Job Description: Cytonn Young Leaders Programme – Real Estate Internship
The Cytonn Young Leaders Program is
designed to train future business leaders.
Our clients and investors deserve the
best talent we can get. Hence the program is highly competitive. It typically
starts with about 250 applicants, of which 50 applicants are invited to sit for
a written aptitude test.
The top 25 from the aptitude test are
invited to an oral interview, which culminates to about 8 internship
opportunities.
The internship is a 3-month intense
training on technical, soft and leadership skills.
At the end of the 3 months, we make
fulltime offers to about 2 to 3 top candidates. Program participants receive a
modest monthly stipend.
We have programs focused on
investments, finance and accounting, information technology and real estate
career paths.
Cytonn Real Estate, in partnership
with a consortium of international real estate investors and high net-worth
investors, is seeking highly motivated, self-directed interns to be part of a
team that is deploying investor funds to develop lifestyle real estate.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide day to day assistance to the members
of the team and proactively seek ways to streamline daily processes and
procedures;
- Data collection and analysis on sales trends
and consumer demographics, preferences, needs and buying habits in the
real estate industry;
- Real estate financial modeling and data
analysis;
- Assist with conducting research using
comparable properties sold in an area and investigate potential issues
that affect value such as the title of the property by ensuring an up to
date database of all property comparables as provided by the real estate
team;
- Consult & coordinate with agents in
gathering property photos, staging, repairs, cleaning, signage, access
requirements & marketing activities including property listings,
assisting prospective clients, accompany clients to property site, discuss
conditions of sale, and draw up real estate contracts;
- Promote sales of properties through
advertisements and participation in listing services, either directly or
via agents;
- Coordinate the preparation and assembly of
documents for presentations and meetings;
- Communicate between multiple departments and
coordinate internal and external meetings;
- Track and report on various initiatives at
direction of the real estate team;
- Other related duties as assigned for the
purpose of ensuring efficiency and effective functioning of the real
estate team.
Qualifications, Experience and
Competencies:
- Bachelor’s Degree, expected First Class or
Upper Second
- Minimum of a B+ in KCSE
- Professional attitude
- Ability to work in a team
- Ready to take on challenges
- Demonstrated leadership capability
- Innovative and solution oriented
individuals
- Strong analytic skills, including ability to
independently carry out research
- Ability to express ideas clearly, verbally and
in writing
- Ability to organize work, work independently,
problem solve, and be persistent
- Creativity, entrepreneurial, and a self-driven
attitude towards work, with a sense of humor is desired
- Strong problem solving skills, with a bias to
a sense of urgency
- Ability to work in a team in a fast paced
environment
If you feel that you possess the
above qualifications and would like to be considered for this internship,
please visit the Careers page on www.cytonn.com/careers and
apply by end of day on the 29th of May, 2015.
The program shall begin on the 8th of
June, 2015.
No other form of submission shall be
accepted.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
