Rural Surveyor
Location: Flexible within Norfolk/Cambridgeshire
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Salary: £39,205.00 - £47,160.00
Do you want a role where you know you are making a difference using your professional expertise? RSPB offers RICS members the chance to do what they do best to protect and enhance the varied estate.
You will have a specific portfolio of properties in the region to manage and will support the wider delivery of the departmental casework as required across the Country. The location of the role is flexible within this area.
Key activities:
Land and Property Management:
Carrying out due diligence to identify, mitigate and manage the legal, reputational and financial aspects of rural property over land, buildings, offices and business premises including rent reviews, repairing obligations, landlord consents, land management contracts, compliance with grant conditions. Advising on agricultural matters and farming systems, agri-environment agreement work, granting leases and licences.
Reserve acquisition work:
Appraising, negotiating and concluding acquisitions to establish new reserves, extend existing reserves, and acquire property.
Land and property disposal:
Appraising, advising and delivering on the acquisition of land alongside the delivery of the disposal of land, houses, offices and properties that are surplus to operational need.
Risk management and project support:
Supporting the development and implementation of systems to manage the RSPB’s exposure to legal, reputational and financial risk arising from its land and property operations. Undertaking internal audits to Area Teams and Project Managers.
Team working:
You will work alongside the building surveyors as well as supporting the Area Managers and their teams. You will be encouraged to be out of the office, providing professional advice to staff, to minimise risk and optimise financial returns for the RSPB nature reserves. RSPB will support you in maintaining your RICS qualification and provide in-house and external support to meet CPD requirements.
Qualifications, knowledge, skills:
* Chartered member of RICS (Rural)
* Demonstrable post qualification knowledge of estate management, land and property acquisition and disposal work in the rural environment.
* An up to date understanding of agricultural subsidy schemes in England
* Knowledge of project management.
* An awareness of the requirements of the Charities’ Act.
RSPB will support you in maintaining your RICS qualification and provide in-house and external support to meet CPD requirements.
Closing date: 23:59, Fri, 2nd Jan 2026
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