Chartered Surveyor – Health Sector Lead – London

Posting date:	13 October 2025
Salary:	£65,047 to £72,038 per year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	23 October 2025
Location:	Tower Hamlets
Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	431972/3

Summary

The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) are the public sector’s property valuation experts and advisers with a vision to be a world-leading provider of public sector valuations. As one of the largest employers of surveyors in the country, our work is vital to the collection of over £60 billion of revenue which goes back into communities, touching every citizen and every business across England and Wales.

We champion the values of professionalism, integrity, respect and innovation. We are committed to providing a collaborative and supportive working environment that encourages every colleague to contribute, grow and excel together. With opportunities to drive your own development and growth, we empower our colleagues to succeed by ensuring support at every step of their career journey.

As part of this commitment, we cover RICS fees and Registered Valuer (VRS) fees, ensuring our surveyors have the professional backing they need to thrive

Our surveyors have the freedom to manage their own diaries and are empowered to deliver under their own autonomy. We trust our people and look forward to welcoming your skills into the VOA community.

Chartered Surveyor – Health Sector Lead – Role Overview

District Valuer Services (DVS) provides professional property services across the public sector, including to private and third sector clients in delivering public services and functions of a public nature. Our clients include the Central, Local and Devolved Government, Health and Transport.

This role sits within the Health Sector, where we work with NHS clients to provide advice across a range of product areas including valuations for reimbursement under the NHS Premises Costs Directions, Value for Money Advice, estates advice and IFRS compliant asset valuations.

You will work within a fast-paced team to meet increasing client requirements across a range of health sector casework including litigation cases. You will deliver complex casework, provide technical guidance to clients and colleagues and support other caseworkers within DVS. You will also assist with building capability within the team

This is an excellent opportunity to lead high profile work and collaborate with specialist teams. As a Sector Leader for London, you will work closely with the Sector head and be responsible for managing a large and diverse client base, whilst providing technical advice and support to the team.

This is a technical surveying and leadership role primarily involving project management of valuation work for national clients in the health sector. As Sector Leader you will provide leadership to a regional team of specialists and caseworkers for London within DVS. The role will include undertaking complex casework, project management and assurance functions for DVS. With regular travel across London and occasionally the South of England to meet with your clients based across the region.

Chartered Surveyor – Health Sector Lead – Key responsibilities

• Maintaining and applying an advanced level of valuation surveying knowledge to own casework activity and conduct reviews of high profile or complex valuations for peers and team members.
• Casework will typically fall within the following key areas:

• Providing technical leadership, guidance and support to caseworkers within DVS and across the sector to build capability and the delivery of timeliness targets, primarily on a regional and, as required, national basis.
• Ensuring an awareness of the wider political, economic, social, technical, environmental, and legislative agendas that impact DVS and Health Sector clients.
• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with DVS clients and ensuring customer satisfaction, understanding and challenging the needs of the client.
• Maintaining a good understanding of the links to other work areas and the external business environment.
• Identifying risks and issues and making recommendations on action to be taken.

As a DVS Sector Lead, your time will be split between managing complex casework and providing leadership within DVS. You will also be responsible for:

• Reporting to stakeholders up to and including Ministerial level where necessary. Pro-actively liaising and marketing our professional services to existing and potential clients, developing and maintaining client relationships.
• Understanding the challenging needs of the client, identifying and developing new products and services required.
• Supporting the Senior Management Team and working closely with Team Leaders in the transferring of skills across the sector to build capability.
• Leading regular team meetings, providing updates on the sector and encouraging the sharing of knowledge.

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