General Manager - Off Campus

Campus Living Centres; Southwestern Ontario; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Campus Living Centres seeks a General Manager to oversee all aspects of a student housing community, including tenant relations, front desk, administration, housekeeping, and maintenance. The role requires strong leadership, clear communication, and the ability to delegate and prioritize across multiple departments.

You will manage budgeting, financial reporting, and HR functions while driving occupancy targets and ensuring policy compliance.

Qualifications

• Strong verbal and written communication skills are required.
• Budgetary and financial decision making are essential.
• Experience in managing teams and staff performance is required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee tenant relations, front desk, office administration and staff development.
• Manage annual operating budget and ensure timely reporting and financial controls.
• Coordinate HR, payroll and training to build a high-performing team.
• Ensure leasing strategy supports occupancy targets and professional property representation.
• Maintain health and safety procedures and compliance across the property.
• Supervise maintenance, housekeeping and vendor relations to ensure property standards.

Skills

Budgeting

Leadership

Communication

Staff development

Project management

Interpersonal skills

Education

College diploma or university degree

Tools

Yardi

Job description

Position Summary And Job Magnitude

The General Manager oversees all aspects of the community including: management of tenant relations, front desk, office administration, housekeeping, maintenance, finance, human resources, payroll, and staff development. The General Manager must possess strong communication skills, both verbal and written, and demonstrate outstanding leadership. The General Manager must be able to delegate responsibilities, organize complex projects, and establish priorities consistent with company and property objectives, as well as liaise with senior managers of stakeholders.

Essential Functions And Basic Duties

Finance

• Prepare and be accountable for the annual building operating budget
• Execute the budget which includes approving, maintaining and controlling all operational revenues and expenses
• Ensure that all collection and control procedures are followed relating to accounts receivable
• Ensuring all Month End reporting is accurate prior to submission to Finance Office
• Provide constant vendor/contactor communications concerning scheduling, billing, vendor relations and certificates of insurance
• Ensure that A/P invoices are submitted to the corporate office for payment, handle petty cash and all funds
• Ensure monthly and other requested reporting is completed accurately and on time

Sales & Marketing

• Ensure property is rented to fullest capacity
• Utilize marketing strategies to secure prospective residents
• Confirm that leasing staff techniques are effective in closing sales
• Continually monitor and analyze traffic logs, conversion ratios, budget guidelines, renewal Information, marketing data etc. to be able to give up-to-date and proper information when requested
• Represent the company in a professional manner at all times

Human Resources

• Direct and supervise, maintaining strong communication with all staff members and internal departments at the property
• Ensure legislated policies are followed, including Health & Safety
• Coordinate maintenance schedule and assignments with Maintenance Services Supervisor
• Ensure that all payroll policies are followed
• Play an active role in the training and development of employees
• Develop a team atmosphere within the organization
• Establish staffing requirements
• Prepare regular performance evaluations of all staff
• Ensure that any employee conflicts are dealt with properly and immediately
• Minimizes turnover and encourages employees via positive reinforcement
• Ensure scheduling is reflective of the property’s operation

Administrative

• Prepare and/or implement procedures and systems within company guidelines to ensure orderly, efficient workflow
• Confirm all leases and corresponding paperwork are completed and input to Yardi accurately and on a timely basis
• Organizing the office to ensure all resident files and information are easily found and well maintained
• Implement policy changes as they are released corporately
• Ensure all administrative paperwork is accurate, complete and submitted in a timely manner

Resident Retention

• Deal with student concerns and requests on a timely basis to ensure resident satisfaction with management
• Develop and/or implement resident retention programs (i.e. resident functions, promotions, newsletters etc.)
• Ensure distribution of all company or community-issued notices (i.e. bad weather, emergency etc.)
• Consistently implement policies of the community

Commercial Space

• Oversee commercial tenants and manage vendor relationships

Maintenance

• Maintain community appearance and ensure repairs are noted and completed on timely basis. This requires regular community inspections and tours
• Assure quality and quantity of market ready apartments
• Ensure that models and market ready apartments are walked daily and communicate any service related needs to maintenance
• Ensure that all service requests are recorded and communicated appropriately to maintenance

Miscellaneous

• Responsible for the overall esthetic condition of the property (both interior and exterior) ensuring that snow removal and landscaping is being properly carried out
• Ensures that the property departments are well organized
• Understands their legal standings in all situations
• Ensures that all information requests and documents are dealt with immediately
• Any other duty as assigned by a Director or Executive Committee member
• Meet tight deadlines
• Managing changeover seasons in May and September
• Adapt to new ideas and emerging situations
• Ability to deal with high stress situations
• Creative problem solving
• Manage the balance between customer service and student discipline
• Any duties as assigned

Health & Safety

• Outline all Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required for all tasks taking place at the property
• Ensure the Personal Protective Equipment required for all subordinates’ job is readily available, in good working condition, and ensure usage is recorded
• Conduct observer reports to ensure online training is completed by subordinates in a timely manner, and verify in-person records are documented and retained
• Ensure hazard identification, labelling, and any additional chemical safety resources and documents are up-to-date and available for all workers

Essential Functions With Client Institution

• Ensuring Client Institution has all necessary information in a timely fashion
• Interacting with Institutional departments for services provided to the property
• Maintaining a professional business relationship with primary Institutional contact

Performance Measurements

Performance Will Be Primarily Measured On The Following Factors

• Performance Objectives
• Initiative
• Inter-Personal Skills
• Leadership
• Business & Financial Acumen
• Communications
• Self Development and AppraisalHealth & Safety

Qualifications

• Education: Recognized College Diploma or University Degree
• Skills/Abilities: Must possess superior verbal and written communication skills
• Must possess superior budgetary and decision making ability
• Must possess excellent employee management skills
• Must be able to handle multiple projects at once
• Must be able to provide leadership to staff
• Experience Required: Minimum of 5 years industry experience or equivalent management experience

Working Conditions

• Hours per Week: Scheduled 44 hours per week (may need to work more as required)
• Indoor/Outdoor: Indoor
• Level of Interruption: High level of interruption
• Stress Level: Moderate overall stress level (peak stress levels in May and September)
• Travel Outside of Location: Minimal (at least 4 annual corporate meetings outside of property)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Usage

As part of our recruitment process, AI tools may be used to assist with the screening and/or assessment of applications. Any AI-assisted screening is intended to support, and not replace, human review and decision-making.