Sales Consultant

Metropolitan Thames Valley; Hatfield; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job description

Location: Welwyn/Hatfield (Also covering parts of Essex)

MTVH conducts an annual review of salaries for colleagues. The salary displayed does not reflect any agreements reached during our 2025 review.

Our team at So Resi are looking for an experienced and proactive Sales Consultant to join us.

You will be responsible for the delivery of sales reservations either across a variety of sites or from a single large scale site within the region. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in new homes sales with either knowledge of or experience in shared ownership as well as strong communication skills.

You will be working closely with both our dedicated Sales Progression team and Marketing team as well as other departments and/or relevant stakeholders. You will be required to routinely work at weekends to facilitate customer requirements and to meet sales targets.

Key Responsibilities:

• Operate onsite from the Sales Office/Show home/Head office from Tuesday to Saturday 9am-5.30pm.
• Be responsible for the ongoing management of Sales and Marketing suites and show homes, ensuring high levels of presentation and brand promotion.
• Ensure that all sales enquiries/leads are contacted within 48 hours.
• Arrange and carry out viewings, surveys, completions and when required home demonstrations.
• Be responsible for the weekly monitoring of all void properties to ensure their ongoing security.
• Ensure that all properties are reserved in accordance with MTVH’s policies and procedures including eligibility, affordability and compliance requirements.

What you'll need to succeed:

• 1 year of experience in Sales.
• Achieve and exceed sales targets consistently.
• Experience working with CRM and Sales Management systems.
• Must have own transport and full license and be happy to use for work purposes.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with potential buyers, guiding them through all the necessary information required when buying a shared ownership home.
• Self-motivated with strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

Please note: we do not currently offer visa sponsorship.

What’s in it for you?

Our benefits include:

• 28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year.
• 2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities.
• An additional 'Beliefs day' once a year to have an extra day off.
• Supported family-friendly approach with extended parental leave.
• Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9%.
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave per year.
• Life assurance cover 3 x your salary.
• Hybrid Working - Dependent on job role and department.
• Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members to.
• Tenancy deposit – interest-free loan to help with rental deposits and season ticket loan.
• Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform.
• Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleagues.
• Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring/coaching programmes, apprenticeships, and career planning support.
• Employee Assistance Programme - We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation.

About us

We are committed to developing and implementing or maintaining sustainability initiatives to reduce environmental impact and promote sustainable practices within MTVH.

Learn more about our benefits and organisation by viewing our attached document.

Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH), we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion. We work collaboratively - 'Serving people better every day' - to educate, support, and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve. We are also part of the disability confident employer scheme.

We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non-inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and others' wellbeing.

We provide a platform of Network groups for employees to share views, tell us what we’re doing well, and recommend improvements. We want to create a real sense of community and a workforce who feel that their opinions are valued. Our Networks groups are:

• LGBTQ+
• Disability

Our core values of Dare, Care, and Collaborate demonstrate that we are a people-focused business, solving social issues by working together!

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found, so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.