Community Manager

Blue Castle Agency (North America); Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Paid holidays

PTO

Education assistance

Quarterly performance bonus

Job summary

Blue Castle Agency (North America) in Columbus, OH is seeking a Community Manager to optimize an established, value-conscious asset. You will oversee leasing, renewals, resident relations, and budget control to protect margins and occupancy.

Leverage your experience to drive collections, pricing strategy, and team leadership, ensuring operations stay ahead of maintenance and capital needs with strong vendor oversight.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of property management experience, ideally with market-rate B/C or workforce housing.
• Comfortable owning a budget and explaining variances, not just reporting numbers.
• Steady under pressure — collections, evictions, and maintenance issues come with the territory here.
• Hands-on leadership style — this isn't a hands-off, delegate-everything role.
• Familiar with property management software (Yardi, OneSite, RealPage, or similar).
• Strong grasp of fair housing law and local landlord-tenant regulations.

Responsibilities

• Run day-to-day leasing, renewals, and resident relations for a workforce/value-tier community.
• Own the budget — track actuals against plan, flag variances, and manage controllable expenses closely.
• Keep delinquency and bad debt in check through consistent collections and follow-through.
• Set and hit occupancy goals, adjusting pricing and marketing for a value-conscious renter base.
• Supervise and develop the on-site leasing and maintenance team.
• Coordinate unit turns and preventive maintenance to keep make-ready times short on an older asset.
• Manage vendor relationships and bids for repairs, capital work, and grounds.
• Handle resident issues, lease violations, and evictions when needed, in line with local landlord-tenant law.
• Walk the property regularly and stay ahead of deferred-maintenance items before they turn into capital problems.

Skills

Property management

Budgeting

Vendor management

Leadership

Communication

Fair housing knowledge

Tools

Yardi

OneSite

RealPage

Job description

This is a B/C class, market-rate community in Columbus looking for a Community Manager who knows how to run a value-conscious asset well — not a shiny new lease-up, but a property where the numbers depend on tight expense control, steady occupancy, and a team that stays on top of maintenance before it becomes a bigger problem. If you know how to get the most out of an older asset without cutting corners, this is worth a look.

Community Manager

Columbus, OH — $70,000 – $80,000 / year

What You'll Do

• Run day-to-day leasing, renewals, and resident relations for a workforce/value-tier community
• Own the budget — track actuals against plan, flag variances, and manage controllable expenses closely
• Keep delinquency and bad debt in check through consistent collections and follow-through
• Set and hit occupancy goals, adjusting pricing and marketing for a value-conscious renter base
• Supervise and develop the on-site leasing and maintenance team
• Coordinate unit turns and preventive maintenance to keep make-ready times short on an older asset
• Manage vendor relationships and bids for repairs, capital work, and grounds
• Handle resident issues, lease violations, and evictions when needed, in line with local landlord-tenant law
• Walk the property regularly and stay ahead of deferred-maintenance items before they turn into capital problems

Why You Matter

On a B/C class asset, the margin between a good year and a bad one usually comes down to the manager — how tight the budget's run, how fast units turn, how well the team handles the day-to-day. This role owns all of it.

What It Takes

• 3-5+ years of property management experience, ideally with market-rate B/C or workforce housing
• Comfortable owning a budget and explaining variances, not just reporting numbers
• Steady under pressure — collections, evictions, and maintenance issues come with the territory here
• Hands-on leadership style — this isn't a hands-off, delegate-everything role
• Familiar with property management software (Yardi, OneSite, RealPage, or similar)
• Strong grasp of fair housing law and local landlord-tenant regulations
• Comfortable with vendor management and getting competitive bids on repair/capital work
• Clear, direct communicator with residents, vendors, and ownership alike
• Valid driver's license and reliable transportation

The Perks

• $70,000–$80,000/year, plus eligibility for a $1,250 quarterly performance bonus
• BCBS health, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k)
• 10 paid holidays plus 1 floating holiday
• PTO
• $2,500 education assistance