DPA France

Important note: We are anticipating a huge demand for this rare opportunity to join our team. If you wish to apply for this superb and rewarding role, send your full CV immediately to the following email address [email protected] or to our head offices. Your CV should be accompanied by a letter of motivation in which you should tell us what you can bring to our business based on what you perceive we need to achieve in the future. Do not call or email us asking for more information. Suitable applicants will be invited for interview after the 15th May 2010 Position offered: Sales Administrator and PA to Director Nature of employment: Full time – Salaried role with initial CDD for 12 months Location: Based in our company head offices at Neuvic sur L’Isle, 24190 (Dordogne) Application details: Applications close on 15th May 2010 – Interviews will be held during 2nd half of May 2010 Package: Basic salary plus incentive scheme linked to specific performance objectives Overview:  A very rare opportunity to join a dynamic and rapidly expanding French property agency that is developing both local and national estate agency businesses. You will be working closely with the management team to assist in the support and development of their regional estate agency business.  Your role and responsibilities: These will be wide ranging but will include:  • Processing of sales leads and client enquiries • Assisting in the recruitment and ongoing support of our national network of estate agents • Working directly with potential buyers to achieve sales • Assisting vendors who wish to market their properties via our websites • Full secretarial support and PA role to the Director of the agency • General administrative duties within the day to day running of the businesses About you: You will need to be totally fluent in English and French to a good written standard. Any additional language skills will be seen as a benefit to your application. You will be totally competent in the use of PC’s and email within an office environment. You will have good experience of using the full suite of Microsoft office application (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) As your responsibilities will range across a broad spectrum of our businesses, you will be an adaptable team player who can think on your feet. You will also thrive in a challenging and sometimes stressful environment and you will be able to follow clear directions according to the needs of our business. Experience in French real estate could be seen as an advantage but providing you have a good level of commercial experience in a business or sales related environment, we are happy to train the right candidate as we have a very clear mission in terms of our own way of running our businesses and will therefore offer the position to the individual who demonstrates the core qualities that we seek. You will live and be based within a workable commutable distance to our offices in Neuvic sur L’Isle and you will have use of a reliable vehicle for travel to and from your place of work. You will be available to start work during June 2010. Next steps: Send your full CV immediately to [email protected] or by post to our head offices. Your CV should be accompanied by a letter of motivation in which you should tell us what you can bring to our business based on what you perceive we need to achieve in the future. Do not call or email us asking for more information. Suitable applicants will be invited for interview after the 15th May 2010

It should be remembered that ALL of these UK intermediaries only exist and survive because of French agents.  Without the agents ( with the exception of those appealing to private advertisers ) they would not have a business. An agent in the Uk cannot legally act as a registered estate agent in France, hence why they set themselves up in the UK as intermediaries with shiny websites, etc.  If they tried to do the same in France without the "carte professionelle" they risk breaking the law.  They all have created strong marketing hence why they get volume of enquiries As businesses, they mainly survive because of the inherent insecurity of the UK buyer who feels right comfortable dealing with their own countrymen, getting advice from someone "at home" etc and because of negativity created by some French agents who do a poor job and let the side down giving the poor buyer a bad service.  The fact of the matter is that all the UK players take a share of the commision, i.e the same commision you would have paid anyway.  Don't let anyone tell you that it is more expensive it is just that an agent might work harder for you if he stands to earn a greater income from your direct business. There are many excellent agents in France who have superb websites, offer a professional service and know their regions inside out.   If you wanted to buy a house in Bristol....you would contact estate agents in Bristol because logically this should deliver the most relevant result.. wouldn't it?  So why do people do differently with French property?