HM Revenue & Customs
Chartered Surveyor – Minerals Team
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This role is part of HMRC Valuation Office, formerly known as the Valuation Office Agency. We have recently integrated into HMRC.
HMRC Valuation Office are the public sector’s property valuation experts and advisers with a vision to be a world-leading provider of public sector valuations. 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.
Job Description
Chartered Surveyor – Minerals Team – Role Overview
The BEAMS (Built Environment and Minerals Surveying Team) at the Valuation Office has exciting opportunities for RICS- qualified Chartered Surveyors, to join our Minerals Surveying team.
The BEAMS team prides itself on its professionalism, customer focus, and the provision of independent and impartial cost and surveying services. Our services are essential for maintaining the Agency's non-domestic rating list. BEAMS also extends its professional services to other government bodies. BEAMS is entrusted with the delivery of comprehensive mineral surveying services across a wide-ranging and technically diverse property portfolio.
This encompasses a variety of complex and specialist minerals and waste classes, including Energy from Waste (EfW) facilities, brickworks, concrete batching plants, High Speed 2 (HS2) infrastructure, and quarrying and tipping operations. Each property type presents challenges necessitating bespoke valuation approaches and a high level of technical proficiency.
This role offers an exciting opportunity for personal and professional development, supporting your career aspirations and long-term progression. You will benefit from comprehensive training and ongoing support designed to enhance your knowledge, build your skills, and help you reach your full potential.
In order to provide impartial advice, our team of Chartered Surveyors with expertise in waste management and minerals will need to travel throughout the country to meet business needs.
Chartered Surveyor – Minerals Team – Key Responsibilities
- Your primary casework will involve the valuation of mineral and waste properties for Non-Domestic Rating purposes. You will also assist with other casework where mineral or waste management interests are involved.
- You will maintain your knowledge through CPD (Continuous Professional Development) in areas of legislation, case law, codes of practice and professional standards relevant to your area of expertise and the work undertaken within the Built Environment Team.
- You will manage and mitigate risks and issues, ensuring timely escalation to senior colleagues.
- On occasion, you may be called upon to act as an expert witness at Valuation Tribunal and other courts as required. (Training and support in appearing as an expert witness will be provided)
- You will provide mentoring, technical advice, and training to support graduates and apprentices on their APC pathways and to support the development of others within the immediate team or wider agency as required.
- Travel and overnight stays away from home are necessary to facilitate work delivery. We are reasonable with our expectations and provide flexible working arrangements to support this need.
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Person Specification
We are seeking a dedicated individual with a desire to broaden their horizons and enter the world of mineral and waste valuations. We will provide comprehensive training in this area to ensure you are well equipped to carry out the role of Chartered Surveyor within the minerals team.
We welcome applications from people who either have experience in this area or wish to expand their knowledge and gain broader valuation experience.
Essential Requirements
- MRICS or FRICS qualified preferably through the Valuation, Commercial Real Estate or Minerals Pathway.
- Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and be able to deal with a wide range of customers and partners.
- Demonstrates strong analytical and judgement skills by interpreting a range of evidence to provide relevant advice and reach sound conclusions.
- Good report writing and presentational skills.
- Demonstrates a proactive attitude and strong willingness to learn and adapt to new software and IT systems, including those specific to the Valuation Office Agency (VOA). Committed to continuous development, with full engagement in any training provided to ensure effective use of internal technologies and tools.
- Willingness to undertake site visits and occasional overnight stays; together with travel to other VOA locations being part of a dispersed National Team.
- Full valid UK driving licence.
Licences
- Full driving licence
Qualifications
- MRICS or FRICS qualified through the Valuation, Commercial Real Estate or Minerals Pathway.
Memberships
- MRICS or FRICS qualified through the Valuation, Commercial Real Estate or Minerals Pathway.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Developing Self and Others
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
You will be asked technical questions to assess your technical skills at Interview. These will be Technical Questions focusing on Skills relevant to a Chartered Surveyor.
Salary and Benefits
Alongside your salary of £48,886, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £14,162 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).
HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.
We offer a generous leave allowance that starts at 25 days, increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days and a Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%.
- Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues’ Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
- Family friendly policies.
- Personal support.
- Coaching and development.
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Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.
How To Apply
If you can meet our person requirements above, we are keen to hear from you.
To apply for this post, you must complete an online application with the following:
- A CV setting out your Job History/Full Qualifications and memberships/Previous skills and experiences.
- A Personal Statement (maximum 750 words), please outline your suitability for the role. Please pay particular attention to the ‘Essential Requirements’ and ‘Person Specification’ outlined in the advert when providing your answer.
Application Timeline
Sift - 24/07/2026 Please note these dates are provisional and may be subject to change.
We will assess you on your CV, Personal Statement Qualifications and Memberships.
Interviews - 10/08/2026 Please note these dates are provisional and may be subject to change. These will be confirmed should you be invited to interview.
Interviews are currently taking place using Microsoft Teams Video. We will provide more detail if you are shortlisted for interview.
We will assess you on the Behaviours listed in the job description Strengths and a Technical Question.
At the interview, the panel can then probe further and ask applicants to provide further specific examples that show how they best demonstrate their skills.
Technical
As part of the interview you will be asked 1 technical question.
You will be asked technical questions to assess your technical skills at Interview. These will be Technical Questions focusing on Skills relevant to a Chartered Surveyor.
Application Hints and Tips
For more information on Success Profiles, tips on how to write a successful application and find out more about what’s involved in the application process please visit About the application process, Civil Service Careers (civil-service-careers.gov.uk).
Further Information
Hybrid working at HMRC
HMRC is an office-based organisation, and colleagues are expected to spend 60% of their working time in the office. Our offices provide opportunity for interaction, collaboration which aids learning and development and a sense of community. Where the role allows it, and where the home environment is suitable, colleagues can work from home for up to 2 days a week, averaged over a calendar month (or a proportionate amount of time for colleagues who work less than full time).
Reasonable Adjustments
We want to make sure no one is put at a disadvantage during our recruitment process. To assist you with this, we will reduce or remove any barriers where possible and provide additional support where appropriate.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
- Contact the UBS Recruitment Team via resourcingteamvo@hmrc.gov.uk as soon as
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