Lead Estate Surveyor

Lead complex estate management, strengthen professional practice, and help shape a modern, data driven public estate.

Dorset Council is transforming how it manages its land and property. Through the Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP) , we are moving towards a more proactive, insight led and place making focused approach to estate management.

The Lead Estate Surveyor plays a pivotal role in delivering this ambition, bringing senior professional expertise to a large, complex and diverse estate.

To find out more and take a look at the other roles we have available in Assets & Property please see our careers page.

This is a high influence leadership role combining professional surveying responsibilities, service improvement, data governance and commercial decision making. You’ll lead on challenging cases, advise senior leaders, and ensure that landlord tenant relationships, income, asset performance and compliance are all managed to the highest standard.

• Senior professional estate management, including complex landlord-tenant matters, rent reviews, lease renewals, valuations, acquisitions, lettings and dispute resolution.
• Improvement of income and asset performance, identifying opportunities to enhance yields, repurpose assets or generate new revenue.
• Data quality and governance, ensuring accurate asset records, valuation data and compliance information are maintained within the corporate property database.
• Contract and performance management, overseeing third party consultants and managing SLAs to secure high quality service delivery and value for money.

These core areas combine strategic leadership with hands on professional practice — ideal for someone who wants to shape both day to day work and long term service development.

Dorset is a place of natural beauty, vibrant communities and significant change. The Council is modernising rapidly, strengthening its asset management function, and investing in improved systems and processes. You’ll join a collaborative, forward thinking team with a clear mandate to raise standards and deliver better service outcomes.

You bring substantial estate management experience, strong commercial judgement and the ability to lead improvement across systems, workflows and professional practice.

• Skilled in complex landlord-tenant matters and commercial negotiations
• Confident managing consultants, contractors and external advisers
• Analytical, data-aware and committed to accuracy
• A strong communicator, able to influence at senior levels
• A proactive leader who drives high standards and solves problems with confidence
• MRICS is desirable but not essential.