Community Director

Description

Job Overview:

The Community Director is responsible for the successful day-to-day financial, administrative, sales, marketing, and maintenance operations of the community while ensuring company standards are achieved and excellent customer service is delivered. The Community Director directly supervises the onsite staff and facilitates the successful management of the property. Exhibits strong commitment to the service needs of the internal and external customer. Represents the company in a professional and courteous manner.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare and implement a marketing plan for the community each month.
• Develop and implement resident retention, marketing, and advertising programs.
• Responsible to show and lease apartments, review and complete all leasing applications and documents. 
• Prioritize, assign, and monitor daily activities of staff including leasing, marketing, make-ready, maintenance and construction projects. 
• Responsible for maintaining budgeted occupancy levels at approved rental rates.
• Conduct training, coaching, and disciplinary action, as needed, per standards of the company.
• Complete performance reviews as scheduled.
• Create an atmosphere of cooperation, enthusiasm, service urgency, teamwork, customer satisfaction, and professionalism among team members.
• Supervise management of inventory system in conjunction with maintenance supplies and personnel.
• Responsible for achieving the highest possible Net Operating Income (NOI) through effective cost control and maximizing revenue.
• Prepare and monitors operating budget, and reports on status of property/properties such as variance and occupancy reports.
• Collect specified rents and fees, pursues delinquent balances, and processes evictions according to policy.
• Maintain a budget control log and reviews financial statements, helps prepare monthly progress reports.
• Follow the Fair Housing Act always.
• Ensure all invoices are processed and sent to corporate on a daily/weekly basis per company standards.
• Recruit, hire, train, coach, mentor, develop and supervise team members and ensures members meet their goals and performance standards.
• Responsible for maintaining all data in OneSite and following policies for record keeping and files on-site.
• Supervise maintenance of buildings and grounds. Walking property/properties with maintenance team member(s) to inspect for any known life-safety hazard at the site. Ensuring that such work is noted into a work order to be completed.
• Supervise and approves all work performed at the site by outside contractors.
• Attend to resident issues and needs, including neighbor disputes, renewals, maintenance issues, and all matters relating to the residents.
• Responsible for establishing the work schedule of maintenance staff in coordination with Lead Maintenance.
• Participate in after hours and emergency response.
• Ensure that maintenance performs and completes Preventive Maintenance Report quarterly on all units, leasing office, laundry facility, etc.

The job description is not an all-inclusive list of functions and tasks. Job functions may be added, deleted, or modified at any time by the company without prior verbal or written notification.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Certified Apartment Manager (CAM) preferred.
• Minimum of three to five years prior property management experience.
• Working knowledge of Onesite or property management software.

Competencies:

• Positive, motivating, and team-oriented attitude. Recognizes and reinforces developmental efforts, progress, and improvements. 
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, competitive environment. Sets priorities with an appropriate sense of what is most important and plans with an appropriate and realistic sense of time demand involved. 
• Ability to work weekends, and overtime when approved.
• High degree of professionalism and demeanor, with an ability to keep matters confidential.
• A strong emphasis on customer service in every action on the job and help instill this value in team members.
• Must be detail-oriented with excellent communication and listening skills.

At Steward Helm, we believe in supporting our team members with a comprehensive benefits package that promotes health, well-being, and work-life balance. Here’s what you can expect:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance: Comprehensive coverage to keep you and your family healthy.
• 401(k) Plan: Competitive company match to help you plan for your future.
• Paid Time Off (PTO): Enjoy 22 days of PTO annually to recharge and take care of personal matters.
• Paid Holidays: 14 paid holidays throughout the year to celebrate and relax.
• Competitive Market Pay: We offer competitive salaries to ensure that your compensation reflects your skills and experience.

Join us and experience a work environment that values and invests in its people!