Our excellent graduate programme and APC support aims to provide you with the best start and progression opportunities in your professional career to become a Chartered Surveyor and beyond.

As a graduate on the rural pathway, you will have the chance to immerse yourself in one of a variety of teams across Fisher German. The rural surveying pathway offers a huge range of opportunities within the land and property industry and extends across multiple divisions within Fisher German

Applying for the rural programme, you will get the opportunity to work with a wide range of teams across the firm including our rural property management, valuations, property agency, compulsory purchase and compensation, minerals, and agribusiness teams.

You’ll find yourself involved in an array of projects and working with a broad spectrum of clients. This can vary from the management of private estates  to national corporate clients within the property management team or the valuation of rural land and farms within the valuation team.  Other roles could include advising landowners and acquiring authorities on compulsory purchase matters getting involved with the commercial appraisal, negotiations, and management of mineral and waste sites.

If you have a passion for the countryside and the agricultural industry, rural surveying offers a unique opportunity to work on a wide array of property-related projects. The role blends technical knowledge with interpersonal skills, ensuring you deliver the best outcomes for our clients while making a tangible impact in rural communities.

Your day-to-day work will be dynamic and varied, requiring strong problem-solving abilities, proactive communication, and negotiation skills. You’ll often collaborate with multiple stakeholders to deliver effective solutions across different types of rural property throughout the UK.

You could potentially be based in any of the following main offices that our rural teams are located in: Ashby de la Zouch, Banbury, Doncaster, Market Harborough, Newark, Stafford or Worcester.

What do I need to apply:

At Fisher German, we value a diverse range of transferable skills from both cognate and non-cognate courses. We look for individuals who can:

• Be a student from any degree subject

• Confidently communicate and engage with people
• Build strong working relationships and work collaboratively
• Approach challenges with a positive, can-do attitude and problem-solving mindset
• Show a genuine interest in the built environment and surveying as a career
• Work independently and take initiative
• Be a creative thinker, with strong attention to detail

• Be committed to continuing your studies in order to become chartered with RICS
• Have access to transport, or be willing to do so by the time you start work, as you will often be required to travel to out of town client sites
• Enjoy going out and about in all weathers, travelling across the region or further afield and working outside of the normal 9-5 when required.

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