Property Sales Officer

Places for People; Preston; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension with matched contributions up 

Excellent holiday package – 35 days

Cashback plan for healthcare costs

2% bonus scheme

Training and development

Huge discounts and offers

Job summary

Places for People is recruiting a Property Sales Officer to join our Property Sales team. You will deliver a full sales administration service for the function, ensuring an excellent experience for customers and stakeholders.

Knowledge of statutory sales to tenant options, lease extensions and resale processes is desirable. You will liaise with customers, proposed buyers, solicitors and estate agents, handling multiple transactions while upholding our Customer Promises.

Qualifications

• Experience in property sales or related field is advantageous.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Deliver full sales administration service for the Property Sales function.
• Liaise with customers, proposed buyers, solicitors and estate agents to ensure smooth transactions.
• Uphold our Customer Promises by delivering consistently high service and compliance with legislation.

Skills

Communication skills

Customer service

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Professional telephone manner

Education

University graduate in legal sector

Job description

As the UK's leading Social Enterprise, we move lives forward every day by building, managing and supporting thriving Communities.

From new homes, social housing and student accommodation to leisure, education and Community initiatives, our work makes a positive difference to millions of People across the UK.

And that takes People who care about doing the right thing. People who are ambitious, ready to grow and motivated to make a difference through the work they do.

We're looking for Colleagues who bring energy, curiosity and ownership. People who enjoy being challenged, support those around them and want to keep raising the bar. Because when we perform at our best, we create more opportunities to invest in our Customers, our Communities and each other.

Experience matters, but it's only part of the story. If you share our values and want to build a career where your work has real impact, we'd love to hear from you

More About Your Role

We are looking to recruit a Property Sales Officer to join our dynamic and developing Property Sales team. In this role, you will deliver a full sales administration service for the Property Sales function, ensuring an excellent experience for all customers and stakeholders.

Knowledge of statutory sales to tenant options, lease extensions and resale processes is desirable. A key part of your responsibilities will be managing all sales and resales in line with legislative requirements, individual leases and transfers, and internal service level agreements.

You will liaise with existing customers, proposed buyers, solicitors, estate agents, and internal business areas across Places for People. You will tailor your approach to reflect individual customer needs, ensuring the delivery of consistently excellent customer service.

Please note this is a fixed term role until September 2027

More About You

You will work as part of the Property Sales Team, engaging directly with customers to provide a personalised, high-quality service while taking ownership of a variety of transactions. The role involves effective collaboration with a range of stakeholders. You will also be responsible for upholding our Customer Promises by consistently delivering excellent service to both new and existing customers.

Experience workingin property sales environment,or a university graduate within the legal sector would be advantageous. We require someone who can display strong attention to detail, is quick to learn and enjoys variety in their work.We will also require you toeffectively manage multiple priorities

As this role requires you to work with a diverse range of people; we need you to have excellent communication skills and a track record of delivering excellent customer service. We need you to have a calm and competent telephone manner and the ability to demonstrate written skills in a professional manner.

At Places for People, we prioritise our dedication to safer recruitment. Therefore, a basic DBS check is mandatory for this position.

Benefits

We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for.

• Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly


• Pension with matched contributions up to 7%


• Excellent holiday package – 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays) with the option to buy or sell leave


• Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year


• A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%


• Training and development


• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more

What's next?

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided you meet the essential criteria for the role.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We’re happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best.

We understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we promise not to judge you for asking. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.

Safeguarding

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect.

We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment.

By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities

Armed Forces

We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant. Places for People will guarantee an interview for any candidate who is serving or has formerly served in the Armed Forces, as a reservist, armed forces veteran (including the wounded, injured and sick), cadet instructor and military spouse/partner and who meets the essential criteria for the vacancy.

Disability Confident

We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident scheme certified as Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This helps us to successfully employ and retain people with disabilities and health conditions. Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview. The Equality Act 2010 (Disability Discrimination Act 1995 for NI) defines a disabled person as someone who has a physical or mental impairment that has sa substantial and long-term negative effect on their ability to do daily activities.

Neurodivergent

Neurodiverse individuals have highly valuable skills, and we recognise that a traditional interview process sometimes works against them and doesn’t allow them to self-advocate. Neurodiverse applicants who meet the criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview.