Associate Partner - Property & Asset Management

Carter Jonas LLP; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group pension

Flexible benefits

Referral schemes

Generous annual leave

Job summary

A prominent property consultancy in the UK is seeking an Associate Partner focused on Property & Asset Management. The role involves expertise in Landlord & Tenant matters and fostering client relationships to support growth in the Lease Advisory team. The successful candidate will have an MRICS qualification, strong experience in commercial real estate, and the ability to develop business across high-profile assets. This position offers a competitive rewards package and a collaborative work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience managing landlord & tenant matters.
• Ability to develop and foster client relationships.
• Skilled in identifying business opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Handle rent reviews and lease renewals.
• Prepare client schedules and lease event reports.
• Proactively participate in team growth and client acquisition.
• Support cross-selling opportunities with other Carter Jonas teams.
• Attend client meetings and provide structured reporting and schedules.

Skills

Landlord & Tenant expertise

Relationship management

Commercial real estate experience

Client liaison

Education

MRICS qualification

Job description

Associate Partner - Property & Asset Management

We’re looking for a forward-thinking, innovative Landlord & Tenant expert to join and support the growth of our national Lease Advisory team in this exciting, high-potential role. The role will be based in our Bristol office or London headquarters, One Chapel Place but operating across our main hub offices, giving us a rare and advantageous mix of national coverage and local expertise. The team is growing and works across the regions and collaborates closely with the wider Commercial division. This is your chance to be part of an established team, shaping and influencing the direction and strategy for national expansion. As a Landlord & Tenant specialist, you’ll have the opportunity to deliver on high-profile assets, while fostering an environment of growth, collaboration, and success.

You’ll be part of a small, established team of professionals, while playing a key role in securing new clients and nurturing long-term relationships. Your experience in managing diverse landlord & tenant matters and delivering successful outcomes will be critical to driving the team’s performance and supporting the wider business goals. We’ve built strong, long-term relationships with a range of clients, including: Scope, HS2, Royal Mail, Hertfordshire County Council, Network Rail.

• Ability to demonstrate expertise of Landlord & Tenant knowledge/experience to date
• Rent reviews and lease renewal instructions
• Supporting lease and asset management opportunities
• Inspect and measure assets
• Play a key part in gathering comparable evidence
• Preparation of client schedules and lease event reports
• Client liaison and reporting
• Attend meetings with clients, opposing advisors and colleagues
• Pro-actively participate in the growth of the Lease Advisory team
• Identify and secure new instructions from existing and new clients
• Assist lease advisory team Partners with larger instructions, client relationships and business generation
• Work with other Carter Jonas’s other commercial teams to develop new fee opportunities (cross selling) and to maintain consistency and efficiency
• Promote the Lease Advisory team within Carter Jonas and beyond

What will it take to be successful?

You will ideally be MRICS qualified with significant experience across commercial real estate with a focus on Landlord & Tenant. You will have extensive knowledge of lease advisory both at a local and national level, with the ability to develop and foster client relationships across a range of high profile assets. Your experience will enable you to identify new opportunities and build business across the commercial division utilising your industry contracts. Finally, within this role you will lead and guide junior members, whilst also demonstrating ambition to continue with your own personal development.

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.