Job Description

Job Title

Senior Surveyor/Associate - Business Rates

Rating - Senior Surveyor/Associate

Birmingham

Due to continued growth, Cushman & Wakefield is looking to expand its highly regarded National Rating team and is seeking a Surveyor, Senior Surveyor, or Associate to join our Birmingham office.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a collaborative, market-leading team advising a wide range of major clients on complex and high-value rating matters across a diverse UK portfolio. The role offers strong career progression, exposure to high-profile instructions, and the chance to play an active role in the team’s continued success and growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement strategic approaches to minimise clients’ business rates liabilities across a varied portfolio
• Advise on and manage empty property rates, including identifying and securing all applicable reliefs and mitigation strategies
• Inspect, measure, and assess properties accurately for rating valuation purposes in accordance with relevant standards
• Analyse valuation evidence, rental data, and assessments to identify opportunities for appeals and savings
• Prepare and submit high-quality cases through the Check, Challenge, Appeal (CCA) process, including negotiations with the Valuation Office Agency (VOA)
• Manage rating appeals from inception through to resolution, ensuring best outcomes for clients
• Build and maintain strong client relationships, delivering clear, commercial, and timely advice
• Contribute to achieving team revenue targets and proactively identify opportunities for new business
• Support, mentor, and develop junior team members

Skills & Experience:

• MRICS qualified (or equivalent), or working towards qualification, with relevant experience in business rates/rating
• Strong track record of delivering rating advice, managing appeals, and handling client portfolios across commercial property sectors
• Excellent analytical, report-writing, and negotiation skills, with the ability to interpret valuation evidence and present clear, reasoned arguments
• Strong commercial awareness with a proactive and entrepreneurial approach to client development and business generation
• Effective communicator with the ability to build long-term client relationships and work collaboratively within a team environment

Please note: this is a direct search led by Cushman & Wakefield. We only work with recruitment agencies on our preferred supplier list, and only where a signed and in date agreement is in place and the agency has been directly instructed on the role by a member of our Talent Acquisition team. We do not accept speculative or unsolicited CVs submitted to any of our employees or outside of our agreed process. No agency fees will be payable in these circumstances.

INCO: “Cushman & Wakefield”