Community Manager – Newberry, SC

About the role

This position oversees the day-to-day operations and performance of Newberry Housing properties, managing 315 Public Housing units and 12 HOME units. Key responsibilities include managing staff, verifying client eligibility, calculating and communicating rent, ensuring compliance with regulations, and overseeing maintenance and improvements.

Responsibilities

• Manages property management employees, including maintenance technicians and an Assistant Community Manager.
• Interviews clients to verify eligibility and occupancy information.
• Calculates rent in accordance with HUD and Newberry Housing policies.
• Reviews information and calculations with clients and ensures effective communication of lease terms.
• Maintains responsibility for the operations and management of Newberry Housing properties.
• Plans, organizes, and coordinates activities of housing developments, including determining eligibility, maintaining waiting lists, overseeing rent calculations and collections, procurement of goods and services, including security program and lease enforcement.
• Ensures compliance with federal regulations governing neighborhood and housing redevelopment, locally established policies, procedures, guidelines, and related activities which are funded wholly or in part by federal funds and completes reporting to these agencies.
• Develops and manages property budgets, monitors expenses, and determines needed capital improvements.
• Initiates and reviews purchase orders; reviews and approves invoices for payment and resolves discrepancies in billing.
• Initiates major project repairs and property improvements, provides oversight of contractors, and ensures satisfactory completion of work.
• Works with the Executive Director to prepare the proposed annual budget for Newberry Housing properties; keeps accurate, current records of income and expenditures from property operations and ensures successful fiscal performance.
• Attends resident meetings and other meetings, as necessary.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, public administration, or related field.
• A minimum of three (3) years of experience in the management of a housing development, including a minimum of two (2) years in a supervisory capacity.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of general office practices and procedures, business English, and basic arithmetic.
• Some knowledge of standard bookkeeping principles, practices, and techniques.
• Knowledge of HUD and Commission policies, procedures, and practices pertaining to the Public Housing programs.
• Skills in operating general office machines and computers.
• Ability to communicate and relate to persons of diverse backgrounds and abilities and establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees and residents.
• Ability to perform repetitive and tedious job assignments accurately.
• Ability to write reports, complete forms, compose letters, and effectively communicate both verbally and in writing.

Skills

• Strong leadership and supervisory skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize responsibilities.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Not specified.

Schedule

Not specified.