We’re looking for a forward-thinking and proactive individual to join our Chartered Surveying Apprenticeship Programme and help grow our ever-expanding national Consultancy & Strategy teambased in Cambridge. This apprenticeship programme provides a fantastic opportunity to gain a bachelor’s degree with one of our trusted providers, while working towards your APC (Assessment of Professional Competence) to become a Chartered Surveyor.
Join our national Consultancy & Strategy team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of property portfolios for clients whose core business lies outside real estate. As a strategic property consultant, you'll engage directly with senior leadership teams, addressing complex property challenges and driving transformative change.
Over five years, you’ll split your time between studying and hands-on work. You’ll receive 7.5 hours of dedicated study time each week (equivalent to one day), with the remaining four days spent contributing to exciting, real-world projects as part of your day-to-day tasks. In your third year, you’ll join our APC Training Academy with the aim of qualifying as a Chartered Surveyor by the end of the programme.
Our team delivers high-level strategic advice to support informed property decision-making. Working closely with stakeholders, you’ll assess current and future property needs, uncover opportunities for consolidation or expansion, and contribute to transformation initiatives such as hybrid working, regeneration, and investment planning. The market insight and financial expertise you develop will help guide decisions across a wide range of property types and sectors.
As an apprentice, you will have the opportunity to assist with a variety of tasks, including:
* Working alongside colleagues on a variety of client instructions and delivering high-quality, professional advice.
* Collaborating with client teams to develop Options Appraisals and Business Cases using financial and non-financial methodologies.
* Contributing to Estate Strategies and Asset Management Plans that optimise property portfolios and unlock hidden value.
* Supporting on Portfolio Reviews, identifying opportunities for rationalisation, redevelopment, or disposal—ensuring alignment with business objectives.
* Working in a team to advise on workplace strategy, including hybrid working models and space utilisation.
* Facilitating stakeholder engagement and consultation processes to secure alignment and buy-in.
* Delivering valuation and asset advisory services across a range of use classes and purposes, including financial reporting, acquisitions, disposals, and rent reviews.
* Engaging with internal teams and external stakeholders, including clients, valuers, and auditors.
Clients are at the heart of what we do, so ensuring you develop and maintain strong relationships with our clients is essential, this includes attending client meetings and preparing communications and reports.
What does it take to be successful?
We are looking for a forward-thinking recent school leaver or graduate with a can-do attitude and good organisational, time management and customer service skills. It is essential that you possess GCSCE Mathematics and English at Grade 4 (or C) and above and a minimum of 96 UCAS tariff points.
We offer a highly competitive rewards package including group pension, flexible benefits, referral schemes and generous annual leave.
As an equal opportunity employer, we are dedicated to driving diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Learning and development is important to us; we encourage everyone to continue developing to optimise their performance and fulfil their potential. We have an agile flexible working policy; many of our team work flexibly, we would be happy to talk to you about how this could work for you. We enjoy what we do, and we do it well, which is why 80% of our business comes from repeat clients.
About us:
Since 1855, Carter Jonas has grown to be one of the largest and most respected property consultancies in the UK with a network of 34 offices across England and Wales, employing more than 1,000 partners and employees.
Our tailored service and Simply Better Advice have enabled us to forge lasting, intelligent and trusting partnerships with our clients. These long-standing relationships are our most important and most closely protected asset. From private landowners to local authorities, pension funds to farmers – our universe of client experience is among the most varied in UK property.
We employ the very best people. We are a place where people want to work, and our culture is both collaborative and business minded. We have experts in every field who deliver long term advice that enhances our clients’ future prosperity.
Ahead of the curve, we are pioneering in the use of technology within the property industry, making Carter Jonas a hugely exciting place to work.
Our values:
* Approachable – We treat every relationship with respect, integrity, and warmth
* Effective – We do what we say we will, we do it well and we are accountable
* Ambitious – We are ambitious for our clients and for our firm
We look to recruit individuals who represent our core values, but who can also demonstrate the six Carter Jonas competencies that are the foundation of our career pathways. These competencies will aide their personal development in the business, and comprise of:
* Communication - Ensures effective, clear, and relevant communications in support of business objectives
* People - Demonstrates leadership in conduct and effectively manages and develops people to optimise performance through others
* Business Development & Client Care - Ensures effective communication to facilitate excellent client care and collaboration and pursuing opportunities for increased business and profit mindful of the Firm’s heritage and values
* Use of Technology - Modern, Agile, Digital Employee
* Teamwork - Recognises the importance of working with others, to collaborate and co-operate to achieve business
* Personal Effectiveness & Productivity- Engage, promote, and adhere to compliance requirements including all internal processes and procedures which manage risk and enhance productivity.
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