Role Overview
We have a fantastic opportunity to join us as our Lettings Valuer for the St John's Wood office.
In this role, you will be responsible for negotiating and liaising directly with our clients, dedicating a significant portion of your time to these activities. Alongside this you will drive the business forward by sourcing and carrying out valuations. You will be responsible for your own billings by qualifying applicants, conducting viewings, and negotiating tenancies. Additionally, you will create new opportunities, manage and develop landlord inquiries into new instructions, and ultimately generate new business. Ensuring we are compliant and provide exceptional customer service will be essential aspects of your role.
The role includes the promotion and marketing of the brand to increase the annual turnover and profit margin and the maximising of cross division referral opportunities.
This is a fee earning role with uncapped commission so there is the opportunity for unlimited potential.
Key Responsibilities
- To drive the expansion of the cluster, maintaining our market leader standing
- Call potential tenants to build relationships, understand their requirements, qualifytheir affordability, and carry out viewings to help find them a suitable home
- Assist negotiators in agreeing tenancies on properties where you have the relationship with the client
- Negotiate deals with an eye for detail whilst meeting/striving to exceed individual monthly targets as well as supporting the team target
- Provide efficient and proactive continual liaison with our tenancy progression and property management team to prepare each individual tenancy
- Keep up to date with Savills research and the local market conditions and share that knowledge with clients and tenants
- To build and expand Savills Lettings business and to be aware of future opportunities that will enable the office to continue to expand
- Carry out property valuations and listing of properties
- To promote and maintain internal relations with all other lettings offices as well as the relevant residential teams
- To actively seek and encourage cross referrals
- To generate new business via various stock generation activities
- Efficient and timely communication with landlords and colleagues
- To effectively lead your team creating a proactive and upbeat environment
- To keep abreast of national issues and their impact on your office / our business
- Comply with the ARLA Propertymark ways of working, strict Property Ombudsman & RICS ‘Code of Practice', as well as keeping up to date with all existing and new lettings & estate agency legislation
Key Skills
- To be ARLA licensed (preferred, not essential)
- The ability to work efficiently under pressure with a flexible approach
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Excellent relationship builder to generate business
- Focussed: commits to challenging goals and delivers consistently against these
- Continuous improvement: delivers efficiency in addition to effectiveness
- Self-starter, who relishes challenges and strives for the best
- Strong team player: builds relationships and consults with others, quickly establishes trust and credibility
- Diplomatic and challenging with the ability to influence others
- Confident with a positive outlook
- Ethical with strong integrity
Team Overview Our team comprises of one Head of Department, one Negotiator and one Lettings Coordinator. The office also houses our Residential Sales Team. In addition, we work closely with our lettings head office teams, including Tenancy Progression, Corporate Services, Property Management, Client Accounts and our Hive Client Services department.
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