Community Manager

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Job type

Full-time
 
Location
46 Thurston Road, London
 
Full job description
ABOUT GREYSTAR

Greystar is a leading, fully integrated global real estate company offering expertise in property management, investment management, development, and construction services in institutional-quality rental housing, logistics, and life sciences sectors. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates more than $320 billion of real estate in 250 markets globally with offices throughout North America, Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States, manages more than 1,000,000 units/beds globally, and has a robust institutional investment management platform comprised of more than $7+ billion of assets under management, including over $36 billion of development assets. Greystar was founded by Bob Faith in 1++3 to become a provider of world-class service in the rental residential real estate business. To learn more, visit www.greystar.com.


JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

You will run an autonomous business unit taking overall responsibility and accountability for the operations including team members, daily activities, and the resources of the property to achieve established budgeted financial and operational goals. Leading the team by example your focus will be to build a vibrant, safe and welcoming community our residents enjoy being part of.
JOB DESCRIPTION

Key Role Responsibilities

Acts as a role model at all times by demonstrating the core values
Leads the team to create positive memorable experiences by exceeding expectations for all residents.
Works in partnership with marketing to shape local marketing and leasing strategies based on relevant market data to achieve the property’s occupancy and revenue goals.
Ensures marketing campaigns, advertising and promotional activities are effectively implemented.
Establishes relationships with internal and external stakeholders (sales, marketing, groups, universities) communicating regularly with representatives, ensuring the community’s compliance with pertinent regulations and providing performance data and reporting.
Actively seeks interaction and contact with residents to proactively seek to improve service delivery and ensure community events enhance the overall resident experience.
Meets targeted revenues by making rate recommendations based on market data and monitors payments.
Prepares and forecasts annual budgets by analysing financial statements, reviewing marketing information, and accessing operational reports.
Manages the financial performance; attending regular P&L reviews with stakeholders.
Promotes investor satisfaction and retention through timely variance reporting in respect of budgeted and actual spending and on-going communication about the performance of the properties, and responds with urgency to client/owner concerns, questions, issues, and requests.
Promotes resident satisfaction and retention by ensuring a timely response to questions, requests and complaints in a timely manner, and taking appropriate action to resolve and address service issues.
Assesses team member training needs and ensure thorough understanding of systems and adherence to policies
Develops capability of team members in order to meet key performance goals and future succession requirements.
Originates, approves and submits purchase orders and processes invoices from vendors, contractors and service providers for payment and manages communication with finance team members and other stakeholders as required.
Oversees the tenancy management process by co-ordinating periodic apartment inspections, evicting residents, and imposing and collecting late fees and other charges within the terms of the agreement.
Works hand in hand with Health & Safety to drive a safety culture by managing and monitoring the appropriate health & safety and compliance activities including the incident reporting system and ensures that the community operates in a safe and risk free environment.
Ensures the operation of the community complies with Company policies and procedures and any laws and regulations governing housing operations and residential lettings.
Manages planned and reactive maintenance and refurbishments engaging marketing and capital projects teams to ensure timely resident communication and completion to a high standard within agreed budgets and timescales.
Conducts regular community walkabouts and inspections and takes appropriate actions to ensure that the physical aspects of the property, grounds, buildings, and amenities meet established standards for safety, cleanliness, and general appearance and appeal.
Role Scope

Property: Chapter Lewisham, 46 Thurston Road, London, SE13 7SD
Capacity: 611 beds + 1 Commercial unit
Turnover: £10.4m (approx.)
Team: 15 Team Members (direct & 3rd party employed covering Front of House, Maintenance, Security, and Housekeeping)
Resident Amenities: 24/7 staffing, games room, private study room, extensive lobby and lounge area, 24 hour gym, roof terrace.
Key Relationships

Regional Operations Managers, Investors & Portfolio Management Team.
Corporate Support Teams including HR, Finance, Systems, Sales & Marketing, Health & Safety & Capital Projects.
About You

Knowledge & Qualifications

Good level of general education
Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office packages including Word, Excel and Outlook.
Proficiency in using property management software. Training will however, be provided.
A knowledge and understanding of UK Health and Safety policies preferably with some form of recognised training i.e. IOSH or NEBOSH.
Experience & Skills

Essential

Experience of successfully driving revenue, occupancy, service excellence and profitability in a multi-site operation within the property sector, leisure or retail environment.
Evidence of understanding leadership and expectation setting to achieve high performance in a multi-site role.
A positive team player, skilled at working collaboratively with team members, key business leaders to drive results and support the wider team and business objectives.
Excellent organisation skills, including the ability to prioritise workload, achieve deadline driven defined outcomes and displays good judgment under pressure.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills & numerical skills necessary to complete the above activities.
Self and culturally aware and able to adapt relationship building, communications and negotiation skills to suit audience.
Flexible approach to working in a fast-paced environment and adaptable to thriving in a changing environment.
Enthusiasm to deliver an exceptional experience to stakeholders and continuously improve knowledge of self and others.

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