Senior Estate Manager

Senior Estate Manager - Chesterfield Summary

Important notice In line with our redeployment policy, we’ll prioritise applications from employees who are under formal notice of redundancy.

We’re looking for a Senior Estate Manager to join us in the Midlands where you’ll be responsible for leading the estate management and rural surveying service across portfolios within the Midlands.

You’ll be accountable for commercial properties and lead for the management of our agricultural rental estate and offer technical advice and support on land management to our General Managers, key property staff, and consultancy colleagues. We have exciting ambitions for delivery of our new strategy where land management choices and working with our tenants and other third parties will be critical.

You’ll be an experienced rural practice Chartered Surveyor with a modern and progressive approach to land management. Acting as the main connection with our tenants and partners, you’ll handle the portfolios professionally, making sure to maintain open communication and stay updated on industry trends.

We're setting up for the new strategic delivery, with structures and ways of working that will be new for all – so coming into the team now you will have the ability to lead the development and implementation of that new approach.

Reporting to the Regional Head of Let Estate, you’ll lead a very busy and highly professional team consisting of Estate Managers, Building Surveyors, Building Supervisors, General Tradespeople and Estate Management Officers.

The team collaborates to manage our rental properties, which help generate around 50 million in national rental income. Our strong relationships with tenants are vital for our conservation efforts. This role provides a diverse range of tasks in beautiful locations, ensuring that each day is unique. You will engage in both strategic planning and daily operations, and you’ll have opportunities to offer your expertise beyond your immediate team.

As this role covers the Midlands, your contractual place of work will be the nearest National Trust consultancy office to your home. Our hybrid working policy means you can balance office and home working with site visits and meetings at other National Trust places. We’ll talk about this in more detail at interview, but you should expect to be at a National Trust site for 40–60% of your working week.

This role looks after some rural properties, some with very limited access via public transport. You'll be required to travel to different locations across the portfolio, sometimes at short notice, please keep this in mind when applying.

Working across portfolios you will have responsibility for the let estate and the team that manage it, and with a significant input into the in-hand areas of the estates. You will work closely with Trust property and advisory staff to make a real and lasting difference to the long‑term environmental sustainability of our land, and the commercial and environmental success of the Trust’s cause.

It’s a big, demanding job with substantial rental budgets, which you’ll be accountable for, and with a significant number of property assets to manage. We need you to deliver the visionary management approach these estates deserve and make a real difference to long‑term commercial success, all to support the Trust’s strategic outcomes for nature, carbon and people.

As well as your team, you’ll have support to help you from our Property leadership teams, countryside specialists, regional and national specialists, as well as our tenants and external stakeholders.

Applications from redeployees are assessed against the minimum criteria for the role. In your application, please provide details of how you meet the minimum criteria below:

• An innovative approach to estate management and the ability to spot opportunities or creative solutions
• In depth knowledge of conservation and environmental land management with a first class understanding of commercial and agricultural tenancies
• The ability to foster a strong relationship with tenants and stakeholders, developing…