Associate Director, Rating
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Dunlop Heywood (part of the Leaders Romans Group) are looking for a Associate Director, Rating to join us on a permanent basis based in our busy office in Manchester.
Dunlop Heywood are a commercial property consultancy with offices based in London, Manchester, Newcastle Upon Tyne, York, Belfast and Cardiff.
Our client list includes, among others: Aviva Investors, Peel Energy, Peel (Land & Property), Peel Ports, Port of Dover, Asda Stores, Travis Perkins PLC, NewRiver Retail, Speedy Hire PLC, Dublin Airport Authority, Glasgow Airport, Newcastle International Airport, South Tyneside Council, Leeds Bradford Airport, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, and Welsh Power.
We are always looking for individuals that are driven, creative and ambitious to succeed.
The Role
Dunlop Heywood’s Rating team has enjoyed substantial profitable growth with opportunity for key individuals to progress their careers. We are now looking to accelerate growth of our business across the UK through our London and regional offices.
The Dunlop Heywood team advises clients occupying landmark properties across the UK and Ireland. We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and ambitious qualified MRICS rating surveyor, to join the team as an Associate Director.
The role is to progress instructions already held by the business and to work in conjunction with our business development team to develop the business further.
You will have good communication skills and be able to demonstrate experience in progressing rating appeals to Valuation Tribunal across a range of property types.
Of particular interest will be individuals with good experience of the Receipts & Expenditure and the Contractor’s Basis methods of rating valuation.
Ideal Candidate
The requirement is for a qualified MRICS rating surveyor with good experience with Receipts & Expenditure and Contractor’s Basis rating valuations. You will hold a full UK driving licence and you will be able to demonstrate:
Experience of appeal work on diverse property portfolios, throughout the UK.
- Experience of infrastructure type properties such as energy, airports and ports.
- The ability to provide clear rating advice to ratepayers.
- Experience of working in a team; you are a team player.
- Good communication, organisation and negotiation skills.
- Ambition and looking to develop a successful reputation within a leading Rating Consultancy
Salary and Benefits
- Salary will be based on professional experience and qualifications.
- Performance related bonus scheme.
- Pension scheme membership (after initial probationary period).
Working Hours
Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:30pm
Next Steps
Hiring our talent through our Internal Recruitment Team is our primary channel and always our first approach. We always recommend an early direct application by applying on our careers page. We do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. If by exception we seek agency support it is always after a search by our recruitment team and by invitation only, to our PSL agencies, via LRG permanent recruitment terms.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications. We wish you every success with your job search.
- Department
- Dunlop Heywood Professional Property Services
- Locations
- Manchester
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
- Driving Licence Required
- Yes

Manchester
Our Culture
Our culture is what makes us who we are and all of the people within LRG are our driving force behind that.
We operate an open culture and are dedicated to creating an environment in which our employees feel they can speak up and share their thoughts. We're dedicated to engagement, recognition, wellbeing and diversity and inclusion. We also offer our staff fantastic working conditions both out in our branches and Head Office in Wokingham, Berkshire.
About Leaders Romans Group
LRG is one of the largest multi-faceted property companies in the UK. Our brands include Leaders, Romans, Boyer, Gibbs-Gillespie, Moginie James, Outlook Property, Portico, Scott Fraser, Northfields, Revolution, Dunlop Heywood, Mortgage Scout, Bode Insurance Services, Three Sixty Space, Three Sixty Maintenance, SPL Property Management, GCS Estate Management and Hodes, Rhodes, Dickson. All of which are supported by a centralised specialist team.
Our teams are experienced in their industries and local areas, providing a market-leading service and advice to a huge variety of customers across the country. Many of our brands are regularly recognised with awards for the work they do.
Our brands have been operational for over 30 years and through a combination of acquisition and organic growth, we are continuing to grow all areas of our business and, we are not done yet!
Associate Director, Rating
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