Administrative Property Assistant-vancouver - Surrey, Canada - Affordable Housing Societies

Affordable Housing Societies

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Surrey, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

The Job
The Affordable Housing Societies - one of BC's largest not-for-profit affordable housing
providers is looking for a qualified
Administrative Property Assistant for one of our downtown
properties. At Affordable Housing Societies, we're all about "Making People's Lives Better"
- for our tenants, for their families, and for our employees. Join an exceptional group of diverse,
caring, dedicated and passionate people who are inspired to make a difference in people's lives
by delivering an experience that is authentic, personalized, and memorable for more than0,000 people across the Lower Mainland. AHS is a close-knit team of professionals that
provide the very best quality service to our tenants and communities we support.

Reporting to the Property Manager, the Administrative Property Assistant serves a key role in
furthering the organization's goals and objectives and ensuring the Mission to _"provide quality, _
- affordable rental homes so that families and individuals can thrive."_ The Administrative Assistant
is responsible for supporting the team with administrative clerical duties and customer service.

About You:

You are a positive, detail oriented administrative professional. You have a track record of
effective tenant relations, including compliance with municipal and provincial regulations. You
genuinely enjoy providing exceptional customer service, administrative tasks, and property
management. You love seeing people satisfied with the beautiful condition of our building(s).
You espouse the values of integrity, kindness, and compassion, and take seriously the social
responsibility of effectively managing the housing of individuals of various backgrounds
including many who are highly vulnerable. You understand and are empathetic to the many
reasons individuals find themselves in precarious housing situations including trauma,
addictions, mental health challenges and the confidentiality that goes along with it.

Key Responsibilities:

Greeting tenants and visitors; being the first point of contact for customer and tenant
Ensuring a positive applicant and tenant experience throughout rental process with

exemplary customer service approach

Sales and marketing of vacant units by identifying sales leads to supervisor
Developing relationships with external partners and government to gain a firsthand

knowledge of programs and offerings for residents of Affordable Housing Societies
projects

Event planning and hosting for the purposes of generating sales, including decorating

and staging vacant units or venues as required

Arranging for photographs for the purposes of advertising of units/building(s) as

necessary

Building sales portfolios for the building(s) including descriptive highlights and language

for marketing and branding strategies

Developing and maintaining marketing and tracking materials for tenant engagement
Developing presentations for workshops related to tenancy
Ensuring vacant units are rented as soon as they are available and marketing units as

- required

Assisting with coordination of tenant move ins/outs
Assist in locating new tenants
Tracking and maintaining cost spreadsheets of marketing campaigns and success rates

- related to specific campaigns showing ROI for each

Administrative assistance including answering phones, setting up meetings, & filing
Preparing correspondences, reports, and related written materials
Respond to inquiries from tenants and site staff both orally and in writing
Initiate oral and written communication with tenants requesting information to support the

- tenancy

Review and interpret tenant information to ensure accuracy and compliance regarding

- tenancy accounts

Maintain manual and automated tenant and property files including tenancy agreements,
Monitor tenant rent payments including follow up with staff regarding rent arrears
Participate in unit inspections, documenting follow up actions with supervisor and

- tenants as appropriate

Maintain reports regarding the condition of units and buildings
Participate in team initiatives and assist in ad hoc site functions as required
Respond to inquiries from tenants, service agencies, the public and advocates, to

provide information and to prevent and/or stabilize sensitive or contentious issues, and
alert supervisor of developing or potential issues

Other related duties as assigned including but not limited to project work and

secondment as assigned by the COO or PM for AHS properties

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Attributes:

Some knowledge of Residential Tenancy Act, Human Rights Code and

Municipal/Provincial compliance regulations

Ability to interpret and understand documents received from tenants
Excellent written and oral communication, customer service, interpersonal skills
Positive relationshipbuilding skills (strong interpersonal skills,) diplomacy, tact and

- conflict management skills