Estates Surveyor

The successful candidate will provide professional property advice, undertake, commission and oversee transactions and estate management issues to ensure the Defra group can deliver its services effectively. You will have experience working in commercial property and a sound knowledge of leases and tenancies. Working in the Corporate Property Team you will manage your own portfolio of property matters and take responsibility for the administration of the Group's obligations as an owner and occupier of property, working alongside the Group facilities management function. You will have involvement with and be expected to advise organisations within the Group on property matters impacting their business area as well as helping a Group wide estate transformation programme through the delivery of property transactions and disposals. The role is central to ensure Defra Group Property manages it's portfolio effectively and efficiently, and meets our aims of maximising the business benefits of our property network. As this is a true corporate real estate role you will also learn about the business and the part property plays in making things happen on the ground. Defra Group Property has a diverse portfolio and this is an excellent opportunity to become involved in an organisation which exercises significant influence over the world we live in and make the UK a great place to live. General Responsibilities

• Supporting the Principal Corporate Property Surveyors
• Managing a defined portfolio of work
• Delivering property advice, guidance and transactions in support of the property strategy and good estate management.
• Providing advice and professional help to the Defra Group businesses.
• Assisting in the provision of specialist advice, guidance and assurance in line with relevant legislation and best practice.
• Sharing technical expertise to improve knowledge, capability and competence.
• Collaborating and partnering with colleagues across the Defra Group and other government bodies.
• Commissioning, supervising and delivering through external property advisors.
Role Specific
• Take full day to day estate management responsibilities for your allocated portfolio.
• Provide property advice and recommendations.
• To deliver property transactions within your portfolio.
  
  Have you invested significant effort in obtaining a degree and building experience in commercial property?
Do you thrive on managing corporate property portfolios? Do you want to influence estate strategies?

Defra Group Property (DgP) is part of Defra Group Corporate Services and provides accommodation services to the Defra Group. It also heads significant workplace transformation programme across the corporate property portfolio focused on creating great places to work for Defra Group staff. Our ambition and goals for the Defra Group estate is to:
• Create sustainable property and workplaces that enhance wellbeing, engagement, and productivity.
• Put people in the places they need to be to do their best work and among the communities they serve.
• Give choice over where and how people work so that they are empowered to work in the smartest ways.
We'll do this by:
• Creating working environments and collaboration spaces that people want to use and that make them more productive.
• Keeping people safe and enhance their wellbeing.
• Connecting people from across the Defra group.
• Attracting a diverse and talented workforce.
• Achieving sustainable, aspiring to the highest environmental standards.
• Meeting the needs of the business and customers it serves now and in the future.
To achieve this, we deliver a range of property services and projects on behalf of Defra Group and its partner organisations. These activities range in scale and complexity across circa 300 property holdings, from offices to laboratories, and projects encompass new builds, refurbishments, refits, life cycle replacement works and everything else in between. We have a strategic workplace and property plan with our key projects and works now agreed, so there's never been a more exciting time to join DgP. The Corporate Property Team provides property management services, transactional services and property advice to the Defra Group organisations.