Senior Associate Director

Location Banchory
Discipline: Environmental, Agriculture & Estates, Consultant
Job type: Permanent
Salary: Negotiable Salary
Contact name: Katy Davies

Contact email: katy@agrecruiting.co.uk
Job ref: SPAS271
Published: over 1 year ago

​​​The role:

An outstanding opportunity has arisen to become a key member of the Rural Land Management and Consultancy team for our client.

The Rural team undertakes a wide range of rural estate, farm and property management and professional rural advice working closely with colleagues in our clients National Estate Agency, Estates & Farms Agency and Forestry teams. We are working to expand the skill sets within the team, particularly in relation to Natural Capital and Rural Diversification.

The role will be primarily focussed on estate and property management.

Key deliverables

  • Acting as principal agent/lead asset manager for a key estate management client, reporting to and working closely with senior colleagues

  • Overseeing day-to-day management of the assets and progressing strategic objectives

  • Coordinating the work of all business lines involved

  • Ensuring achievement of key client deliverables

  • Adherence to internal and client process and compliance standards

Responsibilities

  • Managing and leading a high performing team on the principal instruction

  • Seeking opportunities to leverage skill and expertise to develop new business for the wider team

Key Skills

  • Competent and experienced professional with experience of managing a significant portfolio of rural assets, particularly let farms, residential property and other rural assets

  • Team leadership skills with ability to manage, delegate and supervise effectively

  • Ability to prioritise workloads and work to high standards under pressure

  • Excellent communication skills capable of building and maintaining strong relationships with team members, other colleagues, clients and stakeholders

  • Feeds into team budgeting and deploys resources effectively and profitably

  • An entrepreneurial attitude with an aspiration to grow the profile and performance of the wider business

Person specification

Qualifications:

  • Relevant undergraduate/postgraduate degree or equivalent

  • MRICS qualified – preferably Rural pathway with 3 – 5 years PQE

  • CAAV/SAAVA membership/qualification an advantage

What You Can Expect
You will be joining a friendly, entrepreneurial and inclusive culture. Our client is driven by their core values and aim to embody them in all they do. They aspire to be refreshingly different and achieve this through using their unique perspectives, capabilities and expertise. They are bravely ambitious by going beyond what is required of them, and are successful together; trusting one another and working collaboratively to achieve great results.

Our client recognises their employees are their most valuable asset, and their benefits scheme, employee engagement opportunities and Learning & Development offerings are their commitment to you and your career with them. They offer personal support, a competitive salary and a fantastic benefits package. If you chose to join our client or one of their subsidiaries, they will develop your strengths and fulfil your career ambitions.

Our client, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading European real estate adviser with more than 5,400 experts across 36 countries.

Our client is proud to be an inclusive employer, as recognised by their RICS Inclusive Employer status and the Stonewall Equality Index.