Apprentice Surveyor - Property Management
SAVILLS (UK) LIMITED
Birmingham (B3 2AA)
Closes in 16 days (Monday 16 February 2026)
Posted on 26 January 2026
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Summary
The Birmingham office provides a full range of service delivery from across Savills many service skill lines. The Property Management team is the largest within the office made up of over 60 team members. The team includes estates and facilities surveyors and incorporates an accounts provision.
- Wage
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£23,000 a year
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£1,000 sign on bonus
- Training course
- Chartered surveyor (degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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Five full days in the office, working hours 9.00am to 5.30pm. One of these days each week will be dedicated to apprenticeship studies whilst in the office.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 September 2026
- Duration
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5 years
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- To provide timely and appropriate tenancy reports to Surveyors
- Clients as and when requested
- Assist in undertaking team / departmental compliance and due diligence tasks
- Develop experience in reviewing property related documentation such as leases
- Create and maintain spreadsheets in Excel
- Interaction with occupiers and landlords which may include accompanied site visits
- Assist surveyors to regularly review and approve lease related charges and payments
- Prepare workflow instructions for new clients, properties, leases & ongoing amendments to tenancies – including extracting information from Leases or other legal documents
- To ensure that the respective accounts systems are up to date, hold the correct tenant information, all relevant invoices / credits have been raised
- Assist surveyors and central credit control teams to chase all debts owed to clients on their managed portfolios and ensure that all money received is allocated properly
- Assist surveyors and analysts to ensure service charge deadlines are met and in line with RICS code of practice
Where you'll work
55 Colmore Row
Birmingham
B3 2AA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT
Training course
Chartered surveyor (degree) (level 6)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Information management - Provide data, information and advice for clients relevant to the surveying discipline.
- Health and safety - Recommend solutions to ensure safe and secure working environments.
- Construction technology - Provide advice relating to the construction technology of buildings and their materials.
- Law - Negotiate and agree terms for acquisition/disposal of property, standard forms of building contracts or other property related contracts and liaise with legal advisers.
- Consultancy - Manage instructions from engagement to completion.
- Building surveys – Undertake inspections and surveys and provide advice and recommendations to clients relating to building surveys.
- Prepare designs and specifications – Carry out the preparation of the design and specification of building projects from outline proposals to completion of the design and specification process.
- Administer contracts – Implement administrative procedures for the running of a construction project. Issue instructions, deal with payment provisions, manage variation procedures and deal with completion and possession issues and the issuing of certificates.
- Valuation and appraisal - Prepare capital and rental valuations of land and property for a range of formal and appraisal purposes and prepare client reports.
- Land, property and planning law - Negotiate solutions to issues affecting both owners and occupiers of land and property including at least two of management, sales, lettings, purchase and/or planning.
- Inspection and measurement – Undertake inspections of land and property and prepare related reports and advice. Use appropriate instrumentation to take measurements of land and property. Apply the appropriate guidance and use the appropriate basis to undertake measurements. Prepare and present measurements in an appropriate manner.
- Tendering and procurement - Provide advice and recommendations as to appropriate procurement routes and manage the tendering processes relevant to them.
- Costing and cost planning of construction works - Undertake the detailed quantification, costing and cost planning of complex construction works.
- Manage efficiencies of construction contracts – Manage the construction phase of a construction project. Carry out life cycle costing and apply value engineering processes. Prepare data, reports and forecasts.
- Information management - Provide data, information and advice for clients relevant to the surveying discipline.
- Health and safety - Recommend solutions to ensure safe and secure working environments.
- Construction technology - Provide advice relating to the construction technology of buildings and their materials.
- Law - Negotiate and agree terms for acquisition/disposal of property, standard forms of building contracts or other property related contracts and liaise with legal advisers.
- Consultancy - Manage instructions from engagement to completion.
Training schedule
- On the job training is provided to ensure all the required knowledge and experience is obtained throughout the apprenticeship to qualify successfully
- 5 year training programme (Level 6 Apprenticeship), which includes a part time undergraduate degree (4 years) and an APC training programme (2 years, enrolled at the beginning of your 3rd year at University) leading to qualification as a Chartered Surveyor (RICS)
- Once you've successfully passed your APC and become a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, you'll continue to receive training and career development opportunities
- We will provide the full suite of Savills training programme including mandatory health and safety and office training, as well as specific training relevant to your role
- We ensure that your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is current and that all staff are fully up to date with changes to legislation and business needs
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 or above)
- Maths (grade 4 or above)
Other in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Decision Making
- Collaboration
- Building Relationships
- Planning and Organising
- Adaptability
- Resilience
Other requirements
- Good organisational skills
- Word and Excel capabilities
- Good written, presentation and numerical skills are essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Diligent and detail driven
- Able to work individually and as part of a team
- Punctual, reliable, keen and enthusiastic
- Thirst for knowledge and self-motivated
Ahead of anything else, we look for individualism and diversity in our apprentice intake - so it's very important at every stage of the selection process that you take the opportunity to show us what you're really like. Be honest and above all, be yourself.
About this employer
Founded in the UK in 1855, Savills is one of the world's leading property agents. Our experience and expertise spans the globe, with 600 offices across the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. Our scale gives us wide-ranging specialist and local knowledge, and we take pride in providing best-in-class advice as we help individuals, businesses and institutions make better property decisions.
https://www.savills.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
- Interest free season ticket loan
- Pension Scheme
- 25 days annual leave
- Employee discounts
- Employee Assistance Programme
Discretionary bonus scheme
Cycle to Work Scheme
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Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
- Permanent contract for all apprentices, as opposed to a training contract
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000010348.
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Closes in 16 days (Monday 16 February 2026)
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