At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead sales of new homes and shared ownership properties, ensuring a customer-first experience.
- Company: Selwood Housing, committed to diversity and social impact.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, supportive environment, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Join a diverse team dedicated to inclusivity and making a difference.
- Why this job: Combine your sales skills with meaningful work helping people achieve homeownership.
- Qualifications: Experience in property sales and a passion for customer service.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
If you're passionate about delivering outstanding sales results while helping people into home ownership, we'd love to hear from you. We're looking for an experienced sales professional to lead the sale of our new homes and shared ownership properties. Combining commercial focus with a customer-first approach, you'll drive sales performance while helping more customers achieve homeownership.
About the role: As Sales Manager, you'll help deliver Selwood Housing's shared ownership sales programme, helping customers on their shared ownership journey, while delivering strong sales performance. You'll oversee the end-to-end sales process, from pre-launch marketing through to legal completion, ensuring customers receive a customer focused experience at every stage. You will work closely with internal teams and external partners, using your market knowledge to support the shared ownership sales function. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced property sales professional to combine commercial success with meaningful social impact.
What we're looking for: We're looking for an experienced sales professional who shares our values and takes pride in delivering outstanding customer experiences while achieving strong results:
- Customer Driven: You put customers at the heart of everything you do, building positive relationships and guiding them through the shared ownership journey with confidence, professionalism and care.
- Accountability: You take ownership of sales performance, working with the sales advisers to manage the customer journey from marketing and reservation through to legal completion, while ensuring targets, compliance requirements and service standards are met.
- Develop & Learn: You stay up to date with housing market trends, shared ownership requirements and industry best practice, continuously looking for ways to improve performance and the customer experience.
- Champion Communication: You communicate clearly and build strong relationships with customers, colleagues, solicitors, mortgage advisers and external partners, working collaboratively to deliver successful sales outcomes.
You'll bring: GCSEs (or equivalent) in English and Maths, or the ability to demonstrate equivalent skills and experience. Experience in shared ownership and/or new homes sales. A track record of marketing shared ownership and / or market sale homes. Knowledge of the conveyance processes and multi tenure agreements. Track record of managing the legal process to sell a home from reservation to completion. A commitment to Equality and Diversity.
For further information on the role, please review the job description attached to the advert.
Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: At Selwood, we strive to respect the diversity of our staff. We care deeply about inclusivity and encourage candidates from all backgrounds, demographics, and identities to apply. We are a Disability Confident employer and will do our very best to provide any adjustments, access, and equipment you feel you may need throughout the interview process, and during your employment with us. We are keen to build a supportive and rewarding environment, free from discrimination, which works for everyone. We may close this vacancy early depending on application volumes, so we encourage early applications.
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Contact Details:
Shropshire Towns and Rural Housing Recruitment Team
