Estate Agent Apprenticeship (JEABH)
If you are a confident, driven individual, ready to thrive in the property industry this is the apprenticeship for you. You will be assisting in the day to day running of a busy sales and lettings business where the ideal candidate will learn new skills, support the team and management whilst gaining an industry recognised qualification.
The main functions will be the following, although are not definitive:
- To register applicants onto the database
- Ensure all customers are greeted in a professional, friendly, positive, and enthusiastic manner at all times
- To manage the data base with regular contact to purge redundant applicants
- To book viewings by calling the data base and property matching, as well as downloading email and web leads requesting viewings
- Obtaining regular feedback from viewings
- Conduct property viewings
- Prospecting – by calling data base of local property owners with potential property to sell and booking in valuations
- Prospecting – generate a tout list obtained by tracking properties that have been on the market with other agents for a period of time and not sold. Generate tout list by obtaining addresses of the tracked properties, and send letters periodically to the property owners to gain their instruction
- Prospecting – by dropping door to door leaflets in specific areas, in roads where we have recently sold, and also to properties that have been on the market with other agents, or withdrawn from the market
- Various administrative tasks to support the sales team, including printing and franking letters for posting, archiving, filing
- Front office – to meet and greet potential clients who come into the office and register their details on the system for sale or let. Print and hand out brochures to applicants visiting the office
- Take part in the morning sales meetings and diary management for the day
- Adhere to company policies and procedures and use of company systems on the pc and paper forms including any requirements for money laundering and GDPR
Additional information:
- The working hours are a minimum of 30 hours per week, however these will be flexible on a weekly basis. The working hours will be agreed upon starting
- For the right candidate, the employer would be willing to offer a higher salary
Desired skills:
- Proficient with Microsoft packages
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Clear and concise written skills
- Ability to prioritise tasks
- Excellent organisational skills
- Good problem-solving skills
Personal qualities:
- Loyal
- Honesty
- Integrity
- Committed
- Hard working
- Enthusiastic
- Team player
- Good timekeeping
- Willingness to learn new skills
- Positive attitude
Qualifications:
- A good general level of education
