Jobbörse

At Places for People, we hire people, not numbers. If you're a proven sales professional from a new homes or property sales background, this is your opportunity to sell high‑quality developments while making a real difference.

As one of the UK's leading social enterprises, everything we do is about building thriving communities. We're looking for commercially driven sales people who know how to convert leads into completions, deliver an outstanding customer journey, and take pride in closing deals the right way.

Working Pattern –
35 hours per week, working 5 days out of 7, including weekends.
The role follows a Thursday to Monday schedule, with the following hours:

• Thursday: 12:00pm – 7:00pm
• Friday to Monday: 10:00am – 5:00pm

Where will I be working?

Site based at Gillingham SP8 4GG (Dorest)

About the Role

This role will feel very familiar if you've worked in new build, estate agency or property development sales.

As a Sales Executive, you'll take full ownership of the sales journey on your development(s) – from first enquiry through to reservation, legal progression and successful handover. You'll be responsible for:

• Proactively generating and converting leads into reservations and completed sales
• Managing the full sales pipeline and accurately forecasting performance
• Delivering exceptional on‑site and appointment‑based customer viewings
• Negotiating confidently while maintaining a high‑quality customer experience
• Building strong relationships with buyers, solicitors and internal stakeholders
• Representing the brand professionally and driving site‑specific sales strategies

You'll work closely with the Sales Manager and wider team, with clear targets and the autonomy to manage your patch like your own business.

About You

You're a results‑driven sales professional who thrives in a target‑led environment and understands what it takes to sell property.

You'll bring:

• Experience in new homes, property or estate agency sales
• A strong track record of meeting and exceeding targets
• Confidence conducting face‑to‑face viewings and progressing buyers to reservation
• Excellent negotiation, communication and relationship‑building skills
• Strong organisation skills to manage multiple buyers and deadlines at once
• A customer‑focused mindset, balancing commercial outcomes with service quality
• Experience in shared ownership and/or open market housing preferable

You're competitive, proactive and motivated by success – but you also care about doing the right thing for customers and communities.

Benefits

We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for. 

We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include: 

• Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly 

• Pension with matched contributions up to 7% 

• Excellent holiday package – up to 35 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell leave 

• Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year 

• Training and development 

• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more 

What's next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then click apply. You will be redirected to our careers site where you can discover more about the role, read a full job description and apply directly to us.

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application. We are dedicated to creating a supportive and accessible recruitment process for all.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We're happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best.

If you are a Places for People customer and you're looking for support with your application, please contact our skills and employment team on .

We understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we promise not to judge you for asking. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.  

If you are a recruitment agency please note we operate a PSL and do not take cold calls 

Safeguarding

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect. 

We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment. 

By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities