Lease Consultancy Surveyors – Associate to Snr. Associate Director

REF: AK3027153 / AK3097009

THE OPPORTUNITY

Our 2 no. client’s Lease Advisory teams are both looking to build upon continued success by expanding the team further and recruiting Lease Consultancy Surveyors – at Associate to Senior Associate level – based out of the Northwest.

Our client’s highly successful Lease Consultancy Teams provide specialist Lease Advisory services to property owners and occupiers, and these roles shall predominantly focus on either all aspects of retail food stores, OR all traditional commercial property sectors, offering a varied caseload of quality instructions.

These are both new strategic roles, and our clients are looking to appoint key individuals who can help drive the Lease Consultancy teams forward, thus offering genuine career enhancement opportunities with market leaders.

The successful candidates shall ideally be working at Senior, Associate or Senior Associate level and be looking to take a step up in their next role.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Carry out rent reviews, lease renewals for retained and non-retained clients
• Advise on lease re-gears
• Act as an expert witness to arbitrators, independent experts and court
• Provide strategic advice to clients
• Identify and implement opportunities to add value and optimise performance
• Manage clients to the best of your ability
• Build relationships with internal colleagues within the company
• Securing new clients and new instructions where possible
• Maintain professional development, particularly within the Landlord & Tenant specialism
• Provide advice to other teams in the Commercial Department and wider business as appropriate
• Help to supervise other staff, including graduates and more junior employees

The Ideal Candidate

• MRICS qualified
• Experienced in rent review and lease renewal negotiations
• Previous experience working in a similar role with team seniority
• Experienced in making references to third party
• Thorough knowledge of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954
• Thorough knowledge of the Arbitration Act 1996
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Computer literate with a good level of skill (at least Intermediate level) in Microsoft Excel & Word, and a willingness to learn new computer packages
• Confidence to deal directly with Clients
• Ability to work as part of a larger team
• Good attention to details and work in an organised manner

Remuneration & Benefits include:

• Competitive Basic Salary
• Car Allowance
• Staff Bonus – Discretionary & Competitive
• Pension – 10% Employer / 5% Employee
• Private Medical Insurance
• Permanent Health Insurance
• Death In Service Insurance
• 25 Days Holiday, plus Birthday Holiday, 2 days over Christmas & Bank Holidays

These are both excellent opportunities to join leading Lease Consultancy teams, and for the right individuals, exceptional career development opportunities are offered towards Partner/Director level.

If you wish to apply for this position or obtain further details, then please contact Andrew Kingsley MRICS on 07879 413 765 or email andrew@kingsleyrecruitment.co.uk for more details or to send a copy of your CV. (REF: AK3027153 / AK3097009)