Manages all phases of the operations of on multiple lease-up properties totaling 148 units within 5 miles of each other. Tasks include, but not limited to, leasing, marketing, general administration maintenance, resident services and retention and employee safety and property security. Coordinates the maintenance of the physical condition of the property while achieving the best possible financial returns.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Proactively and effectively manages operations to ensure lease up goals are met.
• Assists Construction and Asset Manager on coordiation/updates of development teams and outside vendors during property construction.
• Guides leasing team members, trains subordinates, evaluates employees and makes recommendations for salary increases/advancement, maintains payroll records, hires and terminates employees under direction of Regional Property Manager.
• Prepares and implements marketing strategies to ensure annual revenue growth for the property.
• Regularly monitors the financial performance of the property, making necessary changes in the operations as needed to meet and exceed performance goals.
• Supervises both maintenance staff and outside contractors working on the property.
• Adheres to all appropriate company personnel directives, accounting directives, maintenance and purchasing directives.
• Ensures that bank deposits are made daily or as necessary, purchases necessary office supplies, coordinates disbursement of petty cash funds, supervises rent collections.
• Establishes schedules and assigns personnel for routine maintenance and emergency coverage, ensures that maintenance requests are handled quickly.
• Takes responsibility for the quality and efficiency of turning vacant apartments into make-ready apartments in a timely manner, oversees the inspection of make ready apartments, approves all applications and signs all leases and related forms, oversees details of move-ins and move-outs.
• Ensures that residents are provided with a clean, safe and well-maintained community, handles resident relations and resident organizations, reports accidents and emergency situations to the Regional Manager immediately and prepares incident reports, continually inspects property and improvements, recording deficiencies and taking necessary actions.
• Handles resident issues in a timely and effective manner.
• Responsible for the timely completion of ownership and/or property reports and marketing surveys.
• Ensures that the highest level of conduct, dress, appearance and company loyalty are upheld by all personnel.

Knowledge/Critical Skills:

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Proven 2 or more year track record of successful lease ups.
• Proven track record of successful management of over 100 units, including proven marketing skills.
• Experience with property under construction, dealing with construction and development teams, outside vendors
• 2 -5 years of experience in residential property management required, can include assistant management experience.
• Pleasing personality and ability to work with and understand the problems and attitudes of residents.
• Thorough knowledge of accounting and administrative procedures.
• Ability to keep accurate records.
• Strong leadership, training, supervision and decision-making capabilities.
• Strong organizational skills.

Environmental Factors:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Works in office setting and in residential buildings.
• Works under minimal supervision.
• Occasionally moves about to coordinate work.
• Frequently walks residential property and climbs stairs.
• Occasionally wears hard hat and walks through construction areas.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Relocation assistance
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 1 year

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

Experience:

• Property management: 2 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Columbus, GA: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person