Profession Support & Assurance Technical Specialist (Valuation) - UK & I

This role will be performed remotely with expectation for travel UK wide. It is expected that attendance in the office will be required occasionally in line with team needs.

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Role Purpose and Key Responsibilities

As a Valuation Surveyor at RICS, you will play a vital role in delivering an education and risk-based programme to support and assure the competence of our UK and Ireland members. Internally, this vacancy is known as Profession Support & Assurance Technical Specialist.

You will be a key member of the Profession Support and Assurance (PSA) team, specialising in Valuation. Your work will focus on engaging with regulated firms and members through various methods, including face-to-face meetings and digital solutions, ensuring compliance with professional standards and best practices. Your efforts will help maintain the integrity and quality of surveying practices within the industry.

Your role will involve assistance in implementing our strategy for supporting firms and members in adhering to Valuer Registration regulation, conducting reviews of their professional work to assess compliance. You will provide feedback, coaching, and guidance to enhance their compliance frameworks, systems, and processes. Your responsibilities will include delivering thematic reviews, workshops, and webinars, sharing technical knowledge, and advising on best practices. Additionally, you will contribute to risk profiling, collaborate across teams, and support regulatory enforcement actions, ensuring the highest standards are upheld within the profession.

About You

It is integral to this role that you must hold a current Registered Valuer status (as well as being Assoc/MRICS and/or FRICS) alongside significant and proven established experience post qualification, providing valuations for a wide variety of purposes within the Red Book specifically in the UK property sector.

• To excel in this role, you'll need to have the ability to demonstrate confident, robust, and proportionate decision making, allowing you to arrive at evidence-based decisions.

• Your effective and success conflict navigation and resolution whilst maintaining personal credibility and that of RICS with multiple external and internal stakeholders, often with conflicting agendas is essential to this role, along with your deep-rooted self-awareness and ability to circumnavigate feedback and changing behaviours to increase effectiveness in ways of working.

• Your exceptional copywriting skills will be crucial, as you'll be tasked with turning complex information into engaging content that captivates and inspires our audiences. You'll be especially capable of creating and presenting to large qualified and professional audiences.

• Your ability to cultivate strong relationships and navigate a complex organisational landscape will be essential in driving successful outcomes through collaboration and innovation.

• You will not be able to continue to an active valuation role elsewhere whilst being employed in this role.

• Knowledge and experience of the Scottish and Northern Irish markets is advantageous.

Rewards and Benefits

RICS offers a range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing, financial security, and work-life balance, including:

• 25 days’ annual leave plus public holidays

• Three additional days of leave when the office closes between Christmas and New Year

• Enhanced flexible leave policies (including Maternity, Paternity, and Moving House)

• A Wellbeing Day and a Volunteering Day

• Private medical insurance, income protection, life assurance, and pension scheme

• Access to staff-led community groups and wellbeing support

Equal Opportunity Employer

RICS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and believe that our differences strengthen our organisation.

Please let us know if we can support you with any adjustments during the recruitment process.

Candidates must have the correct right to work in the country where the role is based.

How to Apply

Click the ‘Apply’ button to access our short online application form. You’ll be asked to upload your CV and provide a brief statement explaining why this role at RICS is a great fit for you, and how your skills and experience match the role requirements.