Chartered Surveyor - Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom - Valuation Office Agency

Valuation Office Agency
Valuation Office Agency
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Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

1 month ago

Tom O´Connor

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Salary:

- £42,000
  • National Min: £42,000,

London Min:
£45,750 - National Min : £42,000 or £43,794 (for those who qualified before 1 August

London Min:
£45,750 or £48,845 (for those who qualified before 1 August New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay scale unless they qualified before 1 August 2020 with subsequent post qualification experience (PQE)
Job grade:


  • Senior Executive Officer
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
    Business area:
  • VOA
  • Specialist Surveyor Caseworkers
  • Chief Valuer Group RVU
    Type of role:
  • Surveying
    Working pattern:
  • Fulltime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 3Contents
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Location

  • Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Croydon, Exeter, Leeds, NewcastleuponTyne, StokeonTrent, SwanseaAbout the job

Job summary:


  • Do you have a passion for public and customer services and want to make a difference? If so, we would like to hear from you.
  • VOA
values property for tax purposes. These taxes fund vital public services like schools, hospitals and welfare so you would be making a real difference to peoples' lives.

  • We are an executive agency of HMRC with around 4,000 people and currently need people to provide commercial expertise to the business

Job description:


An opportunity has arisen for Chartered Surveyors with an interest in mineral and waste solution industries to join our specialist Minerals team within BEAMS.


The BEAMS team provide the home for specialist surveying services that support all of the Agency's primary functions including valuations for Non-Domestic Rating and other purposes.

The BEAMS team provides opportunities to work on unique projects, develop professional skills, and further your career.

The team comprises circa 40 members including Chartered Surveyors, Surveying Technicians and Researchers
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Applications are invited from RICS qualified Chartered Surveyors.


Person specification:


  • Your primary casework will involve the valuation of mineral and waste properties for Non-Domestic Rating purposes. You will also have the opportunity to assist with other casework where mineral or waste management interests are involved.
  • On occasions, you may be called upon to act as an expert witness at Valuation Tribunal and other courts as required. (Training and support in appearing as an expert witness will be provided.)

Essential Criteria:


  • MRICS qualified as a Chartered Surveyor.
  • Willingness to expand your knowledge through Continuous Professional Development in your area of expertise as a Chartered Surveyor in the minerals team.
  • There will be occasional travel and overnight stays away from home which are necessary to facilitate work delivery. We are reasonable with our expectations in this regard and provide flexible working arrangements to support this need.
  • Possess and demonstrate good analytical and judgement skills by interpreting a range of evidence to provide relevant advice and reach sound conclusions.
  • Good report writing and presentational skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to deal with a wide range of customers, clients and other professionals.

Desirable Criteria:


Licences:


Qualifications:


  • MRICS or FRICS
    Memberships:
  • MRICS or FRICS
    Behaviours:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Working Together

Technical skills:

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

  • The technical part of the interview provides an opportunity to demonstrate your professional knowledge and experience as a Chartered Surveyor.

Benefits:


We offer a range of flexible working options, a generous leave allowance that starts at 25 days and goes up to 30 days after 5 years' service and a Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%.

Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks with full pay followed by 13 weeks statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 4 weeks at full pay.

The most popular parts of our reward package include:

  • _Pay_
  • in the few years, we have increased both the minimum and maximum pay points for everyone in the VOA.
- _Pension_ - we make contributions to our colleagues' Alpha pension equal to at least 26% of their salary.
- _Working hours and location flexibility_ - everyone in the VOA has some opportunity to work from home, and we support a full range of flexible working options including part time, part year, compressed hours and job shares.
- _Family friendly policies_ - including four weeks of paid paternity leave.
- _Personal support _- we offer extensive special leave to help balance your life and work commitments, a variety of non-financial rewards (including a Cycle to Work scheme of up to £4000) an
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