Area Asset Risk Valuer - North West

Nationwide and The Mortgage Works Property Risk department are seeking to expand their existing expert Valuation team strategically throughout the UK (excluding Northern Ireland as currently at capacity in the region).

As an Area Asset Risk Valuer, you will be the eyes and ears of Nationwide/ The Mortgage Works Property Risk team in your region.

Ideally, you will have broad current experience working in the region as a residential Valuer. No two days are ever the same, but you should expect to spend around half of your working week undertaking inspections and valuations for both Nationwide and The Mortgage Works brands covering the owner occupier and buy to let markets. The rest of your time will be split between new build/ first on site appraisals, assisting our internal risk and property teams with local technical advice, special projects, and building your reputation as the go-to expert in your local market.

If you are looking to step off of the residential Valuation treadmill and have an inquisitive, risk-based mindset, this is an opportunity to join a forward-thinking team who challenge the norm and are at the forefront of innovation and change within the residential valuation industry.

This role is based within Nationwide’s Property Risk department who are responsible for the valuation and risk assessment of every property taken into mortgage with Nationwide, The Mortgage Works, and our heritage brands.

Whilst part of the broader department covering everything from panel management, pvqs, new build exposure, property data, policy and guidance to name but a few specialities of the teams, you will be a member of a close-knit UK-wide Chartered Surveyor/ Valuer team, reporting into our Eastern and Western region Senior Risk Managers.

At Nationwide, we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK-wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.

For this job, you'll be located at our nearest regional hub. There will be a need to regularly connect with colleagues for collaboration events in one of our office sites. This is anticipated to be in Bournemouth. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works.

What you’ll be doing

This is a hybrid role with the autonomy to manage your own patch and diary. Around half of your time will be taken up by inspections and valuations chosen by you to maximise the lenders risk governance of the region and with a broad coverage of the main property types, risks, and opportunities within the region.

Your risk function days away from inspections will be spent undertaking first on site appraisals across the region and setting exposure limits for those sites on an individual basis as well as assisting the central teams with any local valuation/ risk queries. You will build, retain, and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders (Panel Firms, Agents, Brokers, Developers, etc.) and assist in managing 3rd party relationships, deal with and take ownership of complaints, appeals, queries, requests for specialist advice from inception through to resolution.

Other areas that you may be asked to get involved with include valuation/ lending decision disparities, portfolio assessments, and special projects dependent on your own surveying knowledge/ background and areas of specific interest. Through your work in the local marketplace, help identify process and policy improvements to enable Nationwide to do more safe lending and assist with training of existing and new staff.

About you

• The candidate must be FRICS/MRICS/Assoc RICS qualified and a RICS Registered Valuer (VRS). We will not accept applications from candidates without these qualifications.
• The candidate must be skilled in the residential valuation sector with proven post-qualification experience.
• All candidates must be based in their valuation patch as daily travel to appointments in the region is an essential element of the role.
• An…