Job Description

Job Title

Associate - Rating

Associate / Senior Associate – Rating

Birmingham

Cushman & Wakefield is seeking an ambitious Associate or Senior Associate – Rating to join our expanding National Rating team in Birmingham.

Our Rating team has delivered over 30% revenue growth in the past three years, driven by major portfolio wins and sustained appeal performance. Birmingham is a key growth hub within that national platform, and we are investing in experienced surveyors who want to play a meaningful role in that trajectory.

This is a senior delivery role with clear progression into leadership.

The Role

You will:

• Lead strategies to minimise business rates liabilities across complex portfolios

• Take primary responsibility for key client accounts

• Manage empty rates mitigation and relief applications

• Undertake and review property inspections and valuation measurements

• Analyse assessments and evidence to determine appeal strategy

• Prepare and manage submissions through the Check, Challenge, Appeal (CCA) process

• Deliver commercially focused advice through high-quality reports and presentations

• Contribute to fee growth, forecasting and business development

• Mentor and develop junior surveyors

About You

• MRICS qualified with strong rating experience

• Proven track record managing client portfolios independently

• Strong technical knowledge of the CCA system

• Commercially aware with appetite for fee growth

• Confident communicator and negotiator

• Experience using Riverlake, Analyse, RatesData, Calcurate (or similar)

• Leadership or mentoring experience desirable

Why Join Us?

• National rating platform with sustained double-digit growth

• Strong Midlands market presence

• High-profile occupier and investor client base

• Clear progression pathway to Senior Associate and Partner

• Competitive salary, bonus and benefits

If you are an experienced rating surveyor looking to step into a broader, more commercially driven role within a growing national team, this is an excellent opportunity.

INCO: “Cushman & Wakefield”