Details
Reference number
424738
Salary
£44,720 - £52,130
National pay locations: Belfast, Cardiff, Durham, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Peterborough, Sheffield, Solihull, Stoke-on-Trent £44,720 - £47,850.
London pay locations: Heathrow, London £48,720 - £52,130.
GBP
Job grade
Senior Executive Officer
Contract type
Permanent
Business area
HO - Capabilities and Resources Group
Type of role
Estates
Working pattern
Full-time, Compressed hours
Number of jobs available
1
Contents
* Location
* About the job
* Benefits
* Things you need to know
* Apply and further information
Location
Belfast, Cardiff, Durham, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Peterborough, Sheffield, Solihull, Stoke-on-Trent, Heathrow
About the job
Job summary
The Home Office works to build a safe, fair and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counter-terrorism, policing, fire, crime, drugs policy, immigration and passports.
Corporate and Delivery Directorate works closely with the Home Office's policy and operational commands to enable us together to deliver the department's priorities. The directorate is comprised of different teams and professional functions, including Commercial, Finance, People, Portfolio and Project Delivery, Security, Estates and Information and Digital, Data and Technology.
A key purpose for the Home Office Property Services Team (HOPS) is to ensure that operational colleagues have an estate and facilities which are modern, fit for purpose, environmentally sustainable and allow staff to maximise their operational effectiveness. To this end, HOPS will work closely with Business Leads across the portfolio alongside our delivery partners and Government Property Agency (GPA) to consider how to improve and optimise the use of buildings and facilities by creating a pipeline of lease events and championing opportunities for efficiencies, delivering business cases to the Governance Boards and reviewing legal and professional advice on lease proposals.
This is a challenging area of work that can rapidly change in the global and political environment we work in – this makes the Home Office one of the most exciting and stimulating government departments in which to work.
Job description
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Home Office Property Services (HOPS) Team as an SEO Estates Surveyor. The post holder will be expected to challenge assumptions and provide Estates advice to colleagues.
The work will include the preparation and presentation of papers for our Estates Investment Boards, and wider Cabinet Office Governance Committees across the Core HO Estate and wider portfolio.
The Estates Surveyor will work closely with stakeholders, professional colleagues, delivery partners, GPA and the key business leads, ensuring that activities are in line with our Estates and Asset Strategies, providing value for money and mitigating liabilities.
Key responsibilities:
* With our Principal Surveyor, review of lease documents such as TOAs, MOTOs and commercial leases to ensure the agreements are in line with business needs and wider strategies.
* Preparing and presenting Governance reports and applications for such as Cabinet Office approvals and Estates Investment Boards.
* Proactively provide Estates advice and challenge of assumptions in a professional capacity.
* Procure, oversee and assess advice from other legal and professional partners to ensure that it benefits and is in line with Home Office interests.
* Manage & monitor upcoming lease events and opportunities for estates efficiencies, liaison with Strategy & Planning leads to identify opportunities for savings.
* Working collaboratively alongside our internal and external delivery partners and suppliers to ensure business requirements are met and delivered successfully.
* Support the HOPS senior management in development and delivery of the Home Office & wider Government estates strategy and pipeline.
Working pattern
Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full-time basis. However, compressed hours are available.
Training
As part of continuous improvement and professional development there is an expectation that you will have a willingness to work towards a Property Professional membership or qualification. Funded learning and development to support progress in your role and career will be made available. This includes industry recognised qualifications and accreditations, coaching, mentoring and talent development programmes.
Travel
Frequent travel to London, and within the UK and your portfolio will be required in line with business requirements.
Person specification
Essential criteria:
* Qualified Estates Surveyor (MRICS/FRICS).
* Experience of transactional work and estates management.
* Understanding of Lease Events, lease agreements, processes and associated legal terminology.
* Excellent written and oral communication skills.
* Strong analytical skills to interpret complex data.
* Working collaboratively with key stakeholders to develop estates solutions.
