Leasing Consultant, Multifamily

Glen Oaks (Hayward, CA) – www.glenoakshayward.com

About the role

As a Leasing Consultant, you will play an important role with the onsite management team. You’ll work alongside an exceptionally skilled and highly trained team dedicated to supporting your success. Leasing Consultants create a positive and lasting influence on visitors, prospects, and residents through friendly interactions, a welcoming demeanor, and a genuine interest in people. You’ll manage your own success by achieving leasing goals such as occupancy and rent growth while building strong rapport with prospects and residents.

Responsibilities

• Generate interest in the community by touring the property with prospects and answering questions about amenities, the local area, and the grounds.
• Drive the sale by highlighting the quality of the community and the lifestyle of an apartment home.
• Assist prospects in qualifying for an apartment home by collecting appropriate information and initiating background checks.
• Ensure apartments are prepared for move-in.
• Deliver unmatched service to residents to exceed their expectations and maintain resident retention.
• Use attention to detail, planning, and organizing skills to perform required office activities and coordinate paperwork related to apartment home rentals.
• Assist the leasing activities of the leasing staff.
• Follow all company policies and procedures while maintaining a courteous, professional, and team-oriented approach.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School Diploma, GED, or Trade/Technical/Vocational school education.
• 1+ years of related experience.
• Effective communication and customer service skills.
• Basic computer skills in a Windows environment.
• Ability to be well-organized and meet deadlines.

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. The role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines. Regular travel outside between properties in varying weather conditions is required.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those required to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:

• Stand and walk for extended or continuous periods of time.
• Ascend and descend staircases, ladders, and/or step stools.
• Travel outside between buildings in varying outdoor weather conditions.
• Remain in a stationary position (sit or stand) for 85% of the time.
• Regularly operate office machinery.
• Travel up to 5% of the time, with frequency and duration varying.

Benefits

Cushman & Wakefield provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, including:

• Health, vision, and dental insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Life and disability insurance programs.
• Paid and unpaid time away from work.

Pay

The compensation for this position is $20.40 - $24.00 per hour, depending on factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements. The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.