Estate Management - Summer Placement

Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

Salary: £22,096 per annum 
Hours: Full time 
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Location: Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1FL 

Please note that we can only accept a maximum of 2 applications per candidate. 

NERC is a partner organisation within UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). UKRI brings together nine organisations to create one single, independent entity with a strong voice, and a vision to ensure the UK maintains its world-leading position in research and innovation.

NERC is the UK's leading funder of environmental science. Our scientists study and monitor the physical, chemical and biological processes on which our planet and life itself depends – from pole to pole, from the deep Earth and oceans to the atmosphere and space. The science we fund has impact across all sectors. It provides a platform for future UK prosperity by contributing to a safe, healthy, productive nation. Many 

programmes involve collaborations with national and international partners to tackle large-scale environmental science challenges, including those faced by developing countries.

The NERC Estate Team has responsibility for the delivery of the NERC estate strategy, compliance and landlord assurance, environmental sustainability and specific project assurance across four UK NERC Centres, varying dependant on funding and operating models. These Centres are the British Antarctic Survey, the British Geological Survey, the National Oceanography Centre and the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. This role will support all areas of team responsibility with ample opportunity to shadow and experience business from a Head Office function as well as from a Centre operational standpoint. 

This is an exciting opportunity to learn a broad range of skills and experience many facets of estate management, project management and surveying to contribute to your personal development.  Our small team is supportive and collaborative, and you will have a wide range of interesting work to undertake daily.

There will be opportunities to travel with the team to sites around the UK to experience our interesting and varied environmental science facilities, to illustrate the relationship between the function of the NERC Estates Head Office and the operational Estates Teams. 

About Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
NERC is the UK's leading funder of environmental science. Our scientists study and monitor the physical, chemical and biological processes on which our planet and life itself depends – from pole to pole, to the deep Earth and oceans, to the atmosphere and space. The science we fund has impact across all sectors. It provides a platform for future UK prosperity by contributing to a safe, healthy, productive nation. Many programmes involve collaborations with national and international partners to tackle large-scale environmental science challenges, including those faced by developing countries. 

As well as research, innovation and training are supported from the NERC core budget. There are exciting emerging opportunities from cross-UKRI funds to develop interdisciplinary programmes enabling environmental researchers to lead and collaborate in major projects. This advances knowledge and has significant potential for delivering economic impact. 
For more information about NERC, see: https://nerc.ukri.org

Summary of Key Duties & Responsibilities: 

• Assist with health check/compliance exercise and condition survey (on site)
• Assist with estate data analysis - collect, organise, and study data to provide insights and produce infographics/dashboards
• Support with Estate Strategy implementation & framework management
• Assist with Long Term Maintenance funding monitoring  
• Support project management assurance and business cases i.e Solar farm
• Willingness to travel as required, with potential overnight stays

To apply for this placement, we are looking for the following: 
 
Essential:

• You are in full time education at university, and will be returning to university/your studies once the summer placement has concluded.
• You have the right to live and work in the UK for the duration of the placement. 
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Word and Excel.
• An understanding of the fundamental principles of estate management and/or surveying.
• Planned and organised approach to work and meeting deadlines.
• Able to work well within a team and show initiative.
• Good inter-personal skills, particularly in communication (both written and verbal) and problem solving. 

Desirable:

• Can work independently, using available resources to overcome problems.
• Experience of data analysis.
• A knowledge of issues that will allow you to understand the drive for fundamental change in the built environment to support decarbonisation, environmental and financial sustainability. 

Part of our application process involves submitting your CV and a cover letter. Your cover letter should address your suitability for the opportunity based how you meet each essential criteria stated in this advert.

Please note that we hold the right to close this vacancy early if a sufficient number of applications have been received.