Avison Young
Senior Surveyor - Associate Director - Valuation
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Senior Surveyor - Associate Director - Valuation
Who We Are
Our story began in a small Canadian business founded in 1978, which has since grown into a global organization spanning 120 locations across 20 countries. Though our growth has been rapid, our core principle remains unchanged: a belief that where we live, work, and play can profoundly impact our happiness and well-being.
At our heart lies a global commercial real estate advisory firm with a clear mission—to ensure real estate contributes to vibrant buildings, cities, and communities, delivering enduring social value and economic impact.
Why Work for Us?
Our Values駭
We believe our industry must evolve, and we seek to become a melting pot of restless minds, passionate spirits, and strategic thinkers. Here, your background matters less than your commitment to transformation. Collaboration drives everything:
- Autonomy over tasks like client relationships, team operations, and project execution
- Shared responsibility for growth and strategy
- A distinctive ownership model—as employees, every person can own a share of our business as a Principal, earning both voting rights and ownership in our future.
We foster an environment where talent is attracted, nurtured, and retained, ensuring those with the skills and ambition find the right space to grow.
Culture & Engagement
Establishing a network—both within Avison Young and externally—is crucial for career success. Our people-first culture encourages:
- Building client relationships
- Participating across teams, markets, and strategies
- Driving new opportunities while delivering excellence
Role: Experienced Valuer (Valuation Team – Manchester, UK)
Location: Manchester, UK (as part of our wider national Valuation Team) Reporting To: Valuation Consultancy Directors (Liverpool & Manchester) Team: Valuation Team (North West)
Purpose:
This role covers all aspects of general practice valuation for clients including:
- Public sector bodies
- Local authorities
- Developers
- Investors
- Banks and lending institutions
With a hybrid and client-centric approach, this position is for an experienced valuer prepared to:
- Independently deliver valuations for loan security, acquisitions, disposals, and asset management with efficiency.
- Support wider team collaboration and deliver high-quality, signed-off valuation reports.
- Assist in growing the North West valuation business through proactive relationship-building.
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Key Duties:
You will: ✔ Conduct detailed and independent valuation instructions while maintaining high standards of accuracy and quality. ✔ Write clear and concise valuation reports for Director review and sign-off. ✔ Collaborate with valuation colleagues and assume ownership of projects. ✔ Optimise working smartly and efficiently to align with profitability goals. ✔ Adhere to and enhance Avison Young’s quality and regulatory safeguards. ✔ Identify opportunities to expand the valuation business across the North West region. ✔ Support collective strategy attainment by actively engaging with colleagues and contributing unique insights.
Skills & Qualifications
Technical Skills:
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 software.
- Familiarity with valuation software (you might develop skills in KEL and Argus Developer, or receive training as needed).
Core Skills:
- A commercial, pragmatic, and solution-oriented mindset for real-world property and business scenarios.
- Strong organisational abilities
- Capacity to manage multiple projects concurrently while maintaining extreme attention to detail.
- Commitment to excellence, producing high-quality outputs consistently.
- Flexibility, resilience, and adaptability in work arrangements.
- Exceptional report-writing skills—ability to translate data into clearly structured, insightful narratives.
- Data management fluency.
- Collaboration drive, teamwork mindset, and accountability.
- **Deadline-focused with high execution”.
Experience:
- Trusted RICS Registered Valuer (FRICS or MRICS qualification required).
- Deep understanding of RICS ‘Red Book’ and related guidance notes.
Key Behaviors:
We look for candidates who can:
- Act as an ambassador of the firm, advocating for Avison Young’s values robustly.
- Show genuine interest in economic and business trends, with market-aware insights in real estate.
- Practice client-centricity—prioritizing and applying the nuanced needs of our clients.
- Operate with strategic effectiveness, using data, experience, and intuition to solve challenges.
- Collaborate openly to drive new business opportunities across Avison Young’s global platform.
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Benefits
Join Avison Young’s dynamic team and contribute to ** transformation within your clients' operations**. A leader in real estate, Avison Young places people at the core of our success.
Diversity, Inclusion & Well-being
We’re spearheading change through representation:
- Board and leadership growth: Increasing diversity at decision-making levels.
- Women’s Network: A robust initiative of over 500 members, offering networking, mentorship, and strategy guidance for advancing women in commercial real estate.
- Global programs: Our DEI steering committee advances a clear vision—accelerating inclusion for underrepresented groups. Initiatives include support for LGBTQ+ and Black Professionals communities.
Our culture balances excellence, belonging, and inclusivity:
- Encourages employees to thrive, reflect diverse backgrounds, and achieve career success.
- Fosters a workplace of community and mutual support.
Equal Opportunity
We remain an equal opportunity employer:
- Committed to equitable accessibility and actively implementing strategies for underrepresented sectors.
- Identify opportunities to create a more inclusive, representative workforce.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we’re grateful for—and are diligent in supporting—the needs of disabled employees. If you require adjustments (assistance formats, facility access, etc.), kindly reach out to careers.uk@avisonyoung.com.
We invite passionate candidates with potential but may not address every requirement explicitly—encouraging dramatic growth in Application: Apply regardless.
We’re with you in your growth.
Ready to own a part of our success? Join Avison Young today.
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