Current Vacancies

Rural Surveyor — Qualified / Graduate / Apprentice Vacancy

 

Join a small Chartered Surveyor firm — trading for over 30 years and now operating nationally as the leading UK brokerage house selling land based intangible assets and creating & selling natural capital and environmental credits.

We’re looking for an ambitious rural surveyor — qualified, graduate or apprentice — to join our small, forward-thinking and creative team. This is a varied role combining traditional land agency with cutting-edge work in natural capital and environmental markets, alongside the chance to train towards your professional qualifications. We want someone who enjoys variety, technology, brokerage and problem-solving, and who wants to help shape a forward-thinking business while building their career.

Working closely with the founder, you’ll gain early client contact, real responsibility and a high level of support from day one.

About us

Based in Exeter, we provide local and national traditional land agency services with a reputation for excellence, and we are a leading independent environmental credit creation project manager and broker in the UK. We work across the rural surveying, natural capital and environmental sectors, helping landowners and farmers through:

  • Estate management, farm and land sales, and valuations
  • Planning, ecological and forestry advice
  • Landlord & tenant, and rent reviews
  • ELMS, BPS and SFI claims
  • Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), Carbon, Nutrient Neutrality (NN) and Water Abstraction Licences
  • BPS Entitlements (Wales, Scotland and NI)

The role

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Solving problems and professionally presenting options and solutions to project owners
  • Leading/supporting the negotiation of sales through to exchange of contracts and completion
  • Managing our panels of solicitors, foresters, water technicians and ecologists
  • Following the natural capital markets and writing about them
  • Supporting specialised projects such as expert witness work, woodland creation, and BNG, NN & Carbon creation projects UK-wide
  • Giving expert advice and presentations, online and in person, on cutting-edge natural capital policy
  • Assisting with rolling out AI and refining data collection systems
  • Carrying out professional land agency fee work

About you

You’ll be someone who:

  • Has the ability to distil complex projects into understandable, concise terms
  • Has excellent organisational and communication skills
  • Is confident with everyday business software (email, spreadsheets, shared documents)
  • Has strong attention to detail
  • Is self-motivated and works well independently and in a small team
  • Has a positive, can-do attitude
  • Is interested in technology and AI
  • Is comfortable speaking with clients and stakeholders

Who we’re looking for

We welcome applications at three levels:

  • Qualified — a recently qualified or experienced rural surveyor, ready to become an integral part of our team.
  • Graduate — you’ll have completed, or be studying for, an RICS-accredited rural degree (full or part-time).
  • Apprentice — about to begin an RICS-accredited rural degree, learning on the job with a high level of support.

Our trainees since 1992 have a proven track record of achieving chartered status as rural surveyors (RICS) and agricultural valuers (CAAV), while enjoying genuine challenges and early responsibility (see “Join Us” for testimonials).

What we offer

  • Work directly with the founder, with real responsibility from day one
  • Broad-based training across all areas of traditional land agency, without over-specialising too early
  • Early client contact and the chance to build long-term relationships with farmers, landowners and developers
  • Rare expertise in fast-growing environmental markets, and hands-on work with the latest AI tools
  • Significant opportunities for career development and advancement, with support towards RICS and CAAV qualification gaining a wide range of experience across the competencies required.

All applicants will be treated in the strictest confidence.  If you are interested in this opportunity, please email your CV and a covering letter to htownsend@townsendcharteredsurveyors.co.uk in the first instance.

 

Business Development & Operations Associate

About the job

 

Join a small Chartered Surveyor firm – trading for over 30 years and now operating nationally as the leading UK brokerage house selling and creating natural capital and environmental credits.

We’re looking for an organised, proactive and ambitious person to join us as a Business Development & Operations Associate. This is not a traditional administrative role. We want a generalist who enjoys variety, technology and problem-solving, and who wants to help shape a forward-thinking business.

Working closely with the founder, you’ll support a broad mix of activity — administration, client communication, business development, marketing, environmental credit sales and negotiations, project management, and rolling out AI tools across the business.

About us

We work across the UK rural surveying, natural capital and environmental sectors, helping landowners and farmers unlock opportunities through:

· Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)

· Carbon

· Nutrient Neutrality (NN)

· Natural capital credit-creation projects

· Sale of water abstraction licences

· Rural surveying and property management consultancy

The role

Your responsibilities will include:

· Managing day-to-day administration and office systems.

· Liaising with clients, landowners, farmers and professional contacts such as ecologists, solicitors and developers.

· Preparing correspondence, reports, articles and marketing material.

· Maintaining client and project databases.

· Supporting BNG, NN, carbon and water credit negotiations and project delivery.

· Managing social media and online marketing.

· Assisting with AI implementation and business process automation.

· Researching new business opportunities and market trends.

· Supporting the founder across a wide range of business activities.

About you

You’ll be someone who:

· Has excellent organisational and communication skills.

· Is confident with everyday business software (email, spreadsheets, shared documents).

· Has strong attention to detail.

· Is self-motivated and works well independently and in a small team.

· Has a positive, can-do attitude.

· Is interested in technology and AI.

· Is comfortable speaking with clients and stakeholders.

What we offer

· Work directly with the founder, with real responsibility from day one.

· Genuine variety — no two days the same in a small, growing firm.

· Rare expertise in fast-growing environmental markets.

· Hands-on work with the latest AI and automation tools.

· Real influence over how the business grows and runs.

All applicants will be treated in the strictest confidence.  If you are interested in this opportunity, please email your CV and a covering letter to htownsend@townsendcharteredsurveyors.co.uk in the first instance.