4135 - Assistant Property Surveyor

The Property Infrastructure Division’s vision is to help create modern and connected property infrastructure (sites and premises) to meet the needs of business in all parts of Wales to maximise regional economic benefits.

The Division is a commercially focused, customer facing team with skills in a range of built environment professions. The Property Delivery Plan seeks to deliver a rolling programme of 300,000 sq. ft. per annum of new premises, together with investment ready sites with an estimated capex of £200M over the next 10 years.

Recent examples include the delivery of a new 50,000sq ft advanced build employment premises at Rhyd y Blew, Ebbw Vale, and 32,500 sq. ft. of employment premises at Cross Hands in Carmarthenshire. Both developments achieved Net Zero Carbon in Use Standard.

The postholder will be responsible for supporting the delivery of commercial property interventions across the Property Infrastructure portfolio, contributing to the identification, management and implementation of acquisitions, disposals, infrastructure delivery, construction projects, joint ventures, grant funding schemes and supporting the delivery of wider policy objectives in a compliant and commercially sound manner.

The post holder needs to be experienced within the property sector, with a broad range of property knowledge and practical experience, supported by education to degree level in a property-related discipline.

Applicants should either be working towards, or committed to working towards, professional membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) or an equivalent professional qualification such as, MRTPI (Royal Town Planning Institute), IAM (Institute of Asset Management), IRRV (Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation) or CIH (Chartered Institute of Housing).

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)

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Welsh Government, like all other Government Departments use Success Profiles when we recruit. For each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job. It raises performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.

The selection process and stages are:

Number of Stages:2 stage process

Stage 1Application Form

Stage 2Interview

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.