Sales Progressor

**About Ashtons**

Ashtons is an independent Estate Agency practice, founded over 40 years ago. Driven by meaningful service and performance values, Ashtons has become the unique entity it is today.

The group provides first class Estate Agency, Letting Agency and New Homes in Harpenden, Welwyn Garden City, St Albans and Berkhamsted. Outlying rural areas are dealt with through our specialist Village & Country office in Redbourn and second Village & Ruraldepartment at Welwyn Garden City.

At Ashtons, everyone is treated as an individual from the day we first meet them, to the day we hand over the keys to their new home. We strive to cater for specific needs - nothing is classed as standard and nothing is left to chance. Exemplary servicesits naturally alongside unrivalled performance.

We have strength and depth with over 120 enthusiastic and professionally minded people, who contribute daily to the success of the firm. We have been recognised by the Sunday Times for 4 consecutive years in their Best 100 Small Companies to Work For list.We were gold and silver medal winners at The Times/Sunday Times Estate Agent of the Year awards, East of England, for Sales and Lettings respectively.

We have also held the Investors in People accreditation for over 10 years.

**The Role**
- Taking direction from your line manager and carrying out set tasks, within set timeframe
- Ensuring that agreed company service standards are applied
- Due diligence responsibility to ensure all necessary checks are completed (chain/funds etc) prior to status change to SSTC
- Progressing the majority of sales agreed in accordance with prescribed service standards, aiming for a recommendation rate of 98% from post-completion client questionnaires
- Recording of information using RPS software
- Attending and participating in daily morning meetings
- Attending evening meetings from to time to time
- General team duties
- Any other duties that may be designated from time to time
- Negotiating (and re-negotiating where necessary) between client and buyer
- Building and maintaining positive relationships with clients, buyers, mortgage brokers and solicitors both face to face and on the telephone
- Pro-active, regular (weekly or more frequent) updates to client and purchaser
- General answering of telephone calls
- Meeting and greeting applicants and clients in the office
- Attending Ashtons’ social functions from time to time