Housing and Property Management - Apprenticeship
Sage Homes
Northampton (NN1 5PA)
Closes in 27 days (Friday 31 July 2026)
Posted on 3 July 2026
Contents
Summary
As a Housing and Property Apprentice, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of key legislation and regulations, the diversity of housing services, and important issues in the housing market. Whilst learning on the job, you will also explore customer service, housing law, and best practices for property maintenance.
- Wage
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£22,000 a year
- Training course
- Housing and property management (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:30 - No weekend working required.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Thursday 1 October 2026
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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3
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Customer Service: Understand and manage customer relationships, providing high-quality service and support in housing matters.
- Project Planning: Develop skills in planning and managing housing-related projects, including report writing and the management of repairs and maintenance.
- Housing Sector Knowledge: Build your understanding of the history of housing, housing law, and organisational policies that affect the housing sector.
- Repairs and Maintenance: Learn about the management of assets, repairs, and maintenance within the housing sector.
- Professional Development: Engage in professional development activities and participate in remote or classroom-based learning sessions.
- Work-Based Learning: Complete assignments, e-learning modules, and practical workplace training. Build a portfolio of evidence demonstrating your acquired skills and knowledge.
Where you'll work
Lancaster House
Nunn Mills Road
Northampton
NN1 5PA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LEARNING CURVE GROUP LIMITED
Training course
Housing and property management (level 3)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Customer Service: Apply a range of customer service skills in order to provide a professional, accurate, timely, ethical and non-judgemental front line service which meets the needs of a diverse range of customers and stakeholders
- Communication: Demonstrate appropriate communication skills to enable timely identification and/or resolution of issues for customers and appropriate signposting to other colleagues and/or partner agencies.
- Collaborative working: Work collaboratively with colleagues and partners to achieve individual, team and business targets.
- Respond to vulnerability: Use skill and judgment to understand the needs of vulnerable individuals and groups(including those with complex needs) and respond appropriately
- Information collection and sharing: Use a variety of methods to identify, collect and communicate technical and other information in a confident and effective manner.
- Influencing and negotiating skills: Influence and negotiate with customers, partners and suppliers.
- Self Management: Organise and plan their own work to ensure tasks are completed and deadlines met.
- Problem Solving: Use a problem solving and flexible approach in their day to day duties.
- Tools and Equipment: Effective use of IT equipment and software, through administration and the appropriate use of work equipment
- Decision making: Effective decision making in order to apply the businesses objectives and priorities.
Training schedule
You will also gain the skills, knowledge and behaviours through off-the-job training, which will include either remote sessions each month, along with assessments and wider learning that could include workplace training, e-learning, research, and completion of assignments. You will be required to spend at least six hours a week on off-the-job training to meet the course requirements.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 or above)
- Maths (grade 4 or above)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
About this employer
Sage Homes is an innovative Blackstone and Regis business addressing the housing crisis in England by making good homes affordable for people across the country who need them. Since 2017 we have delivered around 17,000 new homes across affordable rent, shared ownership and social rent for individuals and families. In 2021 Sage Homes became the largest provider of new affordable housing in England, and we continue to deliver high quality affordable homes across the country. We have invested more than £3 billion into high-quality affordable housing. Our entrepreneurial spirit combined with our technical expertise has got us to where we are today and will enable future sustainable growth.
https://www.sagehomes.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
25 days holiday, and an additional day for every year's service (up to five years). A health cash plan, with financial support for a range of options. Workplace Pension - matching personal contributions up to 5%.
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Once you have successfully passed your apprenticeship, you will be able to apply for open roles across Sage Homes. This could be in several different roles including Home and Communities Officer, Income Officer, Repairs Advisor, Customer Care.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LEARNING CURVE GROUP LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000034454.
Apply now
Closes in 27 days (Friday 31 July 2026)
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