Surveyor/Senior Surveyor – London Occupier Rating
Full time, permanent with hybrid working in Henrietta House, London
Role Purpose CBRE’s market-leading Rating team is enjoying tremendous growth delivering profit and creating opportunities for individuals to progress their careers.
We are now in a position to further accelerate the expansion of our business across the UK through the London and regional offices. To succeed, we need to recruit an ambitious and talented individual.
Our Rating team provides rating advice to a broad range of clients including landlords, occupiers, investors, and developers. You will be tasked with supporting the occupier team and building on existing market success. You will have the tenacity and ability to learn new skills, develop new business and provide support to Directors on high profile and complex cases.
Key Responsibilities
To work with prestigious occupational clients and to provide bespoke rates appeal via check, challenge & appeal, provide temporary occupation advice to a variety of clients.
To manage and grow your own client base and case load with a view to taking on more responsibility with increased experience.
Developing excellent business relationships with new and existing clients.
To assist with and provide rating advice to developer and landlord clients through all stages of the development cycle including deletion / RV appeals, completion notices and mitigation strategies.
Use robust quantitative and qualitative analysis to assess client situations and devise recommended strategies and solutions
To prepare & present at Valuation Tribunal creating all procedural documents including challenge documents.
Ability to foster and maintain collaborative relationships across the wider CBRE network and to develop relationships with key CBRE service lines including Agency, Investment and Development to promote the team and leverage opportunities
Support Director’s to innovate processes, products and services to drive efficiencies and effectiveness, and to stay abreast of legislative and market developments
Business Development - Identifies additional cross selling revenue by exploring client needs. May have individual revenue growth targets; understands the business development process and develops ideas and relationships that may result in new clients in either their own or another area of the business
Support proposals and pitches and market-facing material e.g. Thought Leadership
Deliver workshops, seminars to CBRE internal teams on Business Rates related legislation
Contributes to the development of more junior members of the team through role modelling behaviour and feedback and providing support as required, proactively works with their manager to create a medium-term career plan; takes responsibility for seeking out development opportunities
Person Specification/Requirements
Preferably MRICS qualified with at least 1 years PQE Rating experience
Experience in providing rating advice and negotiating appeals
Detailed knowledge of rating legislation and case law
Good general surveying and inspection skills
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbally and in writing
Commercially astute with an entrepreneurial attitude to business development
Proactive with the ability to work autonomously and co-ordinate tasks efficiently to ensure deadlines are met
Accurate with exceptional attention to detail
Ability to problem-solve and manage multiple priorities
Confident and assertive where required
Understands and appreciates the importance of using discretion
Team player who works effectively with colleagues and clients
Good IT skills (Word, Excel, MS Outlook) familiarity with Rating software Riverlake and Analyse beneficial
Why CBRE When you join CBRE, you become part of the global leader in commercial real estate services and investment that helps businesses and people thrive. We are dynamic problem solvers and forward-thinking professionals who create significant impact. Our collaborative culture is built on our shared values — respect, integrity, service and excellence — and we value the diverse perspectives, backgrounds and skillsets of our people. At CBRE, you have the opportunity to chart your own course and realize your potential. We welcome all applicants.
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