* Ability to work towards tight deadlines in a multi-stakeholder, fast paced and high-pressured environment.
Desirable criteria:
* Membership of the GPP Government Property Profession.
Qualifications
• Qualified Estates Surveyor (MRICS/FRICS).
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
* Changing and Improving
* Communicating and Influencing
* Making Effective Decisions
* Seeing the Big Picture
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
* Changing and Improving
Benefits
In addition to your salary, a career with the Home Office offers a range of benefits, including:
* Learning and development tailored to your role
* A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
* In-year reward scheme for one-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.
* 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service to 30 days.
* Eight days of public holidays, plus one additional privilege day.
* Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office.
* See more of our benefits on our careers website.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.
We will endeavour to conduct the selection process in line with the dates indicated below, but cannot guarantee that these will not, where necessary, be revised.
* Application – by 15th September 2025
As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:
* C.V.
* Personal Statement (maximum 500 words).
* Evidence of the Behaviour Changing and Improving (maximum of 250 words per Behaviour).
Your CV should consist of your career history, qualifications and skills/experience, including any key achievements in each role. Your CV will be scored against the experience required for the role as noted within the essential criteria.
The Personal Statement should be aligned to and demonstrate how you meet the skills and experience set out in the essential criteria, detailed in the job description.
For guidance and information on how to construct your application (CV, Personal Statement and Behaviours), you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers website.
1. Sift – week commencing - 15th September 2025
The sift will be held on the CV, Personal Statement and Behaviour Changing and Improving.
Should a high volume of applications be received, the sift will be conducted only on the Personal Statement.
1. Interview – week commencing - 13th October 2025
If you are successful at sift stage, you will be invited to an interview that will be Behaviours (as listed in the job advert) based questions.
The interview will take place via video using MS Teams.
For guidance and information on what to expect and how to prepare for an interview, you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers.
Problems during the application process
If you experience problems accessing this advert, or you think you've made a mistake on an initial application, please contact, including the vacancy reference, at least two working days before the vacancy closes. Further information can be found on our website.
Do not create or attempt to submit another application, online test or use a different Civil Service Jobs account to proceed as this would be in violation of the candidate declaration.
Location preferences
You can select up to threelocations in order of preference. Please ensure that these are locations you are prepared to travel to. If you are offered a role at one of your preferred location(s) and you decline, your application will be withdrawn.
Reserve List
A reserve list may be held for a period of up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made. There is no guarantee that being held on a reserve list will lead to a job offer. Further information can be found on our website.
Reserve lists will be held for each location. Candidates will be appointed in merit order by location.
Standards
All Civil Servants are expected to comply with the Civil Service Code, and its core values of integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality.
Additional Security Checks
As well as successfully obtaining UK Security Vetting clearance, candidates will be subject to a range of additional checks. The range of checks carried out will depend on whether you are a current Home Office employee, existing civil servant or an external new entrant as well as the role requirements. Further details are included in the Notes to Candidates.
Further information
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf. However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct.
If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre- stating the job reference number in the subject heading.
For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website.
If you are invited to an interview, you will be required to bring documentation for the purposes of establishing your identity.
You will need to meet the nationality requirements for this role and obtain the necessary security clearance to take it up.
For meaningful security checks to be carried out, individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time. Learn more on our website. Security Checks - Home Office Careers
Visa sponsorship
We do not sponsor individuals via Skilled Worker Sponsorship / Tier 2 (General) work visas.
Reasonable Adjustments
If a person with disabilities is at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
* Contact Government Recruitment Service via as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs
* Complete the "Assistance Required" section in the "Additional Requirements" page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you're deaf, a language service professional
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
Feedback
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .
See our vetting charter .
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
* UK nationals
* nationals of the Republic of Ireland
* nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
* nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
* nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
* individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
* Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
* Name : Home Office Resourcing Centre
* Email :
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Further information
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principles, and wish to make a complaint, then you should contact in the first instance
If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission