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Business Rates Director - Head of Leisure (WSP GL Hearn) (London)

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Job Description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

Job Description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

WSP GL Hearn are looking to further accelerate the growth of their market leading rating business and are looking to recruit an ambitious, experienced and talented rating surveyor with a passion for retail to deliver on existing work and bring in new business ahead for the 2023 Revaluation and plan for 2026.

A Little More About Your Role…

  • Provide bespoke rates appeal and mitigation advice to major investor and occupier clients within the leisure sector.
  • Manage and grow your own client base and case load with a view to taking on more responsibility with increased experience.
  • Develop excellent business relationships with new and existing clients.
  • Assist with and provide rating advice to developer and landlord clients through all stages of the development cycle including deletion / RV appeals, completion notices and mitigation strategies.
  • Oversee the preparation of Valuation Tribunal procedural documents including statement of case.
  • Integrate fully in the wider GL Hearn/WSP network and to develop strong working relationships across the WSP business, fostering connections with colleagues to promote business rates services and leverage opportunities with clients.


What We Will Be Looking For You To Demonstrate…

  • Excellent knowledge of the UK leisure market.
  • Familiarity with receipts and expenditure method of valuation.
  • 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.
  • Good IT skills (Word, Excel, MS Outlook) familiarity with Rating software Riverlake and Analyse beneficial.
  • MRICS qualified.
  • Experience in providing rating advice and negotiating appeals.
  • Detailed knowledge of rating legislation and case law.


Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.

Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.

With us, you can. Apply today.

About Us

We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Our 69,300 passionate people are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. With over 9,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

Work-life balance

At WSP, we understand that work is just one aspect of your life. It’s important to make time for you, your family, friends, interests and your community.

Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while also providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK.

Inclusivity & Diversity

We welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We enable rewarding careers by encouraging people to bring their whole and authentic selves to work so that our work represents the fullest spectrum of society. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP. We have our employee resource groups bring together employees and allies with different backgrounds to promote a culture of inclusivity.

Health & Wellbeing

We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme.

Med24 offers you and your family unlimited telephone access to an NHS doctor, available 24/7, with options for face-to-face video consultations. We also provide reasonable workplace adjustments for those in need. Additionally, you can benefit from the Gymflex scheme, which offers up to 40% off annual gym memberships through our WSP flexible benefits program, as well as a comprehensive menopause support package.

Flex your time

To enhance work-life balance, WSP offers the “WSP My Hour,” allowing you to take one hour each day for personal activities, with the flexibility to make up the time earlier or later that day.

We also provide part-time and flexible working arrangements, the option to purchase additional leave, and the ability to use your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.

Your development

We understand the importance of development and training to you. That’s why we foster a supportive environment that invests in your growth, whether through training, mentoring, or Chartership.

#WeAreWSP

Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.

Seniority level

  • Seniority levelMid-Senior level

Employment type

  • Employment typePart-time

Job function

  • Job functionBusiness Development and Sales
  • IndustriesProfessional Services

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