Property Operations Associate

This position supports the community’s marketing and leasing strategy to achieve occupancy, revenue while maximizing resident satisfaction by performing all activities related to leasing to residents and other activities.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for providing excellent customer service. Responds quickly and courteously to resident concerns and questions, and takes prompt action to solve problems and/or document and convey resident or other requests to the appropriate individual(s).
• Actively seeks interaction and contact with residents. Provides excellent customer service, responds quickly and courteously to resident concerns and questions, takes prompt action to solve problems and/or document and convey resident or other requests to the appropriate individual(s).
• Completes various administrative and other reports and performs other duties as assigned or as necessary.
• Responsible for all sales and lettings activities greeting and qualifying prospects, conducting property tours and showing apartments, processing applications, credit screening, and criminal background checks, preparing the lease and move-in package, and ensuring a smooth resident move-in and lease signing.
• Responsible for all viewing activities ensuring that the Property meets the required company standards, follow up calls are carried out and feedback is received following all viewings.
• Completion of all documentation, recording and maintaining file notes and residents records.
• Uses the property management software application (Yardi, etc.) to track apartment availability, record traffic and leasing activities, manage resident and prospect data, and capture critical demographic and other information about existing and future residents.
• Undertakes marketing and event activities to promote the property (e.g. attending university open days) and organize regular events and monitors competitor activity.

About You

• Good level of general education.
• Proficiency in using property operation systems. Training will however, be provided.
• English verbal and written communication skills. Dutch verbal skills a pre.
• Excellent customer service skills and significant experience in a sales (or host) role in a similar accommodation/hospitality/leisure or reservations/membership environment.
• The ability to create atmosphere, influence people positively and great communication skills.
• Confident in initiating relationships, expressing cultural awareness in communications and negotiation skills to suit audience.
• Proactive approach to problem-solving with a can-do attitude and an ability to act autonomously, eye for detail, taking decisions and/or action when required.
• Proficient at using social media & online and web tools/resources for gathering and presenting research and information.
• Numerical / administrative skills necessary to complete the above activities.