Lettings Negotiator

Carter Jonas Llp; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading property consultancy in Birmingham is seeking an experienced Lettings Negotiator to provide a ‘Let Only’ service for a varied portfolio. Responsibilities include marketing properties, negotiating terms, and ensuring compliance with legislation. The job offers a hybrid working model and a competitive rewards package, including flexible benefits. Join a collaborative team focused on personal development and client satisfaction.

Benefits

Flexible benefits package

Health cash plans

Cycle to work scheme

Generous annual leave

Qualifications

• Experience in the residential lettings market required.
• Understanding of compliance and relevant legislation.
• Ability to work effectively in a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide a ‘Let Only’ service to Asset Managers.
• Market properties to let and register applicants.
• Negotiate terms and complete referencing checks.

Skills

Excellent customer service skills

Strong negotiation ability

Organisational skills

Proficiency in MS Office

Numeracy

Clear written communication

Tools

REAPIT

Job description

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Lettings Negotiator to join our lettings team within our Infrastructures division. The successful applicant will be responsible for providing a ‘Let Only’ service to our Asset Managers across a large and varied portfolio. The role will involve effectively marketing properties to let, registering and maintaining regular contact with applicants, negotiating terms, completing referencing checks, and producing tenancy documentation in accordance with the legislation and our letting SOPS.

Working on a hybrid basis, you will be based in our Birmingham hub office where you will be part of a community of over 100 colleagues across various divisions. This means plenty of exciting events, office socials, health and wellbeing initiatives, and fundraising activities to get involved in.

We offer a highly competitive salary package which includes a fantastic benefits package including a variety of flexible benefits allowing you to choose those that suit your personal circumstances including purchasing additional leave, health cash plans, cycle to work scheme and so on! In addition, we welcome applications from those seeking flexible or agile working arrangements and can be discussed at the application stage.

• Register applicants on our software package (REAPIT)
• Maintain regular contact with your applicants and ensure they are offered suitable properties
• Set up viewings with Asset Managers
• Ensure the SOPs for Residential Lettings are adhered to
• Operate in accordance to current Legislation
• Provide information, advice and feedback to Asset Managers, Landlords and Tenants
• Carry out property visits when required
• Liaise with clients throughout the marketing and letting process providing detailed feedback
• Follow up viewings and provide feedback to our Landlords
• Deal and negotiate offers when received
• Produce lettings paperwork
• Ensure cleared funds, references completed, signed contracts and correct compliance are in place prior to move-in
• Attend regular office meetings

What will if take to be successful ?

We are looking for a strong team player with excellent customer service skills, combined with solid experience in the residential lettings market. You will bring strong negotiation ability, an understanding of compliance and relevant legislation, and be highly organised with great administrative skills. Proficiency in MS Office, numeracy, and clear written communication are essential to succeed in this role.

We offer a highly competitive rewards package including group pension, flexible benefits, referral schemes and generous annual leave.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are dedicated to driving diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Learning and development is important to us; we encourage everyone to continue developing to optimise their performance and fulfil their potential. We have an agile flexible working policy; many of our team work flexibly, we would be happy to talk to you about how this could work for you. We enjoy what we do, and we do it well, which is why 80% of our business comes from repeat clients.

About us:

Since 1855, Carter Jonas has grown to be one of the largest and most respected property consultancies in the UK with a network of 34 offices across England and Wales, employing more than 1,000 partners and employees.

Our tailored service and Simply Better Advice have enabled us to forge lasting, intelligent and trusting partnerships with our clients. These long-standing relationships are our most important and most closely protected asset. From private landowners to local authorities, pension funds to farmers – our universe of client experience is among the most varied in UK property.

We employ the very best people. We are a place where people want to work, and our culture is both collaborative and business minded. We have experts in every field who deliver long term advice that enhances our clients’ future prosperity.

Ahead of the curve, we are pioneering in the use of technology within the property industry, making Carter Jonas a hugely exciting place to work.

Our values:

• Approachable – We treat every relationship with respect, integrity, and warmth
• Effective – We do what we say we will, we do it well and we are accountable
• Ambitious – We are ambitious for our clients and for our firm

We look to recruit individuals who represent our core values, but who can also demonstrate the six Carter Jonas competencies that are the foundation of our career pathways. These competencies will aide their personal development in the business, and comprise of:

• Communication - Ensures effective, clear, and relevant communications in support of business objectives
• People - Demonstrates leadership in conduct and effectively manages and develops people to optimise performance through others
• Business Development & Client Care - Ensures effective communication to facilitate excellent client care and collaboration and pursuing opportunities for increased business and profit mindful of the Firm’s heritage and values
• Use of Technology - Modern, Agile, Digital Employee
• Teamwork - Recognises the importance of working with others, to collaborate and co-operate to achieve business
• Personal Effectiveness & Productivity- Engage, promote, and adhere to compliance requirements including all internal processes and procedures which manage risk and enhance productivity.