Lettings Agent

Location: Nuneaton, with travel across Nuneaton and Bedworth Salary: £29,000 – £34,000 per annum, depending on experience

Contract: Temp - Perm, full-time Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday Driving: Full UK driving licence and own vehicle essential – mileage paid DBS: Enhanced DBS check required

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About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Lettings Agent to join our property management team.

You will be responsible for letting and managing both long-term rented homes and temporary accommodation, ensuring properties are occupied, compliant and well managed while providing excellent customer service.

This is a varied, hands-on role involving lettings, tenancy management, property inspections, arrears management and temporary accommodation placements.

Key Responsibilities

• Market properties, manage enquiries and conduct viewings.

• Complete referencing, Right to Rent and affordability checks.

• Prepare tenancy agreements, licences, inventories and related paperwork.

• Manage move-ins, move-outs, inspections and property records.

• Monitor rent and arrears and deal confidently with difficult conversations.

• Manage temporary accommodation placements, including short-notice moves.

• Liaise with the Council, contractors and internal teams.

• Raise and monitor repairs and help ensure properties meet health, safety and compliance requirements.

• Deal professionally with complaints, anti-social behaviour and tenant/occupant queries.

• Minimise void periods and support the efficient re-letting of properties.

About You

You will have:

• At least 2 years' experience in residential lettings, property management or housing.

• Good knowledge of current lettings legislation and practice, including Right to Rent and deposit protection.

• Experience of property marketing, viewings and progressing applicants to occupancy.

• Experience dealing with rent, arrears and challenging conversations.

• Strong written communication and accurate record-keeping skills.

• Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office and housing/lettings systems.

• A full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle.

• The right to work in the UK and willingness to undergo an Enhanced DBS check.

Experience of temporary accommodation, homelessness, supported housing or local authority housing would be an advantage