Location: Regional role (London and Essex) with travel across development sites as required
Contract: Full-time | Permanent
Salary: Circa £30,000 + commission
We’re looking for a proactive and driven Sales and Marketing Consultant to support the success of our outright sale and shared ownership homes for the over 55s. This is more than a sales role; it’s about guiding customers through an important life transition with empathy, confidence and care.
You’ll take ownership of the full customer journey, building trust, understanding individual needs and providing the support and momentum customers need to make life changing decisions. With a hands on, results focused approach, you’ll nurture leads, deliver a high quality personalised experience and work towards achieving and exceeding sales targets.
If you’re a self starter who combines strong sales ability with a genuine passion for people and a focus on results, we’d love to hear from you.
What you’ll do
1. Manage enquiries and guide customers through the full sales journey
2. Build strong relationships, taking time to understand individual needs and circumstances
3. Deliver reservations in line with sales targets
4. Support development launches, events and open days
5. Maintain marketing suites and show homes to a high standard
6. Work closely with Sales Managers and marketing teams to drive demand
7. Keep accurate records and manage activity through our CRM systems
8. Monitor local market activity and contribute to improving the customer offer
What you’ll bring
9. Experience in a sales role, ideally within property or a customer-focused environment
10. A people-first approach, with strong empathy and the ability to build trust and rapport
11. Confidence working towards targets while maintaining a high standard of customer care
12. Patience and the ability to support customers through longer decision-making journeys
13. Strong organisation skills and attention to detail, with confidence using systems
14. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
15. Shared ownership or experience working with older customers is desirable
Join us and play a meaningful role in helping people find not just a home, but a lifestyle that works for them.
Please note: We’ll be reviewing applications as they come in and may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Anchor – a great place to work
Anchor is England’s largest not-for-profit providers of care and housing for older people. Our heartfelt ambition is to transform housing and care so everyone can have a home where they love living in later life.
We’re not-for-profit which means every penny we make or save is invested in the people who live with us, the places they live and the people who work here. That means a better standard of care and customer service, better wages, more investment in training and development and improved facilities.
Our values
Every one of us can make a difference to our residents and play a part in shaping homes and services around their needs.
Our Anchor values of being Accountable, Respectful, Courageous and Honest apply to us all, whether you manage colleagues as part of your role or not.
Displaying our values can influence those around us to do the same. We can all be leaders at Anchor and should all be driven by the same customer ethos. Our helps align these values with the skills and behaviours we demonstrate.
A rewarding environment
From health and happiness to finance and your career, we’ll give you all the support you need.
Health & happiness
16. Gym, fitness and wellbeing discounts
17. Mental health support
18. Flexible working options
19. Access to online GP appointments
Finance
20. Pension plan – contribute between 4% and 8% and we’ll match it or better
21. Quick and easy pension transfer service
22. Savings and financial advice, loans, free life assurance
23. Discounts on shopping, holidays, phones, technology and more
24. Free Blue Light Card
Career
25. Ongoing personal and professional development programme
26. Leadership Pathways online learning resources
27. Career progression and promotion opportunities
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Celebrating diversity, celebrating you
Anchor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We aim to celebrate diversity and inclusion in all that we do, as we know that the more diverse our colleagues are, the better care and support we can give to our residents and each other.
We are proud to have an LGBT+ group for our residents, and also Disability, LGBT+ and race and ethnicity colleague networks. These work to celebrate diversity, address concerns, review policy and practice and empower their members. We also have an Inclusive Ambassador network to allow all colleagues to be part of promoting diversity and to be an ally to others.
We are a Gold Standard Inclusive Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Menopause Friendly and a signatory to the Care Leaver Covenant, HouseProud Pledge and Age Friendly Employer Pledge schemes.