DIO Graduate Development Surveyor
17 days ago
Richmond
Main Responsibilities Graduate Surveyor roles within Estates work, assist and support on a wide range of programmes and services alongside the provision of subject matter expert advice and communications with all key stakeholders. The work is extremely varied and wide ranging, but key activities for the roles are: • Maximising capital receipts through the sale of land and property which is surplus to MOD operational requirements., • Supporting with identifying suitable planning and disposal strategies which optimise value from assets which are surplus to MOD need whilst also achieving value for money for the taxpayer., • Supporting work with obtaining planning certainty for disposal sites including but not limited to obtaining pre-application advice; securing site allocations within emerging Local Plans; and the preparation and submission of planning applications., • Supporting with the disposal of surplus sites through a variety of different methods including partnering arrangements, auctions and private treaty., • Working with the Accommodation Team to improve the supply and provision of military accommodation., • Engaging with range of internal and external stakeholders to support the planning and disposal work., • Working closely with the Site Closure team to ensure disposal sites are ready to be handed over to the purchaser on completion of any given sale. By joining our Graduate programme, you will work in a team of surveyors and property specialists. As you progress throughout your programme you will be given more responsibility and become a key member of the team, with the full support and guidance from an expert Chartered Surveyors, wider teams and Estates APC Support programme throughout your APC journey. Working with your APC Supervisor and Counsellor, successful candidates will have individual training plans put in place for you to ensure that you are able to get the right mix of work and breadth of experience required to complete your Assessment of Professional Competence to become a Chartered Surveyor. The successful graduates will be expected to start in September 2026. At the conclusion of the graduate scheme, you'll participate in a progression panel designed to review your development, experience, and technical capability. Subject to successful assessment, youll progress to the Higher Executive Officer (HEO) grade, marking a key milestone in your Civil Service career and positioning you for long-term success in a role that reflects your strengths and potential. Please review the Graduate candidate pack attached to this advert for further information with regards to the role and the Estates department. Location The roles can be based at e ither A ndover or Catterick. The successful candidate will be expected to regularly attend their chosen location for learning, face-to-face meetings and collaboration. The role will involve regular travel to sites within their region and occasionally UK wide for meetings and/or site inspections. All sites will be considered whilst ensuring the location of the successful candidate can still meet the business and travel requirements of the role. Work location will be agreed once the successful candidate has been selected. Please confirm your preferred location on your application form. If travelling outside your base location for duty reasons, you will have access to flights, hire cars, rail tickets and overnight accommodation. You can also claim 45 pence per mile should you choose to use your own vehicle for business travel. Person specification Essential Experience: An understanding of property, planning and development, including a basic knowledge of: • Planning and the planning system, • Acquisition and disposal process You must have, or will achieve by the 1st September 2026, the following Qualifications/Essential Criteria: Please note: • if you already hold Chartered status with the RICS you are not eligible to apply for this position. A RICS accredited degree in Property, Planning or Development at 2:2 or above awarded within the last two years. We would encourage you to apply with your predicted grades. If applying with predicated grades and you are successful at interview, you will be given a conditional offer and must be able to provide evidence of your achieved grade by the 1st of September 2026 as part of your pre-employment checks before a formal offer can be made and you commence employment in September 2026. Please note: if you already hold Chartered status with the RICS you are not eligible to apply for this position. if your application does not include details of your qualification and grade obtained it will be removed from the application process and your application will be rejected. Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: • Working Together Technical skills We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process: • Government Property Profession Career Framework: Property Professional Expertise: Awareness Level Benefits Alongside your salary of 33,730, Ministry of Defence contributes 9,771 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. • Learning and development tailored to your role, • An environment with flexible working options, • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity, • A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%, • 25 days annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years service. Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and working from home as part of a non-contractual hybrid working arrangement. All office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to site capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD workplace, will also count towards this level of office attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this and other flexible working arrangements may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements. A starting salary above the minimum for the grade may be available to the successful candidate depending on their specialist skills and sector knowledge; however, this will not be available to existing civil servants. The post does not offer relocation expenses. External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period. Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed. Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts. Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at . The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments. MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey We may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Policy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights. Things you need to know Artificial intelligence 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. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use. Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window) , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills. This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window) , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills. Please ensure that at the application and interview stages of the campaign you review the Success Profiles Framework and Government Property Career Framework to assist you in the demonstration of your skills and experience. Your suitability for the role will be assessed using the Success Profile and the Government Property Career Framework elements that have been chosen for this campaign. Each element will be scored accordingly, and the successful candidate will be appointed on merit . At application you will be assessed against the following: Experience: Please use relevant examples to demonstrate your understanding of property, planning and development including: • Planning and the planning system, • Acquisition and disposal process, • Strong interest in property, planning and development with the desire to continue to a career in this field., • Good interpersonal skills, • An analytical and focused approach to work, • Having a real interest in the job and fulfilling your potential with a willingness to learn At interview you will be assessed against Experience and the following: Behaviour: Government Property Profession Career Framework Application sifting is scheduled to take place on week commencing 26th January 2026. Interviews to be conducted week commencing 2nd February 2026. A minimum of 2 full working days notice will be provided for interviews. We endeavour to stick to these dates, but these are subject to change around business needs. Once all interviews have taken place, we will make provisional offers to the successful candidates and begin your pre-employment checks. Please be aware these checks can take several months to complete; however, we will remain in contact throughout the process. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. To assist with your application please find attached below: • DIO Candidate Information Guide, • Government Property Career Framework The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: . As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn. The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment. The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window) . See our vetting charter (opens in a new window) . People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks. Nationality requirements This job is broadly open to the following groups: • UK nationals, • nationals of the Republic of Ireland, • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK, • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window), • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS), • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020, • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) Working for the Civil Service The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window) . The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy. Diversity and Inclusion The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window) . Apply and further information This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative. Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. Contact point for applicants Job contact : • Name : Clare Bromilow, • Telephone : 07970170893 Recruitment team Please ensure you read the attached candidate information document prior to completing your application. If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received from DBS, or believe that DBS has failed to follow the recruitment process in line with the Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition, you can raise a formal complaint by writing to DBS at the following address: Defence Business Services, Scanning Hub, Room 6124, Tomlinson House, Norcross Lane, Blackpool, FY5 3WP. If after raising your complaint with DBS you remain dissatisfied you can complain directly to the Civil Service Commission at the following address: Civil Service commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ Or by email: . Attachments Development Surveyor Graduate Candidate Pack Estates Opens in new window (pdf, 2917kB) DIO Candidate Information Guide Opens in new window (pdf, 1963kB) EXTERNAL PACK Opens in new window (pdf, 1562kB) Candidate Information updated_ Opens in new window (docx, 31kB)
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