Apprentice Junior Estate Agent

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.

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: Monday 31 March
Duration: 1 year 3 months
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 VAC1000298806.

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Closes in 13 days (Tuesday 25 March at 11:59pm)

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