Senior Surveyor (Site Lead)

The Service & Team:

The Assets and Property manage the Councils 23000 acres mixed estate providing day to day FM and estate management and strategic overview through a Corporate Asset Management Plan. The team of 60 people of which 20 are MRICS deliver both a direct management and consultancy support.

The Role:

CC require an experienced property professional able to identify and bring forward land for a range of purposes primarily housing but including employment and renewable energy. A track record of working with planners legal teams and developers to bring sites forward successfully for delivery. RICS preferred.

Site search already undertaken has identified in excess of 60 new sites along an existing portfolio of land opportunities which require assessment and preparation for marketing.

We need an organised professional mind to work through each site identifying issues resolving or de-risking the sites and preparing them for the market to meet the Councils ambitions linked to housing numbers growth and renewable energy infrastructure.

This position will be subject to a standard criminal record disclosure check.

Working Pattern:

This is a full time role working 37 hours per week with flexible working arrangements. Hybrid working is the normal pattern with an expectation of one day per week in the office for collaboration sessions to build programmes of activity and share progress reports.

What youll need to succeed:

Experience in bring sites forward from identification to delivery.

The ability to bring professionals together to solve problems.

The ability to shape outcomes to meet political and developers requirements.

Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert

What youll get in return:

Cornwall Councils ambition is to be an employer of choice a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

a competitive salary.

a defined benefit pension scheme based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions

a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.

A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme

Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.

Additional Information:

Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role.

The full role profile is attached here

We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.

For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Jonny Alford MRICS Asset Management Lead

Application Process

Please attach a supporting statement to your application you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstratewhy you are suitable against each of the points marked as Application on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here The application process.

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted please contact if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.

Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.