New Homes Sales Manager (Shared Ownership) - Kent

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Start Date: ASAP

Basic Salary: £25,000 - £30,000 (Depending on Experience)

On Target Earnings: £40,000 - £50,000 (Uncapped)

Location: Kent

Work Pattern: 5 days per week, Monday to Friday (Occasional weekends for events/open days)

Hours: 08.30 - 17:30

Benefits: Car or Car Allowance, Laptop & Mobile Phone, Holiday Commission, 33 days paid Holiday, Pension, Life Insurance, Company Rewards and Incentives, Structured Career Path, Employee Assistance Scheme

Arun Estates, (known locally as Wards of Kent) has a very successful and expanding Land & New Homes division. We are now recruiting for Sales Manager to lead our Shared Ownership team to help (usually) first time buyers get their first step on the property ladder. Covering the Kent area this is a front-line customer facing role on behalf of our Shared Ownership/Housing Association schemes.

Duties will include:

• Dealing with initial enquiries from customers, processing applications and helping them on to the property ladder
• Explaining details of the Shared Ownership schemes together with requirements and eligibilities
• Accompanying viewings and open day events at varying new homes sites across the two counties
• Conducting handovers to customers on move in days
• Conducting property valuations
• Focused to lead and manage the performance of the team
• Building and maintaining relationships with local Housing Associations

We need you to be:

• Genuinely interested in helping people move forwards in their life's journey
• Highly customer service focussed with a desire to succeed
• Hardworking with the desire and determination to achieve your goals
• Professional, organised and the ability to multitask
• A positive "can do" attitude with good work values and ethics
• A good knowledge of the Shared Ownership process would be beneficial
• Previous experience within Estate Agency Essential
• Competent with all Microsoft packages, specifically Excel
• Our company values are central to our ethos, and we work with customers and colleagues alike treating them with courtesy, honesty, trust and respect. You too will need a great work ethic and matching values with heaps of positivity and energy
• You will need a full driving license

This is a new position in an expanding department, and we are looking for an immediate start, so if this role appeals to you, apply now to avoid disappointment.

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