Apprentice Junior Estate Agent

SAKS LONDON LTD

LONDON, SW17 7BE

Closes in 11 days (Monday 30 September at 11:59pm)

Posted on 6 September 2024


Summary

SAKS London is a Independent Estate Agency specialising in residential sales and lettings. The business has gone from strength to strength and is now a prominent business in the local area. The company has been used as an advisor to the BBC for their Homes Under The Hammer program and The Independent newspaper.

Annual wage
£11,648 a year

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Training course
Junior estate agent (level 2)
Hours
Days to be confirmed between the hours of 9.00am - 5.00pm - 4 days with 1 -hour unpaid break and 10.00am - 4.00pm - 1 day with 30 mins unpaid break.

35 hours a week

Possible start date

Saturday 5 October

Duration

1 Year 1 Month

Positions available

2

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

  • Accompanied viewings with prospective buyers
  • Dealing with telephone and email enquiries
  • Register vendor and vendee enquiries and booking relevant appointments
  • Following up enquiries
  • Coordinating move-ins
  • Deal progression
  • Inspections when required

Where you’ll work

247 BALHAM HIGH ROAD

LONDON

SW17 7BE

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

CROWN VOCATIONAL TRAINING LIMITED

Your training course

Junior estate agent (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents
  • To demonstrate an understanding of the competitive market-place and commerciality of Estate Agency, Innovation, recognising opportunities and referrals.
  • To be able to organise and plan work in a flexible manner to ensure tasks are prioritised and completed within agreed timescales.  Show effective decision making in order to ensure work and tasks are completed in line with instruction and on time, including the principles of productivity, diary management, prioritising, targets/objectives and to understand task setting.
  • To be able to work effectively with internal colleagues and external partners to achieve individual, team and business targets, identify solutions to problems, appreciate the importance of team working, and understand job roles and where they fit within the team.  To use appropriate communication and interpersonal skills such as active listening, engagement and managing ambition. 
  • Know how to manage the relationship with the customer.  Know the importance of written, verbal and non-verbal communication (including body language), email, letter, telephone and personal etiquette. 
  • Appropriate use of social media sites, ie. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and smartphone applications. 
  • Effective use of IT equipment and software, including specific sales and lettings packages, phone systems, use of mobile phones, measuring devices, dictation machines, damp meters, touch typing, cameras, PCs/laptops/tablets, multifunction copiers, cloud data systems (and data compliance), safety devices.
  • To be able to demonstrate presentation skills, viewing and selling properties, cross selling, lettings and referrals.  Standard methods of concluding sales; understanding needs. 
  • To have an understanding of active listening, active questioning, empathy, handling difficult people and situations, objection handling, public relations and research.  To be inquisitive, respectful, polite and know how to take control of a negotiation conversation.
  • Be able to apply a range of administrative skills in order to support the range of estate agency activities and related services.  An understanding of the importance and use of digital and hardcopy records, including appropriate software packages. Diary management, filing, making and receiving telephone calls.
  • Demonstrate both spoken and written ‘business English’ and the difference between internal and external communications etiquette (email, letter, telephone) and numeracy (use of percentages).  
  • Your training plan

    Junior Estate Agent Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard:

    • Remote learning via Teams
    • Expected 3 sessions per month to facilitate "off-the-job" learning, supported with an online learning platform where apprentice expected to record 6 hours per week, minimum of "off-the-job learning"

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE or equivalent in:

    • Maths and English (grade D/3)

    Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

    Skills

    • Communication skills
    • Customer care skills
    • Team working
    • Initiative
    • Committed to learning
    • Driving licence and vehicle

    Other requirements

    Vacancy may close before the closing date if suitable candidate is found. If you have previously applied and not heard anything, you have not been successful. Any applications that do not include a full breakdown of achievements, will be declined. ROLE REQUIRES A DRIVER DUE TO TRAVEL TO VIEWINGS IF YOU APPLIED BEFORE AND WERE NOT CONTACTED, PLEASE DO NOT APPLY AGAIN.

    About this company

    The company was founded in 2016 after acknowledging the industry was fast becoming less sales and more service led, so keen to be at the forefront of this industry shift, the directors set up an estate agency with a strong service ethos from day one, building long-term relationships with clients. The business launched its first boutique style office in the Balham. Strategically located in the high street parade employing only industry professionals and staff, offering to bring your property to market efficiently, expeditiously and with enormous outreach. Saks London is a pioneering firm on the cutting edge of ideas, concepts, marketing, and technology constantly, reinventing the standard of service and delivering superior performance and service. We are a fully integrated Sales, Lettings and Property management estate agency.

    http://www.sakslondon.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

    After this apprenticeship

    • Once training complete, in house progression may be available but dependant on performance and progress

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    CROWN VOCATIONAL TRAINING LIMITED

    Sophia Chowdhury

    schowdhury@crownvt.co.uk

    01702 597499

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000275426.

    Apply now

    Closes in 11 days (Monday 30 September at 11:59pm)

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