Careers

Thanks for taking the time to visit our site today and most importantly our career page.

At Dawsons we understand our most valuable resource is our strong team of local experienced property experts, assisting our clients with ‘all things property’ such as: property sales, rentals, mortgage and financial advice, a dedicated auction dept, and a land and new homes team.

Being a local independent partnership, we have continuously grown since inception in 1991 to now having over 120 employees within our branches covering Swansea, Llanelli and surrounding areas. We are extremely proud to note that over 60% of our team have been with us for over 10 years, with many of these being 20 years +, this is due to the investment in our team’s training and development along with the encouragement for our staff members to grow individually alongside the business.

A testament to ‘team Dawsons’ for their hard work and dedication to our clients is the numerous local, regional, and national awards that we have won over the years.

So do you have a passion for property?

Whilst we may not always have positions advertised below, both our sales and rentals directors (Jo & Ricky) are always keen to speak with individuals that have an eye for property, excellent customer service skills, current or previous experience within the industry, or indeed someone new to sales or lettings that has a hunger to learn and would like to engage in a career in ‘all things property’.

If this sounds like you, we suggest you email us your CV with a covering letter. We will definitely take the time to look over any emails/letters/CV’s received, so please get in touch today at careers@dawsonsproperty.co.uk 

WE CURRENTLY HAVE 3 VACANCIES

1. Experienced Sales Progressor

Dawsons, Swansea's leading independent Estate Agency are expanding due to huge growth and are looking to recruit an experienced Sales Progressor to join their highly successful sales progression department. Dawsons are an award winning, established agent with several branches across Swansea and Carmarthenshire.

The role of the Sales Progressor will be responsible for managing the sales process, taking the property from offer accepted through to exchange and completion. A natural ability to problem solve, think on your feet and rapport building skills are vital. Experience in this role or conveyancing experience is ESSENTIAL.

Main Duties:

Processing and progressing all agreed sales through to completion

Liaising with other estate agents, mortgage advisors, solicitors and surveyors

Providing all relevant parties with accurate updates on the sales/purchase.

Essential Skills Required

A minimum of 2 years experience is essential

You will have strong communication and excellent interpersonal skills

Resilient, who works well under pressure

A persuasive approach with excellent attention to detail with the ability to prioritise and manage a diverse caseload

Excellent I.T skills

Articulate, Self-motivated with strong customer service skills.

Application deadline: 30/04/2021

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

To apply please send your covering letter along with your CV to jst@dawsonsproperty.co.uk  

2. Experienced Residential Lettings Property Manager

Dawsons, Swansea's leading Estate Agency, who are well established in the management of properties throughout Swansea, Llanelli and their surrounding areas, are looking for a suitable candidate to join their busy, experienced, and motivated residential lettings property management department to ensure Dawsons landlords and tenants receive effective, customer focussed property management during their tenancy.

Along with our current and experienced property management team, the successful candidate will be responsible for several key roles and the geographical areas covering our Swansea offices.

Dawsons pro-active approach to lettings and our ability to provide our clients with a quick and efficient personal service, is foremost in our thinking. Our market is competitive, so we need someone that is highly energetic and willing to go that extra mile to get the job done. There is no doubt, this is an ideal opportunity for someone looking to develop their career further within property management.

The key areas of the role, amongst many other aspects, will involve:

• Planning and conducting routine property visits, arranged through the department by the use of desktop and remote software systems.

• Reporting directly to the branch and department managers alongside experienced members within the department, as well as liaising closely with other members of the residential lettings team. Ensuring our landlords, tenants, contractors and colleagues are fully abreast of actions you have taken, programmes of work and progress and recording the same to the property management system.

• Assisting the property management’s team ‘office based staff’ with telephone enquiries and maintenance requests from landlords and tenants. This will include liaising with our trusted third parties involved with the successful completion of a repair, addition or upgrade within a managed property, along with obtaining competitive quotations where required.

• Liaising with contractors to plan and carry out authorised repairs/projects, and to monitor the on-going repair/maintenance projects through to completion.

• Processing contractor invoicing, through liaising with our internal accounts department.

• Planning and conducting end of tenancy vacation inspections, arranged through the department with the use of desktop and remote software systems.

• To collate and submit evidence to the Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) in the event of a disputed deposit, including any evidence required as part of an adjudication case and dealing with any Insurance claims.

• Plan and co-ordinate a personal and team monthly diary for end of tenancy inspections and routine property visits, in conjunction with other inspectors and the department as a whole.

You will be expected to:

• Comply with Dawsons Employee Handbook including your Health and Safety responsibilities
• Comply with all current legislation affecting the business
• Be a good team worker – supporting and promoting all of our services and departments
• Ensure all management systems are kept up to date and maintained
• Ensure that only approved and suitable contractors are instructed
• Delivering excellent customer service at all times
• Peer check all management visit reports

The ideal candidate will possess the following skills, knowledge and experience:

• Excellent team worker with a flexible approach to work
• Have an ability to multi-task and self-motivate
• Be adaptable and a good team player
• To have a strong service ethic with great attention to detail
• Strong organisational skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and confidence in dealing with clients
• A professional, positive, and enthusiastic approach
• A strong customer focus (taking and using your initiative)
• The ability to meet and exceed targets
• Great accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to work on your own as well as in a busy team environment
• Intermediate MS Word, Excel, & Outlook skills
• Experience in either property management or the lettings field is preferred but not essential

Job Types: Full time, Permanent

To apply please send your covering letter along with your CV to ricky.purdy@dawsonsproperty.co.uk

3. Experienced Sales Negotiator

A new and exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Sales Negotiator to join our highly successful team. This is an excellent opportunity to join Swansea’s leading independent estate agent.

We are looking for a dynamic, driven and professional negotiator with excellent customer service skills.

You will be using a mixture of negotiation, marketing and sales skills to existing and new clients so as to maintain, develop and promote sales in all avenues of our business. You will need to be a genuine ‘people’ person, you will need to inspire confidence in your clients and liaise with a range of different professionals within the industry, the relationships you build up will be crucial to your success. You need to have confidence in your own abilities and to carry out work unsupervised when necessary.

Keys Responsibilities:

• Meet and greet clients in a confident, positive, enthusiastic and professional manner.
• Helping, advising and qualifying buyers ensuring their needs and requirements are met, by matching to suitable properties.
• Maintain and develop existing and new clients through planned individual reviews.
• Accompanying buyers around properties.
• Negotiating offers.
• Undertake market appraisals
• Possess a full understanding of the conveyancing process
• Have knowledge of the local market
• Requirements:

• Full clean driving licence.
• Smart appearance, well spoken and articulate.
• We offer career progression, training and referral scheme.
• Hours: 9.00 am to 5.30 pm – Monday to Friday
• One in 4 Saturdays 9.00 am to 4.00 pm

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Application deadline: 28/02/2021

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

To apply please send your covering letter along with your CV to jst@dawsonsproperty.co.uk

COVID-19 considerations: please visit www.dawsonsproperty.co.uk for our Covid-19 health and safety policy and procedures

If the position you were looking for is not listed, but are still interested in joining 'team Dawsons', please check back soon or email your CV and covering email/letter to careers@dawsonsproperty.co.uk