Dual-Site Community Manager

The Scion Group; Mount Pleasant (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Paid Time Off

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

401k Matching

Paid Maternal Leave

Job summary

The Scion Group is seeking a General Manager for two Mount Pleasant, MI properties. You will lead staff development, financial performance, and resident experience in a fast-paced student-living environment.

responsibilities include staffing, operations, safety, vendor management, and annual turnover planning. We value strategic thinking, customer focus, and strong communication across teams.

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience managing living communities and a team of 3+.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication.
• Time management and prioritization.
• Confidentiality and discretion.
• Customer-centric mindset.
• Proficient in Property Management Systems (Entrata preferred).

Responsibilities

• Staff development and leadership across the property team.
• Coordinate staffing and after-hours on-call response.
• Elevate employee experience through data and team-building.
• Manage market, policy, safety and onsite emergencies with partners.
• Oversee vendor management, risk and contract administration.
• Lead annual turnover planning and budget alignment.
• Drive customer experience and revenue targets at the property.

Skills

Community management

Leadership

Staff development

Tools

Entrata

Greenhouse

Lattice

Turnable

ADP

Qualtrics

Microsoft Office

ClickUp

Job description

University Meadows, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.

*This is dual-site Community Manager opportunity with both properties being located in Mount Pleasant, MI*

Scion is paving a path in student living, and the General Manager is a keystone team member in the execution of our vision.This position is a dynamic business manager, community leader and expert in maintaining thriving operational, expense and revenue performance.

The General Manager is a customer-centric leader that excels in a fast-paced, agile, collegiate environment. This role demands quick-thinking and excellent decision quality, general business knowledge, exceptional leadership and an innate self-drive.

• FLSA Status Exempt
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Paid Time Off
• Health Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401k Matching
• Paid Maternal Leave

Your Responsibilities

Staff Development and Leadership

• Partner with Talent Acquisition and HR Operations to attract and hire exceptional team members through Greenhouse.
• Collaborate with Learning & Development to train, develop and provide leadership to exceptional team members to ensure the property can operate effectively and to ensure team members are pursuing the next step in their Scion career.
• Accountable for scheduling appropriate property staffing at all times, including after hour on-call shifts, being the primary responder.
• Elevate employee experience through data, conversations and team building to ensure high morale.

Property Administration

• Prepare, respond and advise on all community aspects including market, physical condition, policies, procedures and onsite emergencies with partner departments.
• Engage internal Legal department for vendor management, risk management, court appearance and contract administration matters.
• Conduct quarterly apartment inspections to assess damage and identify property improvements to address.

Facilities & Capital

• Accountable for safe and sanitary community experience for employees, residents and guests including curb appeal, operationally sound facilities, common areas and preventative maintenance.
• Uphold The Scion Standard by conducting monthly property walks and submitting scorecard assessments around inspections.
• Maintain and audit valid building and system permits to ensure that the property complies with all codes and company standards.
• Responsible for identifying all capital expenditures improvements needed at the property and working with Regional Manager and Facilities & Capital Department on approval and execution of new projects.
• Obtain vendor bids on all projects and gain approval for projects that exceed the budgeted threshold for the property.

Annual Turnover Process

• Proactively plan and execute annual turnover process with the Assistant General Manager and Facilities Supervisor to ensure all team members and vendors have clear goals and expectations to meet deadlines.
• Partner closely with Talent Acquisition to adequately staff the property for support with annual turnover deadlines.
• Forecast and manage financial performance of annual turnover process to keep controllable property expenses within budget.
• Utilize Turnable to create, manage and update electronic turnover board to ensure adequate progress is being made and deadlines are being met.
• Conduct move-out inspections and vendor service walks to ensure units are ready for resident move-in dates.
• Provide hands-on help throughout all turn related tasks, including but not limited to moving furniture and appliances, assisting facilities team with punches, organizing high volume of resident trash and cleaning turnover units.
• Work closely with partner departments for financial aspects of the property such as preparing annual and capital budgets, managing property expenditures, invoice entry, payroll, inventory, collection policies, forecasting, meeting revenue targets, credit card reconciliation, variance reporting, vendor service agreements and month-end processes.
• Proactively seek out ways to add revenue and/or reduce expenses to enhance Net Operating Income.

Customer Experience & Sales

• Implement and maintain Scion’s customer experience philosophy including but not limited to brand integrity, reputation management, resident events, work order management, turnover, hiring and developing staff with a customer experience mindset.
• Accountable for monitoring customer feedback via internal surveys and reputation platforms to develop action plans for promptly improving the resident experience.
• Accountable for achieving all unique Key Performance Indicator set for the property.
• Support AGM with escalated resident concerns and assist in de-escalating situations when needed.
• Accountable for achieving revenue targets such as market rates, gain to lease, concessions, and leasing velocity.

The responsibilities listed above may not be all inclusive.

What We Require

• Exceptional written and verbal communicator
• Time Management
• Conflict Management
• Confidentiality
• Customer-centric mindset
• 3+ years’ experience managing living communities and a team of 3+
• Proficient in Property Management Systems (Entrata preferred)

Relevant Systems and Platforms

• Vena (Budgeting tool)
• Entrata (Property Management System)
• Greenhouse (Applicant Tracking System)
• Lattice (Performance Management System)
• Turnable (Electronic Turn board)
• ADP (Staff schedule and payroll system)
• Qualtrics (Employee and Resident Experience platform)
• Microsoft Office
• Ops Technology
• ClickUp (Project Management Tool)
• Job location is at the assigned property. May be required to travel periodically.
• Working hours consist of daytime business hours, requiring non-traditional hours during peak times, emergencies and inclement weather.

The Scion Group LLC provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, national origin, color, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, physical or mental disability (as long as the employee/applicant is otherwise qualified for the job with or without a reasonable accommodation), genetic information, HIV/AIDS status, marital status, uniformed service, veteran status, pregnancy or other legally protected status or category under federal or state law. The Scion Group LLC complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in all locations in which the Company has properties. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfers, leaves of absence, compensation, training and other terms and conditions of employment. The Scion Group LLC is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunities.

Voluntary Self-Identification

For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey.Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiringprocess or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in aconfidential file.

As set forth in The Scion Group’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection.As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measurethe effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categoriesis as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.

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An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.