Job Description

Whitlocks Estate Agents is a family-run Independent Agent established in 1993 by our founder Montana and specialising in Sales, Lettings, Property Management, Land & New Homes, Commercial, and Auctions.

Our successful agency is growing rapidly therefore, we are looking to expand our team and have an exciting opportunity available to become part of the Whitlocks Family!

We are looking for someone who has at least a year of experience being a Sales Negotiator or who is looking to progress to a Senior Negotiator role, excels in customer service and with fantastic sales skills.

Our ethos is to provide our clients with outstanding service, be the best versions of ourselves, take pride in what we do, and for all our team to love their jobs!

You spend so many hours working and you need to enjoy what you do, we feel at Whitlocks that it is really important to have an enjoyable and rewarding career path that offers plenty of variety, support, and encouragement as well thanks and appreciation for all your efforts.

We are always encouraging our staff to do well by investing in further learning which leads to career progression and promotion.

We also genuinely care for our staff like our family; their career goals, ambitions, and happiness are of utmost importance to us.

Our ideal candidate would be someone who possesses plenty of customer service skills gained through previous jobs, is well organised, loves dealing with people, and has sales experience.

If you are currently an Estate Agent and are interested in finding out more about the role and career progression, please feel free to get in touch, your interest would be completely confidential and we run our agency a bit differently from what you may have already experienced to date.

Job role:

Sales or Senior Sales Negotiator which will include all aspects of Estate Agency.

Benefits:

On top of your basic salary, you will also be offered a structured commission for any income you generate for the company. The way we structure our commission in our office also does not cause an atmosphere amongst your colleagues - we all work well together and believe this creates a happier and more prosperous environment. We also regularly run exciting competitions for additional commission.

Below are some basic bullet points of what a day-to-day looks like in the role and some characteristics we would expect the candidate to have.

Day to Day:

- confirming appointments

- answering the phone

- arranging appointments

- contacting enquiries

- attending viewings

- negotiating sales

- offering referrals

- hitting targets

- social media posts

- sales progression

- administration

- writing property details

Ideal characteristics:

- passionate

- takes pride in their work

- enthusiastic

- confident

- motivated

- friendly

- hardworking

- organised and able to prioritise their workload

- fantastic customer service

- works well under pressure - estate agency is quite a high-pressured industry

- consistent

- enjoys dealing with people

- ability to negotiate and be persuasive

- excellent telephone manner

- excellent written communication

- willingness to go the extra mile and stay late until they complete a task if required

Location:

229 Pagham Road, Nyetimber, Bognor Regis, West Sussex PO21 3QD.

Salary:

Up to 40,000 per year - depending on experience and commission

Hours of work:

5 days a week - Our opening times are 8.45am - 6pm Monday - Friday and 9am - 4pm Saturdays. You will be required to work 2-3 Saturdays a month with an agreed day off in the week.

Requirements:

- Local to Bognor Regis (within 15 miles)

- Good level of experience in customer service roles and ideally sales

- Have a Full UK Driving License

Please ensure you send us a copy of your latest CV, complete the skill tests and answer our screening questions!

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 27,000.00-40,000.00 per year

Additional pay:

Commission pay Performance bonus
Benefits:

Company events Company pension Employee discount Employee mentoring programme Free parking On-site parking
Schedule:

Monday to Friday Weekend availability
Experience:

Estate Agency: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:

Driving Licence (required)
Work Location: In person