Associate – Rating

Associate, rating

Cluttons · London, United Kingdom (Hybrid) · — · Posted 2025-11-26

Workplace: hybrid

Department: Professional Services

Description

The role

We are seeking a Senior Surveyor or Associate to join our market leading Rating team based our London office. You will provide rating advice to a broad range of clients including Landlords, occupiers, investors, and developers. Ideally you will have prior transferable experience and will be looking to further grow and develop their career within Rating.

This is a key role and an opportunity to develop and play a major part in the expansion of the London team.

Responsibilities

• To work with clients and to provide bespoke appeal and mitigation advice to a wide range of clients across a broad spectrum of properties
• To manage and grow your own client base and to develop excellent business relationships with new and existing clients
• To assist with and provide rating advice to occupier, developer, and landlord clients through all stages of the property cycle including challenging assessments through the CCA process, advising on empty rates, payments and other areas including completion notices.
• To work with a wide range of clients to provide bespoke appeal and mitigation advice across a broad spectrum of properties.
• To integrate fully in the wider business network and to develop relationships with key service lines including Agency, Investment and Development to promote the team and leverage opportunities

Requirements

• MRICS qualified with proven Rating experience
• Experience in providing rating advice and negotiating appeals
• Detailed knowledge of rating legislation and case law
• Good general surveying and inspection skills
• Be competent and experienced appearing in both the Valuation tribunal and (preferably) upper tribunal arenas
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good communication skills, both verbally and in writing
• Commercially astute with an entrepreneurial attitude to business development
• Ability to work autonomously and co-ordinate tasks efficiently to ensure deadlines are met
• Accurate and exceptional attention to detail
• Pro-active and enjoys working autonomously and as part of a wider team
• Confident and assertive where required
• Flexible approach to work
• Team player who works effectively with colleagues and clients
• Good IT skills (Word, Excel, MS Outlook) familiarity with Rating software

Benefits

• Hybrid working - to give you the flexibility you need
• Holidays: 27 days
• Car allowance
• Private health insurance - individual cover
• Enhanced auto enrolment pension scheme - to help you save for the future
• Life assurance - to protect your loved ones should the worst happen
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Cycle to work scheme - discounted bicycles
• Flu and eye care vouchers - to keep you healthy
• Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 health & wellbeing support
• Help@Hand Remote GP app - to give you and your family access to medical experts quickly
• Platform hosting 1000s of discounts at your favourite retailers, restaurants, supermarkets, leisure & days out venues, gyms and more
• Family & wellbeing policy - including enhanced maternity pay, menopause support, neurodiversity support, carer support, company sick pay and much more

Plus a Flexible benefits policy that allows you to pick and choose additional benefits as below:

• Purchasing up to 5 days additional holiday
• Discounted gym membership
• Discounted dental insurance
• Discounted private medical insurance for family cover
• Discounted critical health insurance and more

We recognise that diversity in all its forms including but not limited to race, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, and background - enriches our workplace and enhances our ability to serve our clients and community effectively. Our goal is to create a culture where everyone feels empowered to bring their authentic selves to work, knowing their unique perspectives are welcomed and appreciated. We actively seek applicants from all backgrounds and want you to get in touch even if you don’t have all the skills we have asked for - we will support you with the development you need.

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