Estate Manager - Bodmin
- Employer
- The National Trust
- Location
- Bodmin, Cornwall
- Salary
- 30,000 pa
- Closing date
- 4 Mar 2025
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Job Details
Summary
We’re looking for an Estate Manager to join us in Cornwall, to become responsible for a diverse portfolio of our let estate in West Penwith whilst supporting the management of our surrounding land.
We’re looking for someone who can create and deliver the ambition for our places, work closely with our partners and build trust and work with our farm tenants, to look after our farms, whilst delivering our charitable purpose to restore nature and deliver our climate change ambitionsAs the key link with our tenants and other collaborators, you will manage the portfolio in a professional manner, ensuring proactive communication and industry knowledge are always present.
This is a fixed term contract covering maternity leave, due to end when the postholder returns to the role. At this point we cannot confirm exactly how long this contract will last, but it is unlikely to be more than 12 months.
What it's like to work here
At the National Trust, we love our places. We take care of some of the nation’s most treasured landscapes, protecting their health, beauty and value is at the core of what we do.
You will report to the Senior Estate Manager and be a part of a professional team of:
- Estate Managers- Building Surveyors- Building Supervisors- Rural Asset Managers- Lettings Officers, and- Estate Management Officers
The team support the management of our Let Estate portfolio that, together with the relationships we have with our tenants, underpins the delivery of our conservation work, creating a healthy, resilient, natural environment for people and nature.
The role will offer an interesting variety of work in an amazing location with no two days being the same.
As this role covers West Penwith your contractual place of work will be the nearest National Trust consultancy office to your home, our Regional Office is Lanhydrock. 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 requires travel to various locations in West Penwith (some with very limited/no public transport available).
Please consider this when applying for this vacancy.
What you'll be doing
As an Estate Manager, you’ll be working with a wide range of conservation and heritage professionals along with our tenants and other stakeholders to deliver a modern and progressive land management approach that we need to achieve our strategic ambitions.
You’ll provide our property team with advice, guidance and support on all land management matters, playing an integral part in the portfolio’s leadership team.
Who we're looking for
We are looking for someone who has:
In-depth knowledge of land use, agriculture, asset management, land management, environmental issues, conservation and sustainable development Communication skills, with the ability to build strong working relationships with fellow staff, tenants, and other stakeholders Accreditation from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Financial acumen with the ability to take responsibility for budgets and project management The ability to find solutions and deliver our ambitions
The package
The National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.
Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary
Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
Rental deposit loan scheme
Season ticket loan
EV car lease scheme
Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts
Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria.
Flexible working whenever possible
Employee assistance programme
Free parking at most Trust places
Click here to find out more about the benefits we offer to support you.
Company
The National Trust is committed to promoting and preserving those places of natural beauty and historic interest for which it has the privilege to be responsible for the benefit of the nation, for everyone for ever.
The Trust is proud of what has been achieved over the last 126 years and is determined to maintain those high standards of conservation, stewardship and curatorial care for which it has been recognised throughout the world.
Its achievements have enabled the general public and the Trust’s members and visitors to enjoy and appreciate the countryside, coastline, gardens, historic buildings and collections, all of which encapsulate so much of the history of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. There is a duty to tell that history in a complete, balanced and accurate way, and without judgement.
The National Trust continues as a guardian of the past, and for the future, to uphold its duty to maintain and enhance what has been entrusted to its care.
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