The Role:

The rural valuation team at Strutt & Parker have an outstanding reputation as rural and forestry valuation specialists operating throughout the UK. They operate as part of the wider Strutt & Parker team offering a range of Agency, Rural and professional Forestry services including sales brokerage, woodland and asset management, valuation and buyside advisory to a well-established and expanding client base.  

We are looking for an experienced Rural & Forestry Valuer to join the Strutt & Parker Rural Valuation Team focussing on Rural & Forestry valuations across Scotland and the North of England. You will work with an experienced team and have the opportunity to help grow and potentially lead the team going forward as well being responsible for delivery and growth of your own valuation workstream. 

Key Skills

•    Reliable, friendly, approachable and supportive, able to inspire others, to coach and develop people’s skills

•    Entrepreneurial, dynamic and able to apply professional and commercial judgement to deliver results

•    Competent and experienced MRICS qualified rural surveyor with experience of delivering work across a range of projects

•    Demonstrate team leadership, capable of building relationships with existing and new clients and generating new opportunities

•    Possess a composed manner in order to be able to work under pressure

•    Good time management and ability to prioritise workloads

•    Ability to meet deadlines

•    Accuracy and attention to detail

•    Excellent communication skills - must be capable of building and maintaining good relationships with team members, other colleagues and clients

•    Confident manner with clients and the team

•    Flexible approach to work and hours undertaken

•    An understanding of confidentiality issues and the use of discretion

•    Ability to network, influence, negotiate

Qualifications:

•    Formal Rural and/or Forestry qualification, ideally degree level

•    MRICS (minimum 3 years PQE)

•    RICS Registered Valuer

•    FAAV qualified is preferable

Experience

•    Minimum of five (5) years working in the rural/forest industry

•    Prior experience in rural, forestry and rural residential valuations 

•    Proficient in the use of Word, Excel and mapping software

•    Experience in working in a regional setting, potentially covering more than one office location.