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Commercial Surveyor
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Heritage is for everybody, and we are here for heritage. Heritage lives in places and people, memories and stories, artefacts and traditions. It can connect us all to the past, and to each other. It can make us happier, strengthen every community, and help shape society for the better. Everybody should be able to enjoy the benefits it brings.
That's why, as a charity, we care for over a million objects and hundreds of historic sites in every part of England, from international icons to local treasures. And it's why we open them up, share their stories and find new ways for everybody to enjoy, learn, play and create.
We are looking for a Chartered Surveyor (MRICS or equivalent) to join our team. The role is full time and permanent, working 36 hours per week.
We offer flexible working arrangements where the role allows. This role can be based at one of our sites or offices (Wrest Park), at home, or worked on a hybrid pattern. You will be required to attend Wrest Park on a frequent basis. If the majority of your working week will be based at Wrest Park, you will receive a premium on top of the advertised salary. This will be discussed further at interview.
The Benefits
- Salary from £44,838, depending on skills, experience and location
- 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, pro rata, rising to 28 days after 3 years
- Matched pension contributions up to 10%
- Flexible hours
- The opportunity to progress your career within the heritage sector
- Apprenticeship opportunities
- Subscriptions to professional bodies
- Free access to all English Heritage sites for you and up to six friends and family members
- 25% discount in our shops and cafes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity or shared parental leave
- Options to buy additional leave
- An inclusive working atmosphere everybody is supported from all backgrounds, religions and with different needs
- Opportunities to go to some of our great live music and history events
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Are you a Chartered Surveyor (MRICS or equivalent), from a commercial or general practice background? Do you have estate management experience to help manage our mixed use estate at Wrest Park? Do you want to play a key role within the Commercial Estates Team at English Heritage?
If the answer is yes to any of those questions, we would love to hear from you!
Working across Wrest Park, and supporting the wider Commercial Estates portfolio, you will provide high quality professional advice on all aspects of estate and asset management. You will help shape and deliver asset management strategies that will maximise commercial opportunities whilst protecting the heritage significance of our sites. Your commercial decisions will help secure the future of our heritage for generations to come.
This is great opportunity for a surveyor (MRICS or equivalent), who is passionate about developing their career within the heritage asset management sector.
To be considered as a Commercial Surveyor, you'll need:
- Proven experience in managing a commercial portfolio of properties and of managing a range of estates surveying issues.
- Commercial awareness and budgetary management skills.
- Experience of casework, writing briefs, preparing reports, using information from a variety of sources.
- Experience of GIS and use of estate management databases.
- Experience of presenting and reporting, and the ability to provide professional advice to clients and stakeholders.
Please apply with your CV and Covering Letter detailing why you want to work to English Heritage and how your experience meets the criteria outlined on the Job Description. Please ensure that your CV and cover letter are no longer than 2 sides of A4.
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Interviews will be held on MS Teams on w/c 12th October 2026 with a further second stage interview likely to be in person at Wrest Park the week afterwards.
If you would like to talk to us e.g. about workplace adjustments or working patterns, please contact Victoria Pashby, Commercial Estates Lead, on Victoria.Pashby@english-heritage.org.uk. No agencies please.
Find out more about us and what we do: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/
You can also meet some of our people and hear about why they enjoy working with us: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/our-people/careers-with-us/
Everybody's welcome at English Heritage
Forget the stereotypes. It takes thousands of people from every background to care for England's heritage and open it up for everybody to enjoy. We're looking for every type of person with every kind of skill and experience, and we're committed to making sure that English Heritage is an equitable, diverse and inclusive place to work. You can connect with others through our EDI networks as a member or ally. These include Ethnic Diversity, Faith & Belief, Social Equity, LGBTQ+, Neurodivergence, Age, Disability and Gender Health and Wellbeing.
We take wellbeing seriously. We are committed to ensuring everyone feels safe at work and can carry out their role. To support this, we have a network of Mental Health First aiders, regular information and awareness events, unlimited access to an Employee Assistance Programme and work with our people to implement reasonable adjustments.
Closing date: 04/10/2026 23:59:59
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