Leasing and Occupancy Specialist I (Lutheran Apartments)
St. Petersburg, FL
Residential – Office /
Full Time /
On-site
WinnCompanies is searching for an organized and agile Leasing and Occupancy Specialist I to join our team at Lutheran Apartments, a 225-unit mixed community located in St. Petersburg, FL.
Your remarkable customer service skills set you apart from your peers, and you thrive by making genuine connections. In this role, you will perform all day-to day leasing and marketing activities related to apartment rentals, move-ins, recertifications, and lease renewals.
This opportunity offers a typical business hours Monday through Friday 8:30 am - 6:00 pm and some occasional evenings and weekends.
Responsibilities
- Perform all day-to-day leasing and marketing activities related to apartment rentals, move-ins, and lease renewals.
- Provide outstanding service to customers, residents and clients while maintaining budgeted occupancy at the highest attainable rents at all times.
- Interact with prospective and current residents to achieve maximum occupancy.
- Generate and manage traffic, property tours, leasing apartments, qualifying prospects, following up on prospect leads, preparing lease documentation, completing move-in paperwork and procedures, maintaining applicable databases, and ensure tour route, amenity areas and show units are to company standard.
- Deliver customer service that exceeds expectations for new and current residents.
- Educate and implement WinnCompanies programs, processes and policies to new and current residents as applicable.
- Review, prioritize and distribute resident service requests as required.
- May assist with the planning and facilitation of property events.
- May assist on-site management with ensuring all marketing documents, supplies, reports, advertisements, and web content are current and updated as necessary based on property, regional or corporate initiatives.
- Maintain relationships with area businesses, employers, and real estate brokers to generate new business as well as remain current with local events and hiring trends that may have an impact on the property.
- Maintain knowledge and understanding of current and sub markets; to include competitors and customers demographics.
- Remain up to date with any/all Federal, State and/or other regulatory requirements and programs.
- Provide guidance, support, and/or training to Leasing Consultant I or other staff members as applicable.
- Provide support and assistance to Manager as applicable.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED equivalent.
- 1-3 years of relevant work experience.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
- Superb attention to detail.
- Solid organizational and administrative skills.
- Ability to adapt successfully to changing situations and environments.
Preferred Qualifications
- Associate's degree.
- SHCM certification.
- Experience with Yardi or RealPage property management software.
- Experience in property management, affordable/tax credit programs, hospitality, or customer service.
- Previous experience with LIHTC, PBS8, BOND, or other affordable housing programs.
Website: https://lutheranapartments.com/
Our Benefits:
Permanent full-time US employees are eligible to participate in the following benefits:
- Generous time off policies (including 11 paid holidays (12 for MA employees); Generous Accrued Time Off increasing with years of service; Generous paid sick time; Annual day of service; Floating Holiday)
- 401(k) plan options with a company match
- Various Comprehensive Medical, Dental, & Vision plan options
- Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account options with HSA annual employer contribution
- Long Term Disability and voluntary Short Term Disability; Basic Term Life Insurance and AD&D; optional supplemental life insurance
- Health Expense Reimbursement program (including gym memberships, equipment, and subscriptions)
- Tuition Reimbursement program and continuous training and development opportunities
- Wellbeing program (group challenges, seminars, opportunities to earn points to reduce medical premiums), Employee Assistance Program, & Commuter and Parking Reimbursement options
- Employee Corporate Discount Programs (Verizon Wireless, Home Depot Pro, Staples, and more!)
- Flexible and/or Hybrid schedules are available for certain roles
- Employee Relief Program supporting employees with unexpected hardships that place undue financial stress on them and their families
- To learn more, visit winnbenefits.com
Why WinnCompanies?
A job you can be proud of: WinnCompanies is a nationally recognized leader in apartment community management and development. Our team members are committed to helping people in the communities we serve and making a positive difference in their lives.
A job that challenges you: Our employees are responsible for our growth and success, and we challenge our team members to always be their best in our fast-paced, dynamic and rewarding workplace.
A job you can learn from: We offer multi-faceted leadership and learning opportunities to support our team members’ career growth and professional development.
A team that cares: We value teamwork, innovation, diversity and mutual respect. Through our recognition and rewards programs, we’re committed to celebrating and uplifting our team members.
About Us:
WinnCompanies is a mission-driven, national business focused on building and operating top quality affordable housing communities for individuals and families of all incomes, including members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families. Our people are the source of our success – 4,000 team members working together to create the best possible living communities in 24 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.
Whether your skills are in operations, maintenance, leasing, compliance, marketing, IT, HR, accounting or finance, there’s a role for you at WinnCompanies. Your passion for excellence can help us make a positive impact in the lives of real people every day.
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