Assistant Area Land Agent - Full Time Fixed Term Appointment

at  Forestry Commission

JOB DESCRIPTION

The post will require regular travel throughout the East England District as well as to other offices nationally. Therefore, car use is an essential requirement due to remote locations of parts of the District. Please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas.

In your role as an Assistant Area Land Agent there will be opportunities for you to develop yourself further as you get involved. You will be involved in wide range of work, including:

• Managing landlord and tenant relationships, undertaking timely rent reviews, lease renewals, new lettings of commercial, residential, sporting and agricultural agreements and telecoms together with other opportunistic letting arrangements.
• Assisting in the planning and delivery of commercial projects and improving the financial and environmental sustainability of the estate.
• Assisting with potential development opportunities and enhancements to income from FC land or property.
• Providing professional advice to colleagues in other departments and working with a wide range of stakeholders and partner organisations.
• Supporting the District Building Surveyor in the delivery of asset maintenance programmes and projects.
• Assisting in the management of litigation claims and legal matters, including protecting Forestry England’s assets in relation to access, encroachments, boundary disputes and claims.
• Assisting in the acquisition and disposal of land and property

Estate Management in East England Forest District is divided into two distinct areas, each headed byan Area Land Agent. East Anglia is managed from the District Office at Santon Downham and the South East is managed from the Bedgebury office. Both areas include extensive areas of forestry and other land, houses, offices, workshops, visitor centres and various other buildings, assets and facilities. The Estates team also provide extensive support to the forestry, environmental and recreation management departments.

QUALIFICATIONS

You will hold at least one of the following qualifications/memberships:
qualified (or in the process of qualifying) as a Chartered Surveyor (MRICS/FRICS), ideally in rural practice. However, we would consider other pathways, if you can demonstrate the pathway you have followed would be suitable for this role.

SELECTION PROCESS DETAILS

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
This is a Fixed Term Appointment until December 2025 with the possibility of extension or permanency but no guarantee.

Applicants will be asked to complete the following to be considered for the role:

• A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps in your employment within the last two years.
• A Personal Statement (no longer 500 words) explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience are suitable for the role, with particular reference to the criteria in the person specification.

Failure to complete both sections (CV and Personal Statement) will mean the panel only have limited information on which to assess your application against the criteria in the person specification.
Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be conducted using the CV only. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.
A panel will look for applications that demonstrate the best fit with the role by considering the evidence you have provided against the criteria set out in the Job Description and Responsibilities.
Failure to address any or all of these criteria may affect your application.
Sift Dates - w/c 28th October 2024
Interview dates to be confirmed.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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In your role as an Assistant Area Land Agent there will be opportunities for you to develop yourself further as you get involved. You will be involved in wide range of work, including:

• Managing landlord and tenant relationships, undertaking timely rent reviews, lease renewals, new lettings of commercial, residential, sporting and agricultural agreements and telecoms together with other opportunistic letting arrangements.
• Assisting in the planning and delivery of commercial projects and improving the financial and environmental sustainability of the estate.
• Assisting with potential development opportunities and enhancements to income from FC land or property.
• Providing professional advice to colleagues in other departments and working with a wide range of stakeholders and partner organisations.
• Supporting the District Building Surveyor in the delivery of asset maintenance programmes and projects.
• Assisting in the management of litigation claims and legal matters, including protecting Forestry England’s assets in relation to access, encroachments, boundary disputes and claims.
• Assisting in the acquisition and disposal of land and propert

Applicants will be asked to complete the following to be considered for the role:

• A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps in your employment within the last two years.
• A Personal Statement (no longer 500 words) explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience are suitable for the role, with particular reference to the criteria in the person specification