City/Town
Ipswich, Norwich, Peterborough, Reading, Worthing
Region
East Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West
Vacancies
2
Salary Minimum
£43,198 Pro Rata
Post Type
Fixed Term
Job ID
35386
Closing date
13 Sep 2026
Published date
13 Aug 2026
Grade
Staff Grade 5
Role type
Estates, Surveying
Post type
Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Part Time Term Time, Compressed Hours
Security check
Basic Check
Job description
AN ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCE OF £4,750 IS OFFERED FOR THIS ROLE, INCREASING THE SALARY TO £47,948 PRO RATA. Please read the Additional Information pack for details about this allowance payment and role.
If you’re part of the Environment Agency, you’re part of the solution. Working with us means protecting and improving the environment and tackling issues of national importance. We’re based across England, and our responsibilities span industry regulation, flood defences, land contamination, water quality, fisheries and conservation.
Such broad scope of work calls for diverse, multi-skilled teams. Together, we’ll promote sustainable growth, tackle climate change and secure a better future for everyone.
As an Estates Surveyor, you’ll be involved in surveying work, providing professional property expertise across aspects of our business. You’ll work collaboratively within project teams helping to deliver a £5.4 billion programme of flood defence work that will protect 336,000 properties. You’ll be involved at stages of project delivery from feasibility through to completion. Your expertise will be applied to the management of a land and property portfolio, including property management, valuation and dealing with landlord and tenant issues helping to maximise income, enhance asset value and deliver commercial objectives.
As a confident negotiator, you’ll represent our interests with a broad customer and client base. With an up-to-date knowledge of current legislation and best practice, you'll identify opportunities for sustainable revenue growth and provide technical guidance and support to members of your team. We’ll also support you to develop both personally and professionally
Responding to incidents is an important part of what we do, and with this in mind you’ll have an incident role and should be ready to make yourself available to respond or provide business continuity support. This may attract an additional payment, and full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you.
Please read the Additional Information pack for the full essential and desirable criteria required for this role. Below states the qualifications/memberships and experience required:
- You will hold one of the following qualifications/memberships:
- you'll be a fellow of the CAAV (FAAV)
- qualified as a chartered surveyor (MRICS/FRICS) ideally in Land and Resources, Commercial or Rural. However, we would consider other pathways, if you feel the pathway you have followed would be suitable for this role. Please note. We will accept your application if you have submitted your APC and expect to pass within the next three months.
- full and valid driving licence
- experience of estate management, acquisition and disposal work in the urban and/or rural environment and experience within land rights acquisition
- be able to demonstrate that you can draw on your knowledge and experience to advise on a range of property matter and projects
We’re hosting an open MS Teams call on 7 September at 15:00, and you’re welcome to join us to learn more about the role. Email [email protected] for the details. You can also download the Additional Information pack, which includes helpful guidance for your application.
A full UK driving licence is essential to travel to sites and offices across our hubs, some of which are inaccessible by public transport. You'll be provided with a hire vehicle to carry out this work if required.
If you have any further enquiries about this role, please email [email protected].
Interviews are expected to take place via MS Teams on 6 and 7 October.
This role will require innovative thinking, perseverance and tenacity in order to unlock opportunities to optimise income from our land and property portfolio.
In no more than 250 words, using a specific example, describe an occasion where you have developed an opportunity to increase income from a property asset, overcoming obstacles to succeed where others failed.
It is your answer to this question that will be used for interview selection, so please ensure that you draw out your skills and experience in your response. You may find it helpful to research the STAR approach and review our EA Capability Dictionary.
As a service provider we work with a diverse range of internal and external customers and partners. In no more than 250 words, provide an example of a time when you worked closely with a client, customer, or stakeholder to understand their property requirements. How did you identify their needs, manage expectations, and deliver a solution or service that achieved a positive outcome?
It is your answer to this question that will be used for interview selection, so please ensure that you draw out your skills and experience in your response. You may find it helpful to research the STAR approach and review our EA Capability Dictionary.
This role will provide liaison between many different parties and will involve the successful communication of complex information and position.
In no more than 250 words, please describe an occasion where you have had to employ different methods of communication to ensure your client(s) understood the information in the context of the overall desired outcome.
It is your answer to this question that will be used for interview selection, so please ensure that you draw out your skills and experience in your response. You may find it helpful to research the STAR approach and review our EA Capability Dictionary.
To apply for this role, you must hold the following qualifications/memberships.
Please confirm which and status:
you'll be a fellow of the CAAV (FAAV)
qualified as a chartered surveyor (MRICS/FRICS) ideally in Land and Resources, Commercial or Rural. However, we would consider other pathways, if you feel the pathway you have followed would be suitable for this role. Please note. We will accept your application if you have submitted your APC and expect to pass within the next three months.
If you are applying from the Civil Service please note that the Environment Agency is not a part of HM Civil Service and you would not be a Crown Servant in the event of being appointed. Therefore, you will not be eligible for continuous service. For applicants who currently work in local government or other bodies listed in the Redundancy Payments (Continuity of Employment in Local Government etc) (Modification) Order 1999, you may be eligible for continuous service for the purpose of calculating any future redundancy payment. If you are unsure of your status then you should contact your own HR Team.
We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share, so please include clearly any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.
We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment. We have committed to guaranteeing an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
The Environment Agency, as a Non-Departmental Public Body, is committed to providing value for money and utilises Central Government frameworks and contracts for all external recruitment needs. For this reason, we are unable to engage with the market directly through post, email or phone calls . Should you wish to become a support supplier on one of these frameworks or contracts please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/become-a-crown-commercial-service-supplier/becoming-a-supplier-through-the-crown-commercial-service-what-you-need-to-know for more information.
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Although the Environment Agency is a non-departmental public body sponsored by Defra, we subscribe to and align with the candidate guidance on the use of artificial intelligence found on the Civil Service Careers website. Please review for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.