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Estate Surveyor
About The Role
West Northamptonshire Council is currently seeking to appoint an Estates Surveyor into its Property Strategy and Estates team. As a member of the team, the Estates Surveyor will have the opportunity to work on an extremely varied and diverse property portfolio. The role will include the delivery of high-profile property management activities including lease renewals, rent reviews, title disputes, etc. which have a significant degree of legal complexity as well as asset disposals and acquisitions, working.
You will support the Council's objectives of shaping a Property Strategy and Estates function that will be an example of best practice, and one that will deliver the best outcomes for the residents of the West Northamptonshire.
What will you be doing?
In the role of Estates Surveyor, you will have the opportunity to work on an extremely varied case load, covering a diverse property portfolio. Reporting to the Estates Manager or the Property Strategy and Major Transactions Manager (as appropriate), you will deliver a programme of Landlord and Tenant activities, including lease renewals and rent reviews as well as asset disposals and acquisitions to meet the Council’s best value obligations.
You will also be involved in the day-to-day management of the Council's extensive commercial investment portfolio which includes office, retail, and industrial properties across West Northamptonshire. You will support the wider estates team to deliver service objectives, seeking to minimise outgoings and maximise revenue income.
You will deliver high-quality professional and technical advice to internal and external clients, and stakeholders, and support the Council’s transformation and property rationalisation agenda.
You may be a mentor to junior members of the team, providing technical advice and guidance and support the Council’s Graduate Estate Surveyor(s) to become professional members of the RICS.
About You
You’ll bring with you a wealth of experience which will enable you to ensure the efficient and cost-effective running of operational, income-producing, and strategic sites and individual assets to minimise outgoings and maximise income. Your strong negotiation skills will aid the acquisition and disposal of property, rights, and licenses, including compensation claims, as directed. You’ll provide invaluable estates support on legal and contract issues.
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Excellent project management skills are essential as you’ll manage complex projects on behalf of the Council and other stakeholders and will plan, identify, and anticipate challenges and obstacles within those projects and work with stakeholders. Your strong communication skills will enable you to represent the team as an interface between Tenants and the Council on operational property matters, and to represent the interests of key stakeholders and to provide good quality professional advice on estate management and valuation matters, and to advise colleagues on professional and technical issues.
You Will
- Ideally be educated to Degree level or equivalent in an Estates Management or similar discipline
- Be a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (or equivalent professional qualification)
- Have thorough post-qualification professional experience in urban/rural estate management, including property management, valuations (including Fixed Asset Valuations for accounting purposes) and transactions
- Have experience of dealing with complex and high-profile property cases in the public sector
- Have experience of formal project management techniques, Equality and Diversity issues, and governance within a public sector environment
Our benefits
You can also see our full list of employee benefits on our careers site here: Why you should work for us | West Northamptonshire Council.
About Us
At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.
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Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services.
We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential. We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner.
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Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications, so we recommend applying as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
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Salary
£44,276 - £47,833
Salary Frequency
Annual
Working Hours
37
Job Reference
Ref/1075/6849
Contract Type
Full Time
Closing Date
4 October, 2026
Job Category
Property Management
Location
Northampton, United Kingdom
Job Posted Date
1 September, 2026
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