New Homes Sales Officer

We are excited to be on the lookout for a part time New Homes Sales Officer (Fixed-term for 12 months) to join the SPACE Homes Team. You'll be the face of our St John's Park site, a new development in Beverley.

It is an exciting time to join the SPACE Homes Team as we continue to support Yorkshire Housing who own and manage more than 20,000 homes and counting.

This is a part-time role with flexible hours, anywhere between 14 and 21 per week. Saturdays are our busiest day, so you'd need to work then, but we can be flexible about Fridays and Sundays to fit around your availability. You may occasionally be required to cover other sites so a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use is required.

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What will you be doing?

The New Homes Sales Officer will be the face of SPACE HOMES at our exclusive development site. You will provide customer excellence in dealing with sales queries and guiding our customers through their sales journey. You will use your knowledge, negotiation and influencing skills in achieving targets.

You will ensure show homes look their best and ensure relevant information is collected and support the Field Sales Manager in achieving the team's business aims.

St John's is a collection of 3 & 4 bedroom shared ownership homes. You will guide prospective and existing buyers through the sales process with regular communication and support from our Space Homes marketing team who will work with you to generate footfall and enquiries.

You will be responsible for promptly responding to all leads generated and be motivated to achieve your developments sales rates; closing sales at the earliest opportunity and delivering a great customer experience for the buyer.

You will be actively involved with all external parties to achieve legal completion and take responsibility in ensuring your developments properties are ready and to Space Homes standards at handover ensuring that the highest levels of customer satisfaction are delivered.

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Who are we looking for?

We're looking for someone who thrives on building relationships with customers and brings some experience in sales.

The rest would also be great too –

• Excellent written communication skills particularly for a sales audience.
• You'll be happy working to achieve and exceed targets.
• You'll be great at problem solving and reaching solutions.
• Good IT skills, particularly Microsoft Office/Outlook
• We'd love to see a strong sense of initiative and a "can do" attitude.
• And of course passion and enthusiasm for sales and digital marketing

It would be a bonus if you have:

• Experience of working in residential New Homes sales, selling properties and using your excellent negotiating skills to close sales.
• Experience of promoting and marketing properties through a range of mediums and also previous experience running a sales site and/or show home and selling different types of properties.

A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use is required.

What's in it for you

• Salary
  : £20,983 per annum (21 hours over 3 days per week – Friday, Saturday & Sunday. There is some flexibility in the hours and days offered, but Saturdays are our busiest days)
• 26 days annual leave (pro-rated) + Bank Holidays
• Fixed Term Contract – 12 months

We offer a reward package to suit everyone. At YH, you can claim back for prescriptions, eye tests and more with our cash plan, make the most of a variety of retail discounts and take advantage of our pension scheme where we'll match your contributions up to 9%, just to name a few.

Our people's health and wellbeing are one of our top priorities, and you can make the most of our readily available wellbeing support package. This includes access to a library of free fitness classes, as well as an instant My GP service and free counselling sessions with a trained professional.

Find out more about our employment perks here

Now you're really interested?

At YH, we're actively building a working environment that's inclusive as well as diverse, where everyone can contribute their best work and be themselves. We believe difference is what makes us stronger and recognise the importance of our teams reflecting communities we serve, so we welcome and encourage candidates from all backgrounds for this role.

We know that not all candidates will meet every single requirement. If you're experience looks a little different from what we're looking for and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you so please apply

If you require any additional support with your application, or have any further questions please contact our fab recruitment team via email at

The fine print

• Closing date
  : Our advert will stay live for now, but we'll close it as soon as we've found the right candidates—so don't wait Get your application in as soon as you can.
• Interviews
  : Will take place on site on a date TBC