Colliers International is a leading commercial real estate services company, providing a full range of services to real estate occupiers, developers and investors on a local, national and international basis. Services include brokerage sales and leasing (landlord and tenant representation), real estate management, valuation, consulting, project management, project marketing and research. We provide our services across the core sectors (office, industrial, retail and hotel) as well as many specialised property types.

We have a position available for a research analyst focusing on real estate capital markets, with a particular emphasis on the Alternative sectors, including Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA), Build to Rent) (BTR), Healthcare, Hotels, Education, Debt and Infrastructure. The appointment is in a department with an excellent reputation across the industry, working alongside the Head of Operational Capital Markets in our UK National Capital Markets team. Successful candidates can look forward to a challenging and exciting role with broad internal and external business exposure.

This is an excellent opportunity for an individual to become our expert in what is a growing component of the real estate capital markets. We are looking for someone who has a genuine interest in the real estate sector, someone who is willing to learn and develop a deep insight into these specialist segments of the market by working closely with our London and national teams.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Detail Build, maintain and manage key databases relevant to the Alternatives sectors, combining third party and proprietary data to build the most accurate and comprehensive data available
• Regular reporting on national and regional trends, in the form of published reports, short commentary and infographics
• Work closely with PR to ensure that media coverage is maximized from regular reporting; react to media requests for analysis and comment
• Provide some written commentary and analysis for client reports and pitches
• Attend and present at client meetings and business pitches, when the appropriate level of experience and knowledge is reached
• Limited client consultancy work
• Establish what data is relevant and available through internal external sources
• Build, manage/update in-house databases, e.g. rents, land values, occupancy rates, take-up and development schedules
• Analytics, interpretation, infographics, tools and dashboards. Develop tools for easy data access

Marketing and PR

• Close liaison with internal teams – Marketing, PR, Design, Agency and Capital Markets
• Responding to regular requests from national and trade media for market data and opinion

Qualifications and skills

• Degree in geography, economics, real estate or similar subject
• Demonstrable experience in a related field 
• A high degree of numeracy and technical ability
• Strong interpersonal skills; the ability to communicate well, both orally and in written form
• Strong presentation skills and some experience in public speaking
• An understanding of the economic and real estate factors that influence performance in the Alternatives sectors
• Knowledge of key economic and property data sources
• A good team player prepared to be flexible in approach; comfortable in engaging with clients
• Enthusiastic, inquisitive, innovative, passionate about real estate
• Colliers International is one of the world’s largest real estate advisory firms, providing agency, development, management, investment and professional services across established and emerging business sectors. Colliers International employs over 15,000 staff and operates from 69 countries worldwide.
• The Research and Forecasting department comprises a team of eight, focused on the UK economy, forecasting, occupier markets, capital markets, core and alternative sectors, GIS and mapping. The team produced over 60 publications, participating in 125 events and meetings with 6,500 client attendees and provided invaluable support for a number of major new business wins.

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