Assistant Property Manager, Multifamily

Cushman & Wakefield; Cary (NC); On-site; USD 50,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision & dental

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield is hiring an Assistant Property Manager for multifamily communities in Cary, NC. The role focuses on keeping properties market-ready, delivering high service levels, and leading on-site teams to maximize performance.

The position requires strong customer service, leasing, and administration skills, with a track record in property operations and budget management. On-site duties include coordinating maintenance, vendor contracts, and renewals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• 3+ years of Property Management experience
• 1+ years of Management experience
• High School Diploma or GED required

Responsibilities

• Ensure smooth running of the community in a fast-paced environment.
• Assist the Property Manager with operations including maintenance, budgeting, marketing, and lease administration.
• Provide superior customer service to residents and prospects to drive renewals and revenue.
• Complete lease/renewal paperwork to company standards.
• Maintain residents' files and a positive living environment.

Skills

Communication

Computer literacy

Office bookkeeping

Leasing opportunities

Team supervision

Leasing goals

Team management

Duties as required

Education

Bachelor’s degree

High School Diploma/GED

Job description

Job Title

Assistant Property Manager, Multifamily

Job Description Summary

The Assistant Property Manager is responsible for maintaining our communities to a market-ready standard, ensuring a high-level of service, at all times. Assistant Property Managers are also responsible for building and motivating high performing teams to maximize the performance of the property.

Job Description

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES:

• Ensuring the smooth running of our community in a fast-paced environment.
• Assist the Property Manager with the overall operations including maintenance, capital improvements, lease administration, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, collections, evictions, vacancy anticipation, marketing, lease renewals, service contracts, expense control, audits, etc.
• Assist the Property Manager with providing superior customer service and communication to our residents and prospects to enhance customer satisfaction and increase renewals, revenue, reputation, and profitability.
• Complete lease/renewal paperwork to ensure completion to company standards.
• Track and evaluate advertising, and all client traffic.
• Assist the team by maintaining and modeling the Cushman & Wakefield mission to be the best national management company.
• Assist the Property Manager with the day-to-day operations of entire on-site team, ensuring that all Cushman & Wakefield policies and procedures are being followed.
• Maintain effective on-site staff through interviewing, hiring, and coaching team as necessary.
• Maintain residents' files in accordance with company standards.
• Maintain a positive living environment for community residents through prompt conflict resolution and consistent follow-up.
• Manage and maintain all aspects of overall community budget and finances.
• Work with leasing staff to ensure that leasing/marketing goals are being met.

COMPETENCIES:

• Effective communication and customer service skills.
• Computer literate, including Microsoft Office Suite and internet navigation skills.
• General office, bookkeeping and sales skills and excellent oral and written communication skills
• Determine leasing opportunities of staff and work on goal setting – improving the performance of each staff member.
• Supervise day-to-day operations of the team, ensuring that all C&W policies and procedures are being followed.
• Work with leasing staff to ensure that leasing/marketing goals are being met.
• Be able to manage a team.
• Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.

IMPORTANT EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• High School Diploma, GED, Technical or Vocational school required

IMPORTANT EXPERIENCE

• 3+ years of Property Management experience
• 1+ years of Management experience

WORK ENVIRONMENT

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

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may need to stand and walk for extended or continuous periods of time. They must be able to ascend and descend staircases, ladders, and/or step stools and may be required to travel outside between buildings in varying outdoor weather conditions. The employee may also be regularly required to remain in a stationary position (sit or stand) for 85% of the time; regularly use office machinery. The employee must be able to travel up to 15% of the time. Travel may vary in frequency and duration. The employee must demonstrate the ability to exert up to 25 pounds occasionally, and/or up to 25 pounds frequently, and/or up to 25 pounds of force constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or move objects.

OTHER DUTIES

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work.

In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate’s experience and qualifications.

The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.

Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position at Cushman & Wakefield, please call the ADA line at 1-888-365-5406 or email [e-mail]. Please refer to the job title and job location when you contact us.

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