Senior Lettings Associate & Valuer

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
Rayner Personnel
SENIOR LETTINGS ASSOCIATE & VALUER

We are recruiting for a SENIOR LETTINGS ASSOCIATE & VALUER to join our award-winning team in Welwyn Garden City to continue to drive this momentum forward. My client has been the proud recipients of 1st place in the Property Sectors best company to work for in the UK
The successful candidate will be very proactive, accomplished at winning new business and negotiating lettings contracts, have a good background of managing and mentoring staff and a drive to win market share and create opportunities.
With separate Administration, Property Management and Accounts departments, the primary focus will be on building market share in a competitive environment, without the paperwork and administration ‘negatives sometimes attributed to lettings.
Most of the day will be spent speaking over the phone or face-to-face with potential Landlords, current Landlords and Tenants, therefore strong interpersonal skills are required to create meaningful client relationships.
We expect drive, energy and ambition to generate new business in a very competitive environment, which will include Prospecting on a daily basis. The ability to provide accurate market appraisal advice and turn initial enquiries into actual business are also pre-requisites of this role.

Applicant s Skill Set:

• You will have a strong background of working in a busy and competitive lettings environment ideally with more than 5 years experience, a proven track record of success in negotiating lettings contracts. Alternatively, you might be in sales at present and looking to move in to a faster paced environment where you can list as well as let property.
• You will be looking to develop your career with a first-class estate agency, be comfortable dealing with properties up to £5000 per calendar month and communicating with intelligent individuals, professional and corporate clients.
• You will ideally possess an ARLA Qualification or be working towards this at present
• You will be capable in negotiating relocation agent and PLC s letting contracts. To act compliantly, a full understanding of the Housing Act is required.
• You will need to be able to work under pressure, whilst remaining organised, focused and accessible.
• An engaging and charismatic personality is essential, as is the commitment to provide exceptional service at every opportunity.
• A natural display of passion and commercial awareness for winning business is essential for this role.

Hours:

• 08:30-18.00 Monday to Friday & 09:00-17:00 1-in-4 Saturdays

Package:

• Basic salary £28,000-£30,000(DOE) Realistic OTE £45,000 – £50,000
• Parking Permit paid for
• Additional Benefits Package Including, 1-2-1 business coaching, competitions, company parties, Monthly lunches, end of month drinks provided by the business and company subsidised eye tests:

My client is an independent Estate Agency practice, founded over 40 years ago. Driven by meaningful service and performance values.

The group provides first class Estate Agency, Letting Agency and New Homes in Harpenden, Welwyn Garden City, Berkhamsted, Hitchin and St Albans. Outlying rural areas are dealt with through our specialist Village & Country office in Redbourn and second Village & Rural department at Welwyn Garden City.

Everyone is treated as an individual from the day we first meet them, to the day we hand over the keys to their new home. We strive to cater for specific needs nothing is classed as standard, and nothing is left to chance. Exemplary service sits naturally alongside unrivalled performance.

We have strength and depth with over 120 enthusiastic and professionally minded people, who contribute daily to the success of our brand throughout Hertfordshire.

We have been recognised by the Sunday Times for 4 consecutive years in their Best 100 Medium Companies to Work For list, being proud recipients of 1st place in the Property Sectors best company to work for in the UK. We were gold and silver medal winners at The Times/Sunday Times Estate Agent of the Year awards, East of England, for Sales and Lettings respectively. We have also held the Investors in People accreditation for over 10 years.