Job title

Rural Sandwich Student

Start Date

September 2025

Job Location

Lincoln, London

Salary

London Salary £26,000, Regional Salary £23,500

Current Team Information

Savills Rural team operate at the forefront of dynamic and forward thinking land management. From a UK network of over 30 offices, from Inverness in the North to Truro in the South-West, our surveyors and rural professionals offer a range of advice to clients including traditional estate management, the preparation of farms and estates for sale, forestry management and investment, as well as consultancy services such as valuation or acting in the delivery of infrastructure projects. Our wider services cover; architecture, building consultancy, rural planning, food and farming, renewable energy, energy brokerage, mapping and strategic projects, and we offer graduates a wide range of experience across the rural sector.

Lincoln - The Lincoln Rural Professional team are a friendly and energetic team of seven dealing with all aspects of professional consultancy work including valuations and compulsory purchase, strategic advice for rural estates and property across the East Midlands and beyond, including private clients, institutions, public sector and corporate clients.

The team sit within Savills Lincoln office, which provide rural estate management, farm agency, food and farming consultancy and residential estate agency services.

London - We have an opening for a Sandwich Year Placement Student to support our dynamic, fast paced and forward thinking Rural Professional team in Margaret Street, London. The team provides core valuation and consultancy services to a range of institutional, private and public sector clients with a focus on rural property portfolios, landed estates and prime agricultural property across central England. This is a unique role with a varied workload and the role requires someone proactive, efficient and organised. Training and support towards the RICS APC Rural or Valuation Pathway will be provided as part of the role.

The team is small niche team comprising of two Directors, an Associate Director, an Associate and Team Administrator. Their main workload is preparing valuation reports for institutional clients, banks, solicitors and private clients, together with other rural consultancy work including expert witness work. An example of the typical properties the team value include property portfolios, stately homes, prime and super prime farms, largescale equestrian property and vineyards. The team also work closely with our Farms & Estates, Country House and Strategic Land teams. Whilst the property valuations are primarily located outside of London, the team are based in Margaret Street with some remote working.

About this role

“As a sandwich placement student on the rural pathway, no one day is the same, you will receive the same exposure as a Graduate. In a typical day, a sandwich placement student could be gaining experience walking boundaries and inspecting properties, collating comparable evidence for valuations, dealing with residential, commercial or agricultural landlord and tenant issues, carrying out compulsory purchase advice or negotiating terms for access agreements and easements. The breadth of experience that Savills Placement Students obtain is second to none.”

How you’ll make an impact

• High attention to detail, well organised and a proactive approach
• Strong verbal, numerical and report writing skills
• Ability to Listen to others and Collaborate effectively
• A team player with leadership potential
• Ability to challenge in a positive way
• Strategic approach to problem solving
• Ability to empower those around them
• Highly motivated
• Computer literate

Ahead of anything else, we look for individualism and diversity in our graduate intake - so it's very important at every stage of the selection process that you take the opportunity to show us what you're really like. Be honest and above all, be yourself.

Training

Our training and development programme is highly regarded as one of the best in the property industry, and is geared towards enabling our sandwich placement students to reach their full potential. As a sandwich placement student, you'll also have regular opportunities to attend technical, business skills and personal development activities - including conferences, courses, lectures, networking and social events - which compliment both your practical experience and meet the theoretical requirements of your APC.

We were awarded the Times Graduate Employer of choice for Property for the 18th year consecutively, which highlights our excellent training programme, which is bespoke for each pathway.

Benefits of an industry placement

“One benefit of completing a sandwich placement is being able to experience your degree in action and put into practice the knowledge obtained whilst studying. I know when I return to university I will have a greater depth of understanding about my course and the placement could even lead to an early offer on the Graduate Programme.”

Benefits

• 1 Year Contract
• Company mobile phone
• 25 days annual leave
• Sports activities (Hockey, Netball, Skiing, Rugby, Football, Cricket, Badminton & Squash)
• Employee Assistance Programme – A 24 hour service available to all staff and completely confidential

Assessment for this role

Online Application - CLICK HERE TO APPLY - Applications close on 3^rd November 2024

Online Assessment - SHL (will be sent on application completion and will need to be completed by 8am on 4^th November 2024)

Assessment Centre – 5th December in London

Potential interview with local team following the Assessment Centre

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