£44,241 per year, London minimum – £48,581 National minimum – £44,241. A Recruitment and Retention Allowance of up to £5,000 per annum is payable to suitably qualified and experienced staff.
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time
Disability Confident: Yes
Closing Date: 26/06/2026
About this job
Are you someone who enjoys a challenge and looking for an opportunity to develop your surveying skills in Commercial Property? Do you have effective communication skills with a passion for providing a quality service? If so, we’d love to hear from you. DfT is a high-profile department at the heart of UK government. We work with agencies and partners to support the transport network that helps businesses and gets people and goods travelling around the country. We plan and invest to make journeys better.
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary.
Benefits included: 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days), plus 8 bank holidays, a privilege day for the King’s birthday, and flexible working options to encourage a great work-life balance.
The Department for Transport’s Property Portfolio and Advisory team delivers complex, high‑profile property projects across Government, supporting major infrastructure programmes such as HS2 and Lower Thames Crossing.
As a Commercial Senior Surveyor, you will provide professional property advice across acquisitions, disposals, development and estate management, working in a matrix‑managed environment. You will engage with a wide range of stakeholders to deliver commercial insight and support Ministers, major projects and cross‑government initiatives.
Responsibilities
* Support senior colleagues in delivering the Department’s property strategy in line with wider Government policy.
* Take a lead on specific property related issues such as development appraisals, statutory blight, property investment models and/or licences.
* Deliver accurate and timely property advice, professionalism and guidance in all property related matters including disposals, acquisitions, property management and development.
* Share technical expertise to improve knowledge, capability and competence.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme.
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