Chartered Valuation Surveyor - Technical Lead

Overview

We are looking for a Chartered Valuation Surveyor interested in becoming a Technical Leader within the Regional Valuation Unit (East), to undertake complex and high profile Non Domestic Rating casework. Our Technical Leaders provide technical advice to colleagues across the network. You will be a technical expert with a natural ability to coach and nurture colleagues undertaking professional qualifications. The role is essential to supporting our future surveying talent pipeline and providing valuable technical advice, leadership and guidance to the Agency.

The Regional Valuation Unit (RVU) is an exciting, ever-changing environment and will provide you with an excellent opportunity to join our highly skilled, diverse and growing organisation. You will be joining a team of exceptionally experienced and respected colleagues who will share their knowledge and support you to become part of the team. They will also value and learn from the valuable experience that you can bring to this organisation.

The role will primarily deal with NDR where there is a unit wide or cross unit impact due to, for example, reputational or financial risk. We are eager to hear from experienced Valuation Surveyors with extensive rating experience having dealt with a broad range of property types across different valuation methodologies through to valuation tribunal.

• Provide technical leadership, direction setting, guidance and support to caseworkers in the Regional Valuation Units.
• Support the delivery of the Revaluation Programme.
• Lead, motivate and inspire others to deliver results including sharing your professional knowledge to help others develop.
• Set and maintain a strategic overview of the framework for the work of the team, including embedding VOA vision and values.
• Offer advice or guidance on complex issues which cannot be resolved within the normal rules or precedents.
• When appropriate undertake selected casework where the outcome has a wider impact, setting frameworks or, where a high level of expertise is required, resolving the issues raised.
• Provide expert witness and advocacy in complex litigation at VTE/VTW/UTLC and beyond.
• Act as a Counsellor/Supervisor to colleagues undertaking professional qualifications.

Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

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The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) are the public sector's property valuation experts and advisers with a vision to be a world-leading provider of public sector valuations. Our work is vital to the collection of over £60 billion of revenue which goes back into communities, touching every citizen and every business across England and Wales. We champion the values of professionalism, integrity, respect and innovation.

We are committed to providing a collaborative and supportive working environment that encourages every colleague to contribute, grow and excel together. With opportunities to drive your own development and growth, we empower our colleagues to succeed by ensuring support at every step of their career journey.