Commercial Real Estate - Assistant Surveyor - Degree Apprenticeship (BSc)
NEWMARK GE SERVICES LLP
London (W1T 3JJ)
Closes on Thursday 23 October 2025
Posted on 8 September 2025
Contents
Summary
Newmark Apprenticeship programme combines practical, on-the-job experience with academic study, giving you the opportunity to earn while you learn. From day one, you’ll work alongside experienced professionals, contribute to client projects, and develop the skills needed to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced industry.
- Wage
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£24,000 a year
- Training course
- Chartered surveyor (degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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The firm’s core hours are from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. You may choose to start and end your day around these hours, provided you still do your 7.25 hours per day (e.g. 8.00 am – 4.30pm, 10.00 am – 6.30 pm).
36 hours 15 minutes a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 1 April 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
Key Responsibilities
- Support senior colleagues in helping businesses manage and reduce their property tax bills
- Assist with reviewing property details and preparing information for appeals
- Help produce reports, forecasts, and payment schedules under guidance
- Carry out research to identify potential savings for clients.
- Work alongside landlords, tenants, and developers across the UK while building professional knowledge
Where you'll work
One Fitzroy Place
6 Mortimer Street
London
W1T 3JJ
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
As part of the apprenticeship, you’ll study for a BSc (Hons) in Real Estate with the University College of Built Environment (UBE), a specialist university for the built environment. The course takes about 4 years part-time, with most learning online so you can study while working.
You’ll build knowledge in property law, valuation, development, finance, and management, and apply this directly to real projects.
By the end, you’ll graduate with a Real Estate degree, several years of work experience, and be on track to qualify as a chartered surveyor (RICS).
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
About this employer
Newmark Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK), together with its subsidiaries (“Newmark”), is a world leader in commercial real estate, seamlessly powering every phase of the property life cycle. Newmark’s comprehensive suite of services and products is uniquely tailored to each client, from owners to occupiers, investors to founders, and startups to blue-chip companies. Combining the platform’s global reach with market intelligence in both established and emerging property markets, Newmark provides superior service to clients across the industry spectrum. For the twelve months ended September 30, 2024, Newmark generated revenues of approximately $2.6 billion. As of that same date, Newmark’s company-owned offices, together with its business partners, operated from nearly 170 offices with more than 7,800 professionals around the world. To learn more, visit nmrk.com or follow @newmark.
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Company benefits
• Wellbeing allowance which can be used for either physical or mental wellbeing activities • 26 days’ holiday, plus Bank Holidays and days at Christmas and New Year. • 1 paid volunteering day per year to help give back to our local communities
After this apprenticeship
Career Progression Pathway
- Assistant Surveyor (Apprentice) – Gain hands-on experience while studying.
- Assistant Surveyor (Graduate) – Support client projects, develop technical and professional skills.
- Chartered Surveyor (MRICS) – Take full responsibility for client advisory, valuations, and negotiations.
- Senior Surveyor – Lead projects, manage clients, and mentor junior colleagues.
- Associate / Senior Associate – Take on business development, larger client accounts, and sector specialism.
- Partner – Senior leadership role, shaping strategy, growing the business, and leading teams.
Routes You Could Take Once Qualified
- Business Rates Specialist - Advising on rate liabilities, appeals, and redevelopment impacts.
- Office Agency & Advisory - Working with occupiers and investors on lettings, acquisitions, and strategy.
- Valuation - Providing RICS Red Book valuations for banks, investors, and corporate clients.
- Development Advisory - Advising on redevelopment, regeneration, and viability.
- Property Management - Overseeing commercial property assets and occupier relationships.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NEWMARK GE SERVICES LLP
Hannah Kohli
hannah.kohli@nmrk.com
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000340907.
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Closes on Thursday 23 October 2025
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