Fantastic opportunity to gain invaluable work experience in small, dynamic, central Edinburgh based property company....

Dickins: for your Edinburgh home from home have an exciting work experience opportunity from May until the beginning of October 2010. There may also be the opportunity for further part time work until January 2011.

   

Dickins let special and unique central Edinburgh apartments for festival lets, short lets and holidays. We are a small business with high standards and limitless horizons. Our office is friendly yet professional and efficient. Offering excellent customer service at all times is key to us.

The summer period is extremely busy in the office as Dickins lets around 250 apartments and houses for the Edinburgh Festival. We have many retained clients including some of the biggest stars appearing at the Festival and Fringe, venues such as the Assembly Rooms, Gilded Balloon, Underbelly, many national Newspapers and also leading London based promotional companies.

This work experience opportunity is the perfect environment in which to gain real experience of how a small tourism/property business operates. This is not just a boring admin job. Whilst there will be administrative tasks you will also have the chance to speak to clients both in person and on the telephone and be responsible for a number of crucial tasks. Dickins embrace up to the minute marketing tools such as their blog, newsletter, Twitter and Facebook and you will gain experience of using these tools for marketing and PR. The job is not desk bound and will involve visiting and checking apartments before lets too.

  

You have the following skills:

  

• An understanding of the importance of attention to detail
• A good knowledge of Microsoft Office Packages i.e. Word, Excel & Outlook
• Good social skills
• An understanding of good customer service
• The ability to write to clients in a professional manner
• An enthusiastic attitude
• A desire to learn and to use your own initiative
• The ability to multi-task

As well as the huge range of skills the successful candidate will gain from this experience, Dickins will also offer £125 per week and if the candidate fits well within our office environment there is the potential for further paid work until January 2011.

Here's what Lauren Macleod who worked for us in 2009 had to say about her experience here at Dickins:

'Being part of a small team at Dickins meant that I had a wide range of hands on experience right from the start. Not only did I have responsibilities in the office such as processing bookings and payments, and managing various databases, I also had the opportunity to visit and check the apartments and prepare all keys for customers over the Festival period.

 This work experience very much helped me in getting my job today due to the variety of skills I gained during this time. I had a great Summer at Dickins, everyone in the office were extremely nice and made me feel comfortable straight away.' 

  

To apply for this position please send your CV by email to gaby@dickins.co.uk and tell us why you think you are right person for this role.