Looking to start a career in property with a busy, well-established estate agency where no two days are the same?

Cotswold Estate Agents are offering an exciting opportunity for a Trainee Estate Agent Apprentice to join their friendly, expanding team in Bishops Cleeve.

What you'll do at work

This is a hands-on role where you’ll be right in the action from day one, gaining real experience across sales, client relationships, and the day-to-day workings of a successful estate agency.

If you’re enthusiastic, motivated, and keen to build a long-term career in property, this could be the perfect first step.

What you’ll be doing:

• Accompanying valuations and property viewings
• Speaking with clients face-to-face and over the phone
• Liaising with solicitors and surveyors
• Supporting sales progression and negotiations
• Managing property listings and client records using bespoke software
• Providing general office and administrative support

Where you'll work

41a
Church Road
Bishops Cleeve
Cheltenham
GL52 8LP

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

WESTON COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION

Training course

Junior estate agent (level 2)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

• To demonstrate an understanding of the competitive market-place and commerciality of Estate Agency, Innovation, recognising opportunities and referrals.
• To be able to organise and plan work in a flexible manner to ensure tasks are prioritised and completed within agreed timescales. Show effective decision making in order to ensure work and tasks are completed in line with instruction and on time, including the principles of productivity, diary management, prioritising, targets/objectives and to understand task setting.
• To be able to work effectively with internal colleagues and external partners to achieve individual, team and business targets, identify solutions to problems, appreciate the importance of team working, and understand job roles and where they fit within the team. To use appropriate communication and interpersonal skills such as active listening, engagement and managing ambition.
• Know how to manage the relationship with the customer. Know the importance of written, verbal and non-verbal communication (including body language), email, letter, telephone and personal etiquette.
• Appropriate use of social media sites, ie. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and smartphone applications.
• Effective use of IT equipment and software, including specific sales and lettings packages, phone systems, use of mobile phones, measuring devices, dictation machines, damp meters, touch typing, cameras, PCs/laptops/tablets, multifunction copiers, cloud data systems (and data compliance), safety devices.
• To be able to demonstrate presentation skills, viewing and selling properties, cross selling, lettings and referrals. Standard methods of concluding sales; understanding needs.
• To have an understanding of active listening, active questioning, empathy, handling difficult people and situations, objection handling, public relations and research. To be inquisitive, respectful, polite and know how to take control of a negotiation conversation.
• Be able to apply a range of administrative skills in order to support the range of estate agency activities and related services. An understanding of the importance and use of digital and hardcopy records, including appropriate software packages. Diary management, filing, making and receiving telephone calls.
• Demonstrate both spoken and written ‘business English’ and the difference between internal and external communications etiquette (email, letter, telephone) and numeracy (use of percentages).