Business Rates, Surveyor - Associate
COBALT RECRUITMENT LIMITED · Manchester, North West
Business Rates, Surveyor - Associate at COBALT RECRUITMENT LIMITED, based in Manchester, North West, paying £45,000 - £65,000 per annum. This is a contract role with hybrid working.
- Salary
- £45,000 - £65,000 per annum
- Location
- Manchester, North West · Hybrid
- Contract
- Contract
- Posted
- 1 week ago
- Closes
- 17 Nov 2026
- Sector
- Construction & Trades
Bang in line with the market for construction & trades
Reference careers/business-rates-surveyor-associate-london-jn-092026-85761_1789729945-2996
About the role
Meet Our Recruiter
Eddie TrujilloAssociate Director - Real Estate & Capital Markets[phone removed][phone removed][email removed]About the Role
About the Role
Cobalt are supporting a leading global real estate consultancy looking to strengthen its London Business Rates team with an experienced Surveyor through to Director level.
This is an opportunity to join an established UK Rating team with a strong existing book of business, advising a broad range of major occupier and investor clients across varied commercial property portfolios.
The team is looking to add further expertise as it continues to grow, and there is flexibility around level depending on experience.
The Role
You will work across a varied range of commercial Rating instructions, with responsibilities including:
- Providing strategic and technical Business Rates advice to clients across commercial property portfolios.
- Managing Check, Challenge, Appeal (CCA) work and engaging directly with the Valuation Office Agency.
- Preparing valuation evidence, negotiating assessments and identifying opportunities to reduce clients' rate liabilities.
- Advising on wider Rating matters including reliefs, exemptions and changes to property assessments.
- Developing and maintaining strong relationships with existing clients.
- Taking ownership of instructions and managing work with a high degree of autonomy.
- Supporting and mentoring more junior members of the team where appropriate.
- At a more senior level, contributing to business development, winning new instructions and helping shape the continued growth of the team.
About You
The opportunity could suit someone from Surveyor through to Associate Director level, with the exact position shaped around experience.
Ideally, you will:
- Have strong experience within Business Rates / Rating.
- Be MRICS qualified, or working towards qualification
- Have experience of CCA work, valuation evidence and negotiations with the VOA.
- Be comfortable managing client relationships and taking ownership of instructions.
- Have experience across one or more commercial property sectors.
- Be commercially minded and keen to develop your career within an established Rating platform.
Why Join?
- The opportunity offers the chance to join a well-established Rating platform with a significant existing workload and high-quality client base.
- There is a strong emphasis on rewarding performance,
- For someone joining below Director level, there is also a clear opportunity to continue progressing through the team and ultimately towards Director level and beyond.
All conversations will be treated in complete confidence.
For further information or an informal confidential conversation, please contact Eddie at Cobalt Recruitment.
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