An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Rural Director to join our Rural Estate Management team to further develop and drive forward the business.
You’ll be based out of our York office, and your focus will be in the following areas:
* Demonstrates excellent client care.
* Demonstrates the ability to build new business with multiple clients.
* Demonstrates a strong industry presence and network.
* Demonstrates the ability to delegate work to a team and supervise delivery to budget and specification.
* Demonstrates a strong financial awareness with the ability to carry out plan and reforecasts.
* Demonstrates an expertise in niche skills as well as general industry technical requirements.
* Demonstrates the ability to influence others to achieve high standards.
* Engages effectively with Rural and Infrastructure and the wider Savills business.
* Demonstrates capability of long term and strategic thinking.
* Demonstrates the ability to review team successes and failures, to pull out lessons to learn and implement these as appropriate.
* Is a recognised industry commentator.
* Can demonstrate a proven network of intermediaries and contacts that refer fee-earning work to others.
* Demonstrates success in large pitches (written or verbal).
* Demonstrates an ability to advise clients strategically, being able to look at the wider implications of decisions.
* Is considered a trusted advisor and a respected property expert with high levels of emotional intelligence.
* To set clear objectives in line with business strategy and to measure and manage performance against these.
* To conduct regular 121 meetings, hold team meetings and complete probationary, interim and annual appraisals as per company guidance.
* To provide equal opportunities to team members via allocation of opportunity (client exposure, project work, coaching and training) in line with our promotion, succession and talent process and our D&I strategy.
* To adhere to all company processes in people management and to role model professional behaviours at all times, ensuring an inclusive workplace with zero tolerance of discrimination.
* To ensure recruitment is completed professionally and in line with team/divisional/company goals, thinking strategically re future needs and in line with our D&I objectives.
Team overview
Savills Rural Estate Management team provides advice on delivery of day to day estate management and strategic advice. Our clients include a wide range of landowners including private individuals, charities and institutions principally across Yorkshire and Durham. The team comprises twelve people as part of an office of 42 staff members covering full range of Rural services and Residential Sales.
The wider Rural division operates across the UK, with a network of 37 offices and a number of estate offices from Inverness in the North to Truro in the South-West.
What we’re looking for
At Savills, we pride ourselves on our core values of listening, empowering, challenging, and collaborating. We believe in building lasting relationships by putting people at the heart of what we do. Our team members are encouraged to be bold, embrace change, and challenge industry conventions to deliver extraordinary outcomes. The below behaviours are tangible examples of how our core values link to strategic pillars of growth, clients, people, disruption, and finance:
* You’ll champion and actively drive progress and growth in teams and individuals to improve performance.
* You’ll champion relationship building at all levels across the business and be an ambassador for Savills values.
* You’ll create long term plans and strategies to drive the business forward.
* You’ll create strategies to increase cross-selling activities, and profitability and maximise market opportunities.
Join us and be a part of a dynamic team where your contributions are valued, and you can make a real impact.
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