Chartered Surveyor - Sector Lead for National Taxation

This role sits within the National Taxation team of the District Valuer Services (DVS), part of Chief Valuer Group (CVG). The National Taxation team provide valuations and advice for National Taxation purposes on behalf of HMRC, Community Infrastructure Levy, Right to Buy and DWP Benefits. This is a technical surveying and leadership role. It is an excellent opportunity to lead on high profile and complex casework for all property types. You will work within a fast-paced team to meet increased client requirements. You will provide leadership, guidance, and valuation advice to clients and support valuers within DVS primarily on a regional (but also on occasion, national) basis. DVS is the business stream tasked with providing a range of statutory and non-statutory functions, many of which date back to the founding of the VOA in 1910. These are:

• Provision of advice on valuations and apportionments for national taxation purposes.
• Provision of valuations and property advice for Other Public Bodies (OPBs) to support their implementation of a wide range of regulatory and legislative functions.
• The delivery of government policies and estate strategies in situations where there is a property requirement related to the exercising of a public function and or public money is involved.
• This majority of the work is untied and undertaken on a contractual 'earned funding' full cost recovery charging basis. Some is fix funded.
Chartered Surveyor - Sector Lead for National Taxation - Key responsibilities
• Provide technical leadership, guidance, and support to the national tax team, primarily on a regional (but also on occasion, national) basis.
• Support the DVS management team working closely with Team Leaders and the Sector Head to ensure a diverse workforce with the ability to transfer skills across the sector in pursuit of delivering agreed quality and budgetary targets.
• Undertaking complex and high-profile valuation casework within the National Taxation sector, including HMRC and DWP valuations to support the administration of Benefits, Right to Buy and Community Infrastructure Levy.
• Supporting the management of NT's Initial Appraisal Unit and the delivery of HMRC's initial appraisals.
• Providing Trade related valuations and Development Appraisals with a significant focus on the London geographical area.
• Liaising with a broad range of specialists on technical and policy issues.
• Reviewing high profile or complex valuations. Identifying risks and issues, making recommendations on action to be taken and ensuring quality assurance and timeliness standards are adhered to.
• Providing detailed technical guidance, training, and mentoring to DVS caseworkers on a regional and national basis.
• Ensuring an awareness of the wider political, economic, social, technical, environmental, and legislative agendas that impact DVS and the National Taxation Sector.
• Reporting to stakeholders up to and including Ministerial level where necessary.
• Effective risk management of National Taxation casework to support timeliness and realise tax yield where this is properly due.
• Improving customer satisfaction and improving the taxpayer experience.
• Ability to act as an expert witness, appearance before arbitrators or submission of evidence to independent experts and Lands Tribunals where required.
• Support the sharing of skills and best practice across team and encourage innovation.
  
  Disability Confident
About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) are the public sector's property valuation experts and advisers with a vision to be a world-leading provider of public sector valuations. As one of the largest employers of surveyors in the country, our work is vital to the collection of over £60 billion of revenue which goes back into communities, touching every citizen and every business across England and Wales. We champion the values of professionalism, integrity, respect and innovation. We are committed to providing a collaborative and supportive working environment that encourages every colleague to contribute, grow and excel together. With opportunities to drive your own development and growth, we empower our colleagues to succeed by ensuring support at every step of their career journey.