Estate agency roles at forces-friendly company

Category: Job Finding Publish date: 22/09/2022

There’s never a dull day in estate agency, it really is the land of opportunity.

If you’re leaving the Armed Forces and looking for an exciting career, the world of property sales and lettings could be for you.

The UK’s largest independently-owned property services group, Spicerhaart, has a wealth of opportunities available; from administrative roles at its Colchester-based headquarters, to jobs in any one of its branches across the UK, or even working from home.

About Spicerhaart

Spicerhaart provides services to thousands of customers every year through award-winning marketing and cutting-edge technology, helping them buy, sell, let or rent property. Its brands are haart, Chewton Rose, Felicity J Lord, Howards, butters john bee, Darlows, Haybrook, and Just Mortgages - https://spicerhaart.co.uk

However, none of this would be possible without the care, drive and ambition of its team.

When you join Spicerhaart, you instantly become a member of the family. Your career is important to us, which is why you’ll be trained and developed to meet your full potential and achieve success. You’ll be expected to achieve your very best on a daily basis, and to meet every expectation and goal. You’ll be a motivated and ambitious individual who always puts the customer first.

Armed Forces Covenant

Importantly, Spicerhaart has signed the Armed Forces Covenant, signalling its commitment to being a forces-friendly employer. It is keen to offer positions to ex-Service and reservist personnel.

Emma Barber, Spicerhaart’s Head of Training and Development and Armed Forces Champion, whose husband is a former soldier, said: “We are extremely proud and supportive of the dedication and commitment given by Forces personnel to our country.

“We are therefore delighted to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and have pledged to treat all Service personnel fairly and with respect.

“This is such an important initiative for us as Service leavers are reservists have so many transferable talents. They’re disciplined, motivated and have excellent communication skills.”

Former Service personnel are already on board

Among those who’ve already put their talents to good use within the company are IT Infrastructure specialist David Skingley, 55, who joined Spicerhaart in 2017, having completed a 26-year military career followed by 13 years in commercial and government roles.

He had risen through the ranks to become a Warrant Officer in the Royal Corps of Signals and is now a member of the IT Infrastructure team, responsible for managing Spicerhaart’s data centre servers, networking, computers and IT security.

He said: “As an ex-soldier, the Armed Forces Covenant is close to my heart, and therefore it is great to see the Spicerhaart group getting so involved.

“When you first leave the Forces it can be extremely daunting because you don’t necessarily realise you have the skills that businesses are looking for.

“Having worked in IT during my service, it was more of a straightforward transition for me than others, but I’d encourage anyone else searching for a new role to take a look at what estate agency has to offer. People will be surprised at the variety of different roles that are available, with the key element of training to support the transition from the services. There are a number of other ex-Service personnel who are already integrated into the Spicerhaart Group that are also forging successful careers."

Careers at Spicerhaart

You don’t need any estate agency experience as we offer best-in-class training, with career progression at our heart.