Associate Partner - Rural

Fisher German LLP; Market Harborough; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading rural consultancy firm in Market Harborough is seeking an experienced Associate Partner to lead their Rural Property Management team. The role focuses on estate management and property consultancy for a diverse clientele. Responsibilities include managing client relationships, overseeing a team, and ensuring high service standards. Candidates must be MRICS qualified with over 5 years of relevant experience, strong communication skills, and a collaborative mindset. A hybrid working approach is offered as part of the position.

Benefits

Discretionary bonus scheme

Generous holiday scheme starting at 25 days

Enhanced leave for family

Employee Assistance Programme

Volunteering leave (2 days per year)

Qualifications

• MRICS qualified and possess more than 5 years of post-qualification experience.
• Demonstrate a proven ability to win work and develop client relationships.
• Regular user of Microsoft packages, including Excel, Word, and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to a local team of 5 and act as a senior point of contact.
• Collaborate with colleagues across various teams in the business.
• Manage existing estate management portfolios ensuring high service delivery standards.
• Lead client care and relationship management to develop long-standing relationships.
• Advise on lease renewals, rent reviews, and wider property management issues.

Skills

MRICS qualified

5+ years PQE

Confident communicator

Effective relationship builder

Ambitious and forward thinking

Education

Training background in Rural Surveying

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

The Team & Focus of the Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Associate Partner to join our Rural Property Management team based in Market Harborough. The Market Harborough office is a lively team of over 30 individuals, working across a number of different disciplines.

This role focuses primarily on estate management and rural property consultancy, acting for a diverse portfolio of private and charitable clients, alongside a broad range of rural professional services. You’ll work on both traditional and corporate management, supporting long-standing client relationships across our rural estates.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to be part of a progressive, energetic, and highly collaborative team. Fisher German’s Rural Property Management team operates as part of an integrated national business, working closely with colleagues across agri‑business, valuation, building consultancy, and farms and residential agency to deliver a comprehensive service to our clients.

We’re looking for a natural relationship builder who puts clients at the heart of everything they do. Our clients are central to our success, and you’ll be joining a team that is genuinely passionate about delivering quality advice and proud of the work we do.

If you’re seeking a role where you can make a meaningful impact, develop trusted client relationships, and grow your career within a respected rural consultancy, we’d love to hear from you.

Based in Market Harborough, this is a permanent full‑time position based on 37.5 hours (Monday - Friday), we also operate a hybrid working policy.

In return, beyond your base salary you will be included in:

• A discretionary bonus scheme
• A generous holiday scheme which commences at 25 days with a sliding scale up to 30 days plus an additional day for your birthday, and additional days to cover the festive period!
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
• An online money saving portal
• Death In Service cover, alongside access to an Employee Assistance Programme which includes health appointments for you and your family
• Volunteering Leave equating to 2 days per year (pro rata if you’re part‑time)

Duties will include:

• Provide leadership to the local team of 5 colleagues, acting as the senior point of contact for colleagues, clients, and stakeholders
• Work collaboratively with colleagues in other teams including Agribusiness, Rural & Residential Lettings, Natural Capital, Minerals, Building Consultancy, Planning and Development and Agency
• Manage and develop existing retained estate management portfolios, ensuring high standards of service delivery
• Lead client care and relationship management, developing long‑standing client relationships and mentoring teams to ensure continuity, capability, and resilience
• Undertake a broad range of rural professional practice work in support of estate and client requirements
• Advise on lease renewals, rent reviews, landlord and tenant matters, and wider property management issues
• Take responsibility for income and expenditure management, including CAPEX delivery, budgeting, and financial performance for corporate and traditional clients
• Champion and embed Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) principles across all aspects of your work
• Deliver a first‑class client experience, strengthening the Fisher German brand while identifying opportunities to grow and expand the business

The successful candidate will have:

• MRICS qualified and 5+ years PQE
• A training background within Rural Surveying
• Proven ability to win work
• Able to work on own initiative
• Confident communicator
• Effective relationship builder with both external clients & internal stakeholders
• Able to plan travel and work efficiently when on site with some national and overnight travel
• Regular user of Microsoft packages including Excel, Word & Outlook
• Ambitious and forward thinking

Why Fisher German?

We’ve been around for a while, but it doesn’t mean we are behind the times! Across our office network we offer a hybrid working approach to help our colleagues design their working day to suit their diaries. Some days you might be in the office enjoying a collaborative team day, and other days might see you focusing on project work at home. Wherever you choose to work, you’ll be part of a social and digitally connected workforce with the chance to get involved in a variety of activities, like sports events, pop‑up bars, BBQs, CPD days, live leadership updates on Zoom, picnics in the park and lots more.

What’s not to love? We work hard but we also have lots of fun! If that sounds like something you would enjoy, then please get in touch.

We have a history going back as far as 1830 but have been Fisher German since 2000. We operate UK wide advising and managing a range of client portfolios with national visibility across all the 12‑property market sectors; agriculture, commercial, education, green energy & sustainability, healthcare, minerals & waste, public sector, residential, rural, telecoms, third sector and utilities and infrastructure.

Bring Yourself to Work

It’s simple really, we are passionate about what we do, and we want you to be driven to succeed with us. For this to happen, you need to feel supported and included which is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer.