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The senior professional assessment is suitable for individuals with leadership and management responsibilities who are recognised for their impact and career progression.
You must have 10 years’ relevant experience. This is reduced to 5 years if you have an undergraduate degree (or equivalent professional qualification) and a relevant post-graduate degree (master’s level or higher).
You must also be able to demonstrate your advanced responsibilities as a leader and manager, referencing elements of your career and contributions to the profession that identify you as a senior professional.
All Senior Professional Assessment applicants must appoint a counsellor who is RICS qualified. Their role is to support you and guide you throughout your assessment journey. Counsellors for the Senior Professional Assessment must be MRICS or FRICS.
To determine if you are eligible for the assessment you must send your CV and a 400-word statement that documents how your experience meets the RICS profile of a senior professional
Your CV and statement will be reviewed by trained RICS reviewers.
Candidates for all RICS assessments must successfully complete the RICS online ethics module and test.
The submission for the Senior Professional Assessment includes:
Your counsellor will confirm when you are ready to submit for assessment.
You will attend a 60-minute interview with a panel of trained RICS assessors. Following a 10-minute presentation by you on your senior professional profile, the panel will ask questions on your presentation and your selected competencies.
This short video provides you with a quick snapshot on completing the RICS Senior Professional Assessment.
Send us your details and supporting evidence to be considered for the Senior Professional Assessment. We will review your application and either confirm that you can proceed to the submission stage or provide details of an alternative assessment. No payment is required at this stage.
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It will depend on your current experience, but generally this can take between 6-12 month to complete the submission and attend the interview.
An assessment fee is payable when you apply to become an Senior Professional Assessment applicant. This covers all the support materials, access to the online ethics module and test, access to the Assessment Resource Centre (ARC) where you will complete your submission, and the interview assessment.
When you are awarded the qualification an election fee and your professional subscription fee is payable. The election fee covers the award pack and election process giving access to all RICS professional services. The professional subscription fee covers your RICS professional status for your first calendar year.
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