NERC Real Estate Internship - Swindon

NERC Real Estate Internship - Swindon

The NERC Real Estate Team is responsible for managing a diverse portfolio of property interests across the estate, including leases, licences, and other property arrangements that support the organisation’s operational needs.

In addition, the team plays a key role in delivering a range of transactional and operational functions, including supporting property acquisitions and disposals, maintaining accurate property data and records, and preparing reports to advise business decision-making. The team also is responsible for business rates management, ensuring liabilities are accurately assessed and appropriately managed. Through this varied workload, the Real Estate Team provides crucial professional property support to the wider organisation.

We collaborate with four NERC Centres, namely:

• British Antarctic Survey (BAS)
• British Geological Survey (BGS)
• National Oceanography Centre (NOC)
• UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)

As well as BBSRC’s strategically supported research institutes and other partners.

About the Summer Placement

Student life is great, but taking time out to gain experience of the workplace can be both a rewarding and invaluable experience as you choose your path ahead. We can offer you the opportunity to make a difference from day one. Everything we do has an impact globally and our Summer Placements are no exception.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop a broad range of skills and gain exposure to many facets of real estate management, contributing to your personal and professional growth. Our small, collaborative team will provide a supportive environment and a variety of interesting tasks each day.

The placement will offer insight into operational areas such as business rates management, helping the student develop an understanding of how property liabilities are identified and managed within a large public sector estate. Throughout the placement, there will be opportunities to build practical skills, develop professional property knowledge, and gain a valuable overview of real estate management in a sophisticated organisational environment.

There may be opportunities to travel to sites across the UK to experience our unique environmental science facilities and understand the relationship between the NERC Real Estate Team and the operational Estates Teams at the NERC Centres. You will also gain insight into how our work contributes to society as UKRI is a non-departmental public body of the UK government.

Summary of Key Duties & Responsibilities

We are seeking a motivated undergraduate student interested in developing their knowledge of the commercial real estate sector.

• Attend team meetings, engage with colleagues, and take accurate notes of meeting actions.
• Assist with tasks related to lease and licence arrangements (e.g., assisting with new agreements, renewals, rent reviews, break options, Licence to Alter, and Licence to Underlet).
• Prepare data templates and input information into the property database.
• Review property registered titles and other real estate documentation, ensuring documents are correctly filed and securely stored.
• Support the procurement of suppliers in line with government procurement regulations.
• Research relevant changes in legislation.
• Be willing to travel as required, with potential overnight stays.

Person Specification

The below criteria will be scored during Shortlisting (S), Interview (I) or both (S&I).

In order to apply for the role we are looking for the following:

Essential:

• You are in full time education at university, and will be returning to university/your studies to complete your undergraduate degree once the summer placement has concluded (S)
• You have the right to live and work in the UK for the duration of the placement (S)
• Studying a relevant degree related to commercial Real Estate Management, which may include modules such as valuations, surveying, property law, and landlord & tenant law (S & I).
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Word and Excel (S).
• Planned and organised approach to work and meeting deadlines (S & I).
• Ability to work well within a team and show initiative (I).
• Strong interpersonal skills, particularly in communication (written and verbal) and problem-solving (S&I).

Desirable:

• Ability to work independently, using available resources to overcome challenge (I).
• Experience in data analysis (S & I).

Employee Benefits

We are offering a permanent position with a whole host of benefits including:

• 30 days holiday pro rata
• Flexible working hours.
• Easily accessible public transport links/ free parking.
• Excellent learning and development opportunities.

As this job does not fulfil the UK Government minimum criterion for obtaining sponsored migrant worker status, we will be unable to apply for sponsorship for anyone not eligible to work in the UK. At interview, all shortlisted candidates are required to bring with them identification documents and original documents that prove they hold or can obtain the right to work in the UK.

Employee Benefits

• 30 days holiday pro rata
• Flexible working hours.
• Easily accessible public transport links/ free parking.
• Excellent learning and development opportunities.

As this job does not fulfil the UK Government minimum criterion for obtaining sponsored migrant worker status, we will be unable to apply for sponsorship for anyone not eligible to work in the UK. At interview, all shortlisted candidates are required to bring with them identification documents and original documents that prove they hold or can obtain the right to work in the UK.

Application Guidance

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

We ask some of the biggest questions in the universe, to answer some of the biggest challenges in the world. Together, our scientists, technologists, engineers and business support team explore the unknown across every field you could think of. And they turn what they find into work that changes the world around us.

What could you achieve with the world-leading facilities and experts of one of Europe's largest research organisations by your side? Join us and discover what's possible!

About Us

UKRI - UK Research and Innovation

UKRI is an organisation that brings together the seven disciplinary research councils, Research England and Innovate UK. Together, we build an independent organisation with a strong voice and vision ensuring the UK maintains its world-leading position in research and innovation.Supporting some of the world’s most exciting and challenging research projects, we develop and operate some of the most remarkable scientific facilities in the world. We are pushing the frontiers of human knowledge through fundamental research and delivering benefits for UK society and the economy through world-class research, skills and business-led innovation.

Choosing to come to work at UKRI means that you will have access to a whole host of benefits from a defined benefit pension scheme, excellent holiday entitlement, access to employee shopping/travel discounts and salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme. For more details, visit benefits of working for UKRI.

How we support EDI in the workforce

At UKRI, we believe that everyone has a right to be treated with dignity and respect, and to be provided with equal opportunities to thrive and succeed in an environment that enables them to do so. We also value diversity of thought and experience within inclusive groups, organisations and the wider community. For further information, please visit ‘How we support EDI in the workforce’.

Disability Confident Employer

As users of the disability confident scheme, any candidate who opts into the scheme and best meets the essential criteria, will be shortlisted for interview. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Application Process

• Online applications only preferred for this role. Please submit a CV and covering letter which clearly outlines how you fulfil the criteria specified along with your motivation for UKRI and the role.
• Ensure that the job reference number is included in the filename description of each document uploaded.
• Note that failure to address the above criteria or submit an application without a covering letter may result in the application not being considered.
• Assessment will only be based upon the content of your submitted covering letter and CV and not the ‘experience’ section of the application.

UKRI seeks to ensure it creates and maintains a system of openness, fairness and inclusion – a collaborative, trusted environment, which is attractive to and accessible to everyone who is interested in developing their career with us.

The role holder will be required to have the appropriate level of security screening/vetting required for the role. UKRI reserves the right to run or re-run security clearance as required during the course of employment.

How to apply

To apply for this role and to find out more, please click on the apply button. Please note that applications may close before the application deadline, so apply early to avoid disappointment.