Property Manager

Mon Valley Initiative- Property Manager 

About Mon Valley Initiative:
Mon Valley Initiative (MVI), founded in 1988, works to improve the lives of people in the Mon Valley area by helping to rebuild community infrastructure and connecting employers to people seeking new jobs and careers. We do this by delivering quality services to the people of the Mon Valley, including housing counseling, real estate and community development and workforce development and financial coaching. We also partner with other local advisory groups and community development corporations that together engage more than 100 local volunteers to think about, and find solutions to, our common and connected problems.

For more information about how we serve our communities, please view our spotlight video on our website at: https://monvalleyinitiative.com/about-us/what-we-do/

SUMMARY:
MVI is seeking its next Property Manager. This role's goal is to manage and perform excellent property management services by implementing Mon Valley Initiative’s regional housing and commercial development strategy and providing quality real estate options that benefit low-to-moderate income residents and local small businesses.

Essential Responsibilities:

1. Maintain property rentals by advertising and filling vacancies, negotiating and enforcing leases, in compliance with various regulations applicable to the properties (ex: LIHTC, HOME, CBDG).
2. Establish market rental rate by surveying local rental rates and calculating overhead costs, depreciation, taxes, and profit goals.
3. Determine subsidized rental rates using annual HUD and related data, including seeking annual rent increases as permitted.
4. Attract tenants by advertising vacancies, obtaining referrals from current tenants, explaining advantages of location and services, and showing units.
5. Manage contracts with tenants by negotiating leases and collecting security deposits.
6. Accomplish financial objectives by collecting rents, paying bills, forecasting requirements, preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective action.
7. Maintain property by investigating and resolving tenant complaints, enforcing rules of occupancy, including issuing lease violations and related documentation as appropriate.
8. Enforce occupancy policies and procedures by confronting violators and following notification and enforcement procedures through and including eviction if necessary.
9. Conduct inspection of units according to annual schedules and informing MVI maintenance service team of issues/needed repairs.
10. Partner with MVI maintenance service team on maintaining and securing premises, including ensuring that contracted third-party vendor tasks are completed with tenant notification as may be required (pest treatments, landscaping, snow removal services).
11. Secure property by reviewing data collected by security devices, establishing and enforcing precautionary policies and procedures, and responding to emergencies.
12. Partner with MVI service program team to connect tenants with requested services that will enable them to meet the lease requirements.
13. Conduct all management activities according to the Fair Housing Act and other related non-discrimination practices.
14. Assist the coordination of volunteer workdays at various properties in MVI’s real estate portfolio.

1. Associate’s degree or equivalent experience preferred
2. 5+ years of experience in property management required;
   1. LIHTC-funded properties and HOME-funded properties preferred
3. Certified Occupancy Specialist (COS) and/or Certified Tax Credit Specialist preferred
4. Experience with Housing Choice Voucher program preferred
5. Prior experience with database software required;
6. Prior experience with AppFolio or similar highly preferred

1. Willingness to work flexible hours, including evenings and occasional weekends
2. Full-time access to a vehicle, valid driver’s license, and appropriate car insurance
3. Current Act 33/34 Clearances and Childline Clearance or ability to obtain said clearances as part of the onboarding process
4. Position includes frequent standing, walking, verbal communications, including telephone contact, and travel between facilities*

*The physical demands prescribed here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This is not an all-inclusive document. Additional duties, expectations, demands, etc. may be added or changed to this document on an as-needed basis in order to meet organizational needs. The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
 
The salary range for this role is $70,000-$80,000, dependent on relevant experience. 

To apply for this role, please complete the application at the following link through our Talent Partners with Compass Business Solutions:
https://compassbusinesssolutionsinc.applytojob.com/apply/ldpL01PRbj/Property-Manager