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Salary: £25,583 to progress to £30,024Location: The Council House Hours: 37 hours a week Contract Type: Fixed Term for 5 years Closing Date: 31st May 2026 Our Estates Team at Derby City Council manage over 1400 property assets and our rent roll is over £3 million per annum. We’ve got a brilliant internal team, and we’re growing, which means we have a number of great roles available. If you have experience dealing with commercial property and you can effectively manage external advisors and specialists such as property agents and solicitors, we would love to hear from you. Derby’s a great place to be right now, we’ve some interesting projects on the horizon including the Station Quarter and the Market Place, amongst others across our City. #TeamDerby was mentioned in the House of commons on budget day, given the exciting nuclear work ongoing with Rolls Royce one of the Councils key strategic partners in the city. Derby was also recently voted one of the best destinations to visit in 2026 by Time Out magazine. Who We Are Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. What We Offer You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you’ll also receive: • Flexible work/life balance scheme • Hybrid working • Modern office environment • Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations • 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays • Local Government Pension Scheme • Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts • Tusker Car Benefit Scheme • Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training • Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Calendar and Support • Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network and Neurodiversity Network • Support for colleagues who are carers The Opportunity In the role of Trainee Chartered Surveyor here’s an example of what you’ll be doing to make an impact: The successful candidate will gain a wide breadth of professional experience within a busy and dynamic property department including: Estate Management, Valuation, Landlord and Tenant, Agency and Compulsory Purchase. This role is career graded whereby the successful candidate will commit to undertaking a 5 year Chartered Surveyor Apprenticeship in accordance with Apprenticeship Standard ST0331, on the Property Pathway. See following link - The Apprenticeship will typically take 5 years to complete and will require the successful candidate to undertake a BSc (Hons) degree qualification and study towards their Assessment of Professional Competence in order to qualify as a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS status). How will I learn? • The Degree Apprenticeship route is taught one day a week during term time, at Nottingham Trent University and, where possible, you'll be taught alongside full-time students on the BSc (Hons) Real Estate course. – See the link - Chartered Surveyor, Level 6 Degree Apprenticeship (Real Estate) BSc (Hons) Undergraduate Course | N… • Your Uni day will run from 9 am through to about 6 pm, and normally three different subject areas are taught on each day. • The course is organised into structured modules and is delivered through lectures, tutorials, workshops, seminar groups, site visits, laboratory sessions, and individual and group projects. • The delivery of the course is enhanced by the incorporation of guest lectures delivered by external practitioner experts, extensive use of case studies and projects (some set by real companies). Although the successful candidate will be primarily based within the Estates service they will have access to the wider property teams to ensure a broad range of experience is obtained. Ideally they will possess previous experience working within a property related environment with a positive attitude and aptitude for problem solving. Excellent communication skills are fundamental to this role with the ability to integrate with multi-disciplinary teams and to proactively support colleagues is essential. A sound knowledge of IT systems is integral and an understanding of corporate asset management systems would be beneficial in order to contribute to the success of the Council’s Corporate Property data programme. Next Steps If you would like to apply for this vacancy via an