Job Description

Land and Property Surveyor Job description
Property Services is looking to recruit a motivated MRICS Valuation / Development Surveyor, with a minimum of 5 years post qualification experience.
The successful candidate will lead on a broad range of projects involving acquisition, disposal and valuation work, maximising the value of our property holdings and proactively supporting the delivery of the Council&xc2xa9s vision for inclusive growth.
Preferably a Registered Valuer, you will be professionally competent in carrying out valuations for a variety of purposes including purchase and sale, development appraisal and viability assessments, insurance and financial accounting.
You will have experience of working within a complex organisation, dealing with a wide variety of public/private and third sector stakeholders. Experience of working in a political environment and a client facing role would be an advantage.
You will have well developed negotiation skills, strong commercial acumen and a proven track record of innovative thinking and providing holistic property solutions.
Importantly, you will have a strong customer focus and be able to act as a professional adviser to a range of clients on complex and contentious property issues. Demonstrable experience in collaborating with and influencing colleagues across different Service areas to achieve better outcomes is essential.
To be successful you will also have excellent communication and IT skills; good planning and organising skills and a full driving licence.
As a Sheffield City Council employee, you will enjoy many benefits including flexible working, training and development opportunities, pension and good working conditions.
There's never been a more challenging or interesting time to be in local government. If you are driven to deliver successful and innovative solutions for a forward thinking public sector organisation and possess the relevant skills and track record, then we look forward to hearing from you.
This will be Hyrbird and office based working.
Interviews: w/c 30th June 2025
Please note this post is not for a building surveyor or quantity surveyor.
Informal enquires James Dibaj 0114 2735778
We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.
Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.
Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.
Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our