Sales Executive Ascent Homes

About Advance Northumberland

Advance Northumberland is a property investment, estate management and development company. Building new homes for rent and sale, attracting investment and business growth, managing delivery of major projects, providing a diverse portfolio to support businesses and regeneration and helping you find a place to call home.

We are looking for a Sales Executive to join our Ascent Homes Team based at our development in Ellington, with potential to sell future developments across Northumberland (or the Northeast of England).  Our Ascent Homes team build new homes for rent and sale. We are passionate about building high quality new homes, with locations right across Northumberland. We hand pick our stunning locations to ensure we create unique homes to complement and enhance their individual surroundings, helping our customers to find a place to call home.

Wholly owned by Northumberland County Council we are passionate about the development of Northumberland as a place for people to live work and do business.

Having achieved significant growth over the last 5 years, Advance Northumberland have a clear ambition to lead and drive delivery, secure investment and provide a vibrant place for people and businesses in Northumberland.

To succeed in this role:

You must be able to demonstrate key skills and experience in the following key areas:

• Selling
• Achieve target sales
• Meet with clients, assess their needs and qualify
• Price negotiation
• Liaise with all interested parties (clients, solicitors, estate agents, etc.)
• Customer follow-up
• Administration
• Market research and competitor analysis
• Maintain the customer enquiry database
• Record customer details at reservation
• Complete and distribute all documentation as required
• Comply with GDPR regulations
• The Ideal Candidate
• Having experience within new homes sales or property sales is desirable
• Passionate about delivering exceptional customer service
• Personable, well presented, and composed at all times
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• An active team player, encouraging their team and themselves to succeed
• Self-motivated, determined, and efficient
• Able to represent the Ascent Homes brand to the highest of standards
• Full UK Driving licence

What we offer in return

We care about our colleagues and their wellbeing and have been nationally recognised for this. Apart from the competitive salary, we also have fantastic benefits. We focus on our colleague’s health, wealth and lifestyle. We like to think our benefits package is one of the best around! Here is an example below on what you can expect.

• Healthcare cash plan
• Employee Assistance programme
• Flu Jab
• Group life assurance
• Generous pension scheme
• Enhanced Family friendly policy
• Salary-sacrifice schemes

Our values

Our values are at the centre of our activities, linking to our vision to make Northumberland a great place for people to live work and do business.

• Dedication – passionate and tenacious about delivering for Northumberland.
• Honesty – working to the highest standards of integrity and accountability.
• Collaboration – deliver in partnership with Northumberland County Council and organisations across the public and private sectors.

To apply:

Please send a copy of your CV and a covering letter explaining your suitability and interest in the post, to workforus@advancenorthumberland.co.uk

 If you wish to withdraw your consent for us to process your application, please email us at workforus@advancenorthumberland.co.uk