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Affordable Community Director

Elmington · Knoxville, TN · 4 days ago
On-siteManagementFull-time

Why You'll Love Working Here

  • Competitive compensation that reflects the market and the impact of the role
  • Monthly bonus opportunities tied to achievable KPIs
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits starting the 1st of the month following your hire date — no long waiting period
  • Company-provided life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage
  • 401(k) eligibility after 90 days, with company match
  • Vacation, sick, and personal time accrual to help you recharge
  • Cell phone reimbursement to support you while you're out in the field

Position Summary

An Affordable Community Director is essential to the property's overall operations, success, and tenant satisfaction. You will ensure efficient operations by overseeing vendor relations, property maintenance, financial, and leasing performance of your community.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills to liaise effectively with team members, leadership, and residents.
  • Outstanding organizational skills to manage multiple priorities, tasks, and deadlines efficiently.
  • A passion for chasing excellence and providing exemplary customer service.
  • Meet targeted revenue goals by exceeding occupancy budgets, improving resident retention, and monitoring the property's financial performance.
  • Effectively manage staff, operations, and financial performance of your community.
  • Be the primary representative of Elmington to residents, vendors, and employees.
  • Constantly learn and search for ways to improve your business.
  • Think creatively and go way beyond the box by conceptualizing new ideas to improve the business.
  • Be an effective listener who offers helpful solutions.
  • Possess great energy, enjoy challenges, and constantly set and reach new goals.
  • Successfully execute Elmington's non-negotiables for community performance.

Essential Job Functions

  • Minimum 2 years of multi-family property management experience required.
  • Professional verbal and written communication.
  • Customer service focused.
  • Financial management, review, and reporting.
  • Ensuring all team members abide by federal fair housing standards and all other laws.
  • Presenting a professional image and effectively representing the company to residents, vendors, and owners.
  • Operating computers and other technological devices.
  • Maintaining neat and consistent resident files onsite in either electronic and/or hardcopy format.
  • Responding to issues outside of normal work schedule when required.
  • Following all company policies and procedures.
  • Proven leader, forward thinker, innovative, and driven.
  • Other duties as assigned

Specific Education or Experience

  • Minimum 2 years' experience as a Community Manager/Property Manager
  • Must have affordable/tax credit experience.
  • Must be willing to work weekends.
  • Bachelor's degree preferred

Physical Demands and Work Environment

  • Frequently sit, stand and walk.
  • Regularly required to talk or hear.
  • Frequently required to use hands or fingers to handle or feel objects, tools or controls.
  • Occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
  • Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
  • Vision abilities to include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
  • Temperature in the workplace is typically moderate, though the ability to withstand seasonal cold and heat of the outdoors is necessary.

Travel Requirements

Travel up to 10% of the time.

Join Us

At Elmington Living, we're redefining what property management can look like — and we're looking for leaders ready to help us raise the bar. With 70+ communities across the U.S. and a fast-growing presence rooted in Nashville, our work is driven by heart, hustle, and an unwavering commitment to doing things the right way. If you're ready to bring your experience, energy, and leadership to a company built on People First, Always. Execution with Integrity. Excellence by Design. — we'd love to meet you.

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