Senior Specialist Surveyor

Location: Wales

The role Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is looking for an experienced and commercially astute Senior Specialist Surveyor to play a pivotal role in the management of our diverse landholding portfolio across North East Wales. This is an exciting opportunity to join our Land Management and Forest Operations Team, where you will provide expert professional advice on a broad range of land and property matters, including valuation, acquisitions and disposals, estate management, compulsory purchase, and complex legal and contractual issues.

Your expertise will directly support high-value, high-profile and often sensitive decisions that help NRW deliver its environmental, operational and strategic objectives. As a senior specialist, you will lead and manage complex land transactions and projects, working collaboratively with colleagues across NRW as well as external partners, stakeholders and professional advisers throughout Wales and the wider UK. You will use your professional judgement to navigate complex challenges, identify opportunities and deliver practical solutions that balance commercial, environmental and public interest considerations.

Beyond project delivery, you will contribute to the development of strategy, policy and best practice, helping to shape how NRW manages its land and natural assets for the benefit of current and future generations. You will also act as a trusted source of expertise, sharing your knowledge and supporting colleagues across the organisation. Reporting to the Land Management Team Leader, this flexible and rewarding role offers the chance to make a genuine difference by helping NRW sustainably manage one of Wales's most important public asset portfolios while supporting the organisation's purpose of ensuring that Wales's natural resources are used sustainably, now and for the future.

Driving is essential to this role as it may require site visits or meetings with external partners. You must hold a full and current UK driving license. As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to an NRW office within the place base / location above and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment.

Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance. To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Sara Pearson at Interviews will be face to face. (details of location will be shared in advance) What you will do As a professionally qualified Land Agent you will be responsible for providing authoritative professional expertise and advice to senior management to support NRW's Land Stewardship, legal compliance and strategic budget management.

You will negotiate and lead acquisition of land, valuing assets, and give professional advice on legal and tax issues associated with land stewardship. You will be accountable for this advice which will be relied upon in high risk decision making. You will have operational responsibility for leading and managing complex task groups and high-profile projects involving multifunctional specialist/technical staff. You will be accountable for the instruction of solicitors and barristers and for providing information to legal agents in support of court cases, conveyancing and litigation.

You will be responsible and accountable for land transactions and claims settlement. You will contribute your professional knowledge and judgement to the development of business plans, strategy, policy and guidance. You will coach, mentor and support colleagues across Operations either in your capacity as the Land Agent for a Place or as a technical lead for a specific topic area for the Directorate as a whole.

You will work with other Technical Specialists in NRW, leading where appropriate, to promote consistent advisory and regulatory practices across functional regimes. You will represent NRW as a professional expert on internal and external forums operating at a Wales and UK level. You will be accountable for building, maintaining and improving relationships with internal and external stakeholders and management teams.

You will be accountable for maintaining your personal professional…