England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Overseas. This includes but is not limited to: property advice, safeguarding, byelaws, rationalisation programmes, acquisitions, disposals, lease management, accommodation programmes, commercialisation initiatives, rating, valuation programmes and the management of the tenanted estate.

Estates have four delivery teams, Acquisitions & Disposals (A&D) - delivering the Acquisitions & Disposals Programme, Accommodation Optimisation Team (AOT) providing strategic accommodation advice and support, Land Management Services (LMS) – providing a comprehensive land, estate and property management service and Specialist Teams - comprising of Overseas, Valuation & Rating, Safeguarding and the Estates Support Team (EST).