Working at Grosvenor

The Grosvenor family ancestry can be traced back almost 1,000 years, while its association with London property began over 340 years ago in 1677. Today, Grosvenor is one of the largest privately-owned international property companies, actively developing and investing in some of the world’s most dynamic cities. With a focus on high standards and an emphasis on innovation, we develop, manage and invest in property and places with a commitment to make a positive impact on communities now and over the long term.

We also know the importance of helping our people achieve a sense of wellbeing – striking the right balance between work and personal responsibilities and interests. We focus on creating a healthy working environment and fostering a culture of integrity, respect and trust. As well as establishing a range of family friendly policies we are increasingly focusing on the mental, physical and emotional health of our people.

Pursuing a common approach, we aim to bring together people from as wide a pool as possible, benefitting from the insights and contribution of colleagues with different professional expertise, cultures and backgrounds.
 
Our aim is to build a diverse workforce which reflects the communities in which we operate. We believe that diversity in our thinking and inclusivity in our behaviours are both key to ensuring the long-term success of our business.

Working together to make a positive difference to our communities is an important part of our shared culture where volunteering is actively encouraged. We regularly organise and take part in a variety of fundraising activities from bake sales to triathlon relays, sponsored ‘sleep outs’ to support the homeless, to our very own bi-annual ‘Grosvenor’s Got Talent’ event in London where we bring together people from across the real estate industry and encourage them to join us in submitting a variety of acts – all proceeds supporting good causes.

Across the business, we organise a variety of social and sporting events. These involve sports such as football or baseball, cultural based events and Christmas and summer parties. Whether you attend or get involved in the organisation of any of these events, it’s a great way to meet and get to know colleagues from across the business. 

Across the Group’s international businesses, we are committed to accelerating action to help mitigate climate change. As part of this we have signed up to World Green Building Council’s goals of achieving net zero carbon operational emissions from all of our directly-managed buildings globally, by 2030, and to work towards all buildings, directly and indirectly-managed, being embodied and operational net zero across our portfolio by 2050.

Innovation at Grosvenor comes in many forms. Our Group-wide Digital Innovation Unit looks at new technologies that will help us respond to digital disruption in the property market, and our UK-based Innovation team explores ideas suggested by our people that could drive the business forward. We encourage our people to think of new ideas or to think about traditional approaches in new ways.