Residential Development Sales Assistant

Winckworth Sherwood LLP; Greater London; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits at a diverse and growing law firm! As a Residential Development Sales Assistant, you'll embark on your professional journey by providing essential administrative support. This entry-level position is perfect for those eager to learn and grow in a supportive environment. With full training provided, you'll master document management, client communication, and data entry tasks. Join a team that values your development and promotes a healthy work-life balance. If you're ready to kickstart your career with a firm that prioritizes excellence and client satisfaction, this role is for you!

Qualifications

• Eager to start a career in a professional services environment.
• Excellent IT skills and a passion for client care.

Responsibilities

• Assist with administrative support for the Residential Development Sales department.
• Handle incoming/outgoing post and manage email requests.

Skills

IT Skills

Data Entry

Client Care

Organizational Skills

Education

High School Diploma

Administrative Experience

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

Residential Development Sales Assistant (Entry level) - 9 month FTC

The Residential Development Sales (RDS) department deals with the sale of plots for several House Builders and Registered Social Landlords with clients such as Barratt, Berkeley, Canary Wharf, L&Q, Notting Hill Genesis, and A2Dominion.

This full-time (35 hours a week), 9-month fixed-term contract role is an entry-level position to assist the department with administrative support, making it suitable for someone eager to start their career in a professional services environment. Full training will be provided with regular check-ins to help you achieve learning milestones.

As an entry-level Residential Development Sales Assistant, your day-to-day tasks will include:

• Scanning documents and uploading them to our internal document management system
• Dealing with incoming/outgoing post and answering the telephone
• Taking messages and handling email requests

Once you are confident with the core duties of the role, there will be the opportunity to become more involved in contract creation and communication with clients.

ABOUT YOU

If you are looking for your first job, returning to work after a career break, or have prior administrative experience, this is a fantastic opportunity to join a friendly and supportive team. You will receive a clearly defined onboarding plan with learning milestones to ensure you are set up for success.

You will enjoy creating well-formatted documents, thrive on the focus required for data entry tasks, and utilize your highly organized systematic approach to complete tasks. You will demonstrate excellent IT skills (Outlook, Excel, Word) and feel comfortable exploring and learning how technology can streamline processes. A passion for people and providing excellent client/customer care will be key attributes, along with the ability to juggle multiple tasks and deadlines.

WHY US

Winckworth Sherwood is an exciting, diverse, and growing business. We are a full-service law firm with a diverse client base, committed to providing advice across a broad range of sectors and markets. Delivering a first-class service is key to everything we do.

Our clients range from some of the UK’s largest businesses and institutions to investors, professional partnerships, family offices, not-for-profit organizations, and private individuals—all of whom benefit from the flexible, practical approach of our lawyers.

We recognize that our people play a key part in our success and are committed to their development and well-being. We promote a healthy work-life balance and flexibility, keeping our people motivated and stimulated to deliver great results.

YOUR APPLICATION JOURNEY

Application review

Your profile will be screened by a member of the WS recruitment team. If your CV is shortlisted, you will be invited to have a short call with our Recruitment Manager, Ash Evans, to discuss your interest in the vacancy. No AI is used in our application screening process! Every candidate who applies to this role will be informed if they have been successful or not in moving to the next stage.

Interview (in person at our London office)

You will meet the head of the department and another partner, who will provide more insight into the role, their department, and their clients. They will also discuss your experience and interest in the role. We will set you a data entry and written exercise.

This will be a good opportunity to ask any role/firm-specific questions.

Every candidate who reaches this stage will be offered the chance to have a feedback call with our Recruitment Manager to understand why they weren't offered the position, allowing you to use this feedback to help with other job applications.

Offer of employment

If you are successful and accept our offer of employment, we will submit your details to our background screening company (Giant), who will conduct a series of background checks. Once these have been completed and we have separately validated your proof of right to work in the UK, a start date can be agreed, and your onboarding schedule can be planned.