Senior Surveyor – Commercial Property

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. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

Find out more about what it's like working at DfTc

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.

Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to

• Supporting senior colleagues in delivering the Department’s property strategy in line with wider Government policy.
• Taking a lead on specific property related issues such as development appraisals, statutory blight, property investment models and/or licences.
• Delivering accurate and timely property advice, professionalism and guidance in all property related matters including disposals, acquisitions, property management and development.
• Sharing technical expertise to improve knowledge, capability and competence.

For further information on the role, please read the role profile which is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

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