The Senior Valuer delivers RICS Red Book compliant valuations across residential, commercial, industrial and land assets in the UAE, and signs off work to bank panel standard.
You will manage a personal caseload, review the work of junior valuers, and help grow the practice's bank, corporate and private client relationships. Instructions include secured lending, corporate tax, audit and financial reporting, Golden Visa, gifting and transfer, and court and dispute purposes.
Key responsibilities:
Valuation delivery
- Undertake valuations of residential, commercial, industrial, hospitality and land assets, from single units to portfolios and development sites.
- Apply the appropriate methodology: comparable, investment (income capitalisation and DCF), residual, profits and depreciated replacement cost.
- Carry out site inspections and measurement, and verify title deeds, Oqood, affection plans and planning information.
- Research and analyse market evidence from DLD transaction data, Property Monitor, REIDIN and agent sources.
- Prepare clear, defensible reports to RICS Red Book and IVS standards, within agreed turnaround times.
Quality and compliance
- Ensure all work complies with RICS Valuation – Global Standards, RERA and DLD requirements, and each bank panel's terms of engagement.
- Peer review reports prepared by valuers and analysts.
- Carry out conflict of interest checks, maintain file records and support internal and external audits.
- Keep the internal comparable database and market research current.
Team
- Allocate and supervise work for junior valuers and analysts.
- Coach and mentor team members.
- Support the Director of Valuations on workflow planning, pricing and process improvement.
Essential requirements
- MRICS / AssocRICS qualified (RICS Registered Valuer), or actively working towards MRICS / AssocRICS through the APC.
- RERA-registered valuer in Dubai, or able to obtain registration promptly on joining.
- Degree in real estate, surveying or a related discipline (RICS-accredited preferred).
- Able to value all property types in Dubai and Abu Dhabi: residential, commercial, industrial, hospitality and land.
- Proven track record of bank-panel secured lending valuations in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
- Strong working knowledge of RICS Red Book, IVS, RERA and DLD regulations.
- Advanced Excel skills, including DCF and residual appraisal models.
- Fluent written and spoken English. Arabic would be advantageous.
- Valid UAE driving licence.
Desirable skills and attributes
- Experience valuing all asset types: offices, labour accommodation, development plots, warehousing / industrial (JAFZA, DMCC, DIP, DIC & KEZAD).
- Valuations for corporate tax, IFRS 13 financial reporting, or court and arbitration purposes.
- Commercial awareness, sound judgement under deadline pressure, and the confidence to defend a figure with clients and lenders.
