Overview
We are hiring ambitious graduate surveyors to join our rural division in across the UK. Our dedicated team of rural surveyors provide advice to landowners and farmers on unlocking the value of their assets, diversification, change of land use, rural management, rural development, renewables, CPO, leveraging natural capital and bio-diversity opportunities, along with valuing rural assets across the UK.
This is a varied and interesting graduate role requiring project and business management skills with hands-on delivery to provide property services including valuation advice to clients, other professional advisors and stakeholders. You will have the opportunity to assist with a variety of tasks, including:
Responsibilities
* Management of rural estates.
* Assist with valuation advice and property valuations.
* Assist with the sale, letting and acquisition of farms and parcels of land.
* Professional consultancy on a wide range of rural and agricultural property matters.
* Prepare environmental scheme applications and assist with natural capital projects.
* Develop and manage relationships with clients.
* Work with experienced team members, supporting the profitability of the profit centre.
Clients are at the heart of what we do, so ensuring you develop and maintain strong relationships with our clients is essential, this includes attending client meetings and preparing communications and reports.
What will it take to be successful?
We are looking for forward thinking graduates with a can-do attitude, who have the ability to manage multiple projects and deal with a variety of work. You will ideally be studying a RICS accredited degree, however, we welcome applications from those studying a non-accredited degree who are looking to pursue a career in rural surveying. You will also have experience within a rural practice gained through work experience or placements. It is essential that you have or are working towards gaining a full UK driving license.
Our promise to you
From day one of our scheme, we will be investing in you. We offer a structured training programme, an APC supervisor or counsellor, and regular assessments to ensure you achieve the full level of competency required for your APC. In addition, we pay your APC registration fee and your first APC final assessment and offer up to five days study leave.
Carter Jonas believes in investing in their employees and ensuring everyone is provided with the right support and guidance to achieve their full potential. As a graduate you will benefit from:
* A strong network of graduates across all our divisions.
* Formal APC (Assessment of Professional Competence) training.
* RICS counsellors and mentors to help with both work and study.
* Regular CPD (Continued Professional Development) opportunities.
* Ongoing and personalised support from industry specialists.
Application process
You will be asked to respond to a number of questions about your work experience as well as your motivations and interest in a career in property as well as any extracurricular activities. We ask you to provide reference contact details, one educational and one employment. If successful, you will be invited to attend our graduate assessment centre which will be held on 10 December 2025 in Oxford.
Cambridge, Northampton, Oxford, Harrogate & York
Why choose us?
We offer a highly competitive rewards package including group pension, flexible benefits, referral schemes and generous annual leave.
As an equal opportunity employer, we are dedicated to driving diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Learning and development is important to us; we encourage everyone to continue developing to optimise their performance to fulfil their potential. We have an agile flexible working policy; many of our team work flexibly, we would be happy to talk to you about how this could work for you. We enjoy what we do, and we do it well, which is why 80% of our business comes from repeat clients.
About us
Since 1855, Carter Jonas has grown to be one of the largest and most respected property consultancies in the UK with a network of 34 offices across England and Wales, employing more than 1,000 partners and employees.
Our tailored service and Simply Better Advice have enabled us to forge lasting, intelligent and trusting partnerships with our clients. These long-standing relationships are our most important and most closely protected asset. From private landowners to local authorities, pension funds to farmers – our universe of client experience is among the most varied in UK property.
We employ the very best people. We are a place where people want to work, and our culture is both collaborative and business minded. We have experts in every field who deliver long term advice that enhances our clients’ future prosperity.
Ahead of the curve, we are pioneering in the use of technology within the property industry, making Carter Jonas a hugely exciting place to work.
Our values
* Approachable – We treat every relationship with respect, integrity, and warmth
* Effective – We do what we say we will, we do it well and we are accountable
* Ambitious – We are ambitious for our clients and for our firm
We look to recruit individuals who represent our core values, but who can also demonstrate the six Carter Jonas competencies that are the foundation of our career pathways. These competencies will aide their personal development in the business, and comprise of:
* Communication - Ensures effective, clear, and relevant communications in support of business objectives
* People - Demonstrates leadership in conduct and effectively manages and develops people to optimise performance through others
* Business Development & Client Care - Ensures effective communication to facilitate excellent client care and collaboration and pursuing opportunities for increased business and profit mindful of the Firm’s heritage and values
* Use of Technology - Modern, Agile, Digital Employee
* Teamwork - Recognises the importance of working with others, to collaborate and co-operate to achieve business
* Personal Effectiveness & Productivity- Engage, promote, and adhere to compliance requirements including all internal processes and procedures which manage risk and enhance productivity.
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