Overview:
The Firm
Montagu Evans is a UK property consultancy that helps clients unlock value from complexity, because that’s where the most meaningful opportunities live.
Our purpose is to bring clarity, creativity, and conviction to the complex. We are experts who collaborate to create value, not just preserve it and our team is built for impact, not oversight.
We specialise in high-value, complex assets across the property lifecycle, where political, technical or commercial challenges demand a joined-up approach.
The Department
This role is to sit within our Advisory Department led by Josh Myerson and comprises 5 Teams:
- Valuation, Asset and Investment Advisory
- Development Advisory
- Rating Advisory
- Residential Valuation Advisory
- Strategic Advisory
Advisory comprises of over 130 experts across all 3 of our national offices.
Advisory benefits from a huge critical mass of expertise and a diversity of experience. Projects can range from:
placemaking the evolution of our town centres where we advise owners on asset management and repurposing;- strategic development advice to the public and private sector on delivering their medium to long term objectives;
- minimising the costs of re-development for some of London’s largest developers through rating strategy;
- supporting residential developers value land be that for viability, acquisition or the formation of a new garden town;
- helping the owners and occupiers of major portfolios secure the correct model both operational and financially through strategic thinking and problem solving;
- innovating through valuations of some of the most interesting public and private property portfolios spread across the firms’ key sectors of Town Centres, Healthcare, Housing and London.
Advisory is…
- Extracting and unlocking value
- Interpreting policy to maximise benefits for our clients
- Applying innovative ideas to challenge the status quo
- Counselling clients to achieve their goals and objectives
- Supporting clients critical thinking to improve the performance of their assets
- Simplifying complex problems and creating solutions
The Team
This role is within our profitable and market-leading Valuation & Asset Advisory (VAA) team comprising 24 Registered Valuers and contributing c.£7.25m (>10%) to the Partnership’s turnover. It is divided into a ‘Specialist’ Valuation workstream, ‘Commercial’ Valuation workstream and Asset (& Investment) Advisory workstream.
The team offers a focused yet varied range of services for the public and private sectors, including asset valuations, purchase and disposal reports, option appraisals, secured lending valuations, credit reports, feasibility assessments, portfolio strategy support, overage and clawback assessments and expert witness advice. The common theme being that all of these have valuation at their core.
The team has ambitious growth plans given the increasing demand for its services from a combination of existing and new clients.
The role will include:
Developing one of the most important transferrable skills for a surveyor – valuation. The flexible in-depth knowledge you can develop in this team is industry-leading;
Developing valuation and strategic reporting skills;
Collaborating with other ME Departments outside of Advisory – working with planners and agents across target sectors;
Engaging in appropriate Client Relationship Management and Business Development initiatives and be expected to liaise with clients directly to develop you personally and professionally; and
Joining a team where there are no glass ceilings to restrict your ambition and a track record of organic career progression – 4 of the 7 partners in VAA originally joined as graduates or surveyors.
Self-determination and motivation to succeed are key but these will be recognised with progress and reward. You will be encouraged to engage in appropriate business development and will be an important member of the team as it continues to maintain its strong reputation in market and to grow both market share and fee income.
The Role
VAA is looking for an ambitious, driven Surveyor or Senior Surveyor to join our dynamic and fast-growing Specialist Valuation team. This is a genuinely exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of some of the most high-profile and technically diverse valuation work in the UK, while developing a unique and highly sought-after skillset.
The role offers exposure to three distinct and complementary streams of work that set our team apart.
The first centres on large-scale public sector portfolio work. You will play a key role in delivering complex valuation instructions across major mandates, including Local Authorities, NHS bodies and central Government clients. These projects span a rich and varied mix of asset classes, from highly specialised properties through to mature investment portfolios. This breadth provides exceptional experience in understanding how large estates function and how value is assessed across diverse property types at scale.
The second stream focuses on deeply technical and niche specialist valuations. Our team advises on a unique range of alternative assets, including football stadiums, whisky distilleries, registered providers of affordable housing and other trading-based property businesses. This work goes beyond traditional valuation approaches, requiring a strong analytical mindset and an interest in understanding business performance, cash flows and the intrinsic drivers of value. It is an opportunity to develop expertise that very few valuers in the market possess.
The third stream reflects how we leverage our data and insight to deliver wider strategic advice. Through our extensive portfolio work, we identify broader opportunities for clients, contributing to estate rationalisation strategies, asset optimisation and wider consultancy instructions. This creates a strong link between valuation and advisory work, enabling you to move beyond pure technical delivery and play a part in shaping client strategy.
As such, this role offers a rare combination of breadth and depth. You will continue to build experience across more traditional commercial asset classes while simultaneously developing specialist expertise that will differentiate you in the market. Our team is continually evolving, and this growth has positioned VAA as one of the UK’s leading specialist valuation advisors.
A summary of what you can expect includes:
Exposure to a wide variety of challenging and intellectually engaging instructions, including valuations for financial reporting, acquisition, disposal and strategic purposes across both conventional and specialist assets- A genuinely client-facing role, with the opportunity to represent the business at networking events and build lasting relationships through regular client interaction and engagement
- The chance to become a trusted adviser to clients, delivering high-quality, insight-led advice that supports long-term partnerships and repeat instructions
- Support in developing from a technically strong valuer into a confident business developer, contributing to winning new work and expanding existing client relationships
- Collaboration across the wider business, working alongside teams in Development, Planning and other departments on multi-disciplinary instructions
- Access to industry-leading training and mentorship from some of the most experienced valuers in the UK, including partners actively involved in shaping RICS valuation policy
- A transparent and rewarding fee-earning structure, with individual targets aligned to team performance and wider business success
This is an outstanding opportunity for someone looking to accelerate their career within a forward-thinking, market-leading team, while gaining exposure to some of the most interesting and complex valuation work available.
Responsibilities:
- Undertaking valuations within the Specialist Valuation team including; depreciated replacement cost valuations, development appraisals, cashflow models and investment valuations;
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Preparing high quality Red Book valuation reports and written advice for clients;
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Carrying out property inspections and measurement;
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Liaising directly with clients throughout each instruction to provide updates on progress and to discuss the rationale behind your valuation;
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Actively driving the team’s business development aspirations and raising the external profile of VAA team by attending networking events and participating in client entertainment activities;
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Enjoy being part of a very sociable team with numerous social events hosted throughout the year across the firm;
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To assist with training and development of more junior colleagues and working with graduates develop their skills and prepare for the APC;
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Working collaboratively with other teams within Advisory and the wider business;
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Any additional duties as reasonably requested.
Qualifications:
- MRICS qualified and being an RICS Registered Valuer
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Enthusiastic, self-motivated and proactive
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Solution-orientated
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Able to listen, assimilate and act expeditiously
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Strong attention to detail with high service delivery skills
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Committed and organised
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Team-player
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Working knowledge of Argus Developer and Enterprise software
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Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel and other relevant software packages
