Commercial Transaction Assistant

Job Introduction

Job Title: Commercial Transaction Assistant

Salary Banding: Circa £17,000

Job Location: Warrington  

Contract Duration:  Permanent

Hours (weekly): 35 (Monday to Friday)

Your Housing Group has an exciting opportunity for a Commercial Transaction Assistant, to join our Commercial Transaction Team, based in Birchwood, Warrington.

The Commercial Transaction Team provides a service to the Group’s internal and external customers.  The team administer the sales process in respect of Low Cost Home Ownership, Assignments (Re-Sales), Staircasing, Right to Buy, Right to Acquire and some land sales on behalf of the Group. 

As a Commercial Transaction Assistant, you will be the first point of contact for our customers. You will assist the administration team in facilitating the Group’s Right to Buy and Right to Acquire sales, liaising with customers, internal colleagues and solicitors.

You will support the Homeownership and Private Rental Sector teams with the Group’s low cost home ownership sales, leasehold management and private rent.

It’s a given, as a Commercial Transaction Team, you will be adept at building and maintain and productive  relationships with partners through which we deliver and receive services.

If you have…..

• experience of maintaining positive working relationships with internal / external customers
• excellent Customer Service Skills, both face to face and over the telephone
• experience of using Microsoft Office software i.e Word and Excel
• knowledge of the Right to Buy and Right to Acquire for a Registered Provider (desirable)
• Ability to interpret complex information e.g leases and transfer agreements (desirable)

…………. Then we’d really love to hear from you.

In addition to the above you will embrace the culture of continuous improvement to support Value for Money throughout the organisation and have a passion for doing things right first time.

Your Housing Group is a new generation of housing provider, working efficiently and effectively to build as many quality houses as possible, thereby playing its part in solving the national housing crisis. With over 28,000 homes across the North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands, the business has a large portfolio of retirement living developments and an innovative private rental offer in Nuvu.

Prior to completing your application, please review the attached Role Profile to better understand the role and key responsibilities.   

Closing date: Friday 21^st February 2020                 

Should we receive a high number of applications, we may close this vacancy earlier than the date indicated above, therefore, you are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible.

Your Housing Group values diversity and encourages applications from all communities. Your Housing Group operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for tenants or anyone who resides in a Your Housing Group property.  It also operates the scheme for any applicants who declare they have a disability. Those applicants who meet the minimum requirements for the role as set out in the role profile will be guaranteed an interview.  Some roles may be subject to probity checks which will override the scheme where a potential conflict of interest or a probity matter has been identified. YHG1