We are hiring ambitious students for a placement year to join our rural division in Cambridge on a 12-month fixed term contract in the Summer or Autumn 2025. Our dedicated team of rural surveyors provide advice to landowners and farmers on unlocking the value of their assets, diversification, change of land use, rural management, leveraging natural capital and bio-diversity opportunities, along with valuing rural assets all over the UK.

The Eastern Rural department is involved in management, professional and agency work.   We manage land for private and institutional clients, our professional team undertakes valuations and advice to farmers and landowners and our agency team sells land and farms.  Cambridge is also the centre nationally developing our thinking on National Capital and its value to landowners.  As a placement student you will work all areas of expertise alongside senior agents on a day-to-day basis including client contact and will have your own areas of responsibility and opportunities to take forward work.  Embarking on a placement year offers the potential opportunity for the right candidate to return as a graduate and begin your pathway to becoming a qualified surveyor.

About us:

Since 1855, Carter Jonas has grown to be one of the largest and most respected property consultancies in the UK with a network of 34 offices across England and Wales, employing more than 1,000 partners and employees.

Our tailored service and Simply Better Advice have enabled us to forge lasting, intelligent and trusting partnerships with our clients. These long-standing relationships are our most important and most closely protected asset. From private landowners to local authorities, pension funds to farmers – our universe of client experience is among the most varied in UK property.

We employ the very best people. We are a place where people want to work, and our culture is both collaborative and business minded. We have experts in every field who deliver long term advice that enhances our clients’ future prosperity.

Ahead of the curve, we are pioneering in the use of technology within the property industry, making Carter Jonas a hugely exciting place to work.

What will it take to be successful?

We are looking for forward thinking students with a can-do attitude, who have the ability to manage multiple projects and deal with a variety of work. You will ideally be studying a RICS accredited degree, however, we welcome applications from those studying a non-accredited degree who are looking to pursue a career in rural surveying.  It is essential that you have or are working towards gaining a full UK driving license.

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