CBRE

2025 Graduate Scheme - Commercial Real Estate

10 days to apply
Apply by: 20.10.2024

Graduate scheme

£29,000 - £31,000

In joining CBRE’s Next Generation Cohort, you will be shaping the future of Real Estate. You will have excellent training and mentoring from industry experts and specialists, who will share invaluable knowledge and experience with you. You will be a part of a wider cohort of like-minded young professionals who you will develop with in your career. We give you the opportunity to work on world class projects, with an unmatched portfolio of clients, so that you gain the knowledge, skills and ability to become the future leaders and our Next Generation of CBRE.

What is the opportunity?

Our Commercial Graduate programme is 24 months long and offers the breadth of experience needed to work at the heart of the Real Estate industry. Throughout the two-years you can expect to work in a minimum of two departments. These may include: Agency, Lease Advisory, Occupier, Development, Investment, Rating, Operational Real Estate and Valuation.

This structured programme focuses on the completion of the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) through the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

Non-cognate pathway: Students will still complete their APC within the 2-year timeframe like the other graduates, but in addition they will complete a part-time RICS accredited Masters over the 2 years fully funded by CBRE.

What will you be doing?

  • You will have the opportunity to attend client meetings and present your findings, gaining valuable experience in client interaction and communication
  • You will participate in regular training sessions and workshops to enhance your professional skills and knowledge in commercial real estate
  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams of varied sizes to deliver comprehensive real estate solutions to clients
  • Utilising industry-specific software, and other real estate analytics tools to perform your tasks efficiently such as, calculate rental, rating and valuation figures, learning how to attribute relevant rates to specific properties depending on their merits
  • Conducting market research to identify trends and opportunities in the commercial real estate sector to be able to provide qualitative assistance to your team and our clients
  • Inspecting and measuring properties and undertaking viewings
  • Drafting of schedules and reports and the preparation of sales particulars
  • Meeting required deadlines set by colleagues, clients and peers
  • To maximise learning, we ask all of our next generation cohort to be in the office on each of their working days
  • You may from time to time be required to work additional hours as are necessary

What you will need in order to succeed

  • A forward-thinking and enthusiastic individual with a passion for real estate & the built environment
  • Self-motivated with good written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong work ethic and proactive with a positive attitude
  • Attention to detail, accuracy and good time management
  • The successful candidate must, by the start of the employment, have permission to work in the UK
  • Cognate students will need a RICS accredited degree or a RICS accredited masters conversion course (achieved or on track for a 2:1 minimum)
  • OR, Non-Cognate students from any degree discipline are welcome to apply (achieved or on track for a 2:1 minimum)
  • Good MS Office skills including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint*
  • Full UK driving license (regional offices only)*

* Not an essential requirement for the role, but desired

The Application process

  • Online job-focused testing
  • Phone screening
  • Assessment Centre (held in December or January)
  • Interview

Benefits

  • Dedicated learning and development team
  • Employee discounts
  • 25 days holiday + 2 at Christmas
  • Private health care
  • Yearly salary reviews and discretionary bonus
  • Plus many more…

Working at CBRE

When you join CBRE you will have the support and resources of a global firm where an entrepreneurial mind-set is encouraged. You'll realize your potential with challenging work, fast-paced assignments, an environment of constant learning and commitment to results. To enable your success, we provide the best tools, training and leaders in the industry.

Our collaborative culture is built on our RISE values and reflects the needs and perspectives of our clients and our people. Our work is guided by our North Star: Creating the real estate solutions of tomorrow, so businesses and people thrive. This informs everything we do—from diversity, equity, and inclusion to sustainability initiatives to workplace safety and wellbeing.

At CBRE, we believe that the more perspectives we have, the more dimensions we see. We welcome people with different backgrounds and experiences across industries to apply for open positions even if you do not match every element of the required skills.

More Details

Salary

£29,000 - £31,000

Apply by

20.10.2024

Locations

Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Oxford

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