Community Manager

Job Details

Job Location:

Swanton, OH 43558 Position Type:
Full Time Education Level: High School Community Manager

Paigelynn Place & Whitman Crossing - Morenci, Michigan & Swanton, Ohio

Woda Cooper Companies, Inc. is a rapidly growing development, construction, and property management organization dedicated to the creation of quality affordable housing to benefit those who need it most. We are an employee‑owned, passion‑driven group that changes each community of which we are a part. We manage over 16,000 housing units in 19 states, proudly serving seniors, veterans, and other economically challenged groups.

We seek ambitious, talented individuals who want to grow with a rapidly expanding company whose success is not only measured in dollars and cents, but in lives changed. With a development portfolio of $1.5 billion, Woda Cooper consistently ranks among the top affordable housing developers and owners in the country by Affordable Housing Finance.

Paigelynn Place in Morenci, Michigan, and Whitman Crossing in Swanton, Ohio, are affordable housing communities committed to providing quality apartment homes in welcoming, resident‑focused environments. As the Community Manager, you'll oversee the day-to-day operations of both properties, including resident relations, leasing, compliance, financial performance, and property operations. This multi‑site role offers the opportunity to collaborate with residents, vendors, and your regional support team to maintain safe, well‑managed communities while delivering exceptional customer service and supporting Woda Cooper's mission of providing high‑quality affordable housing.

• Maintain positive interactions with residents and the public to enhance the community image and ensure superior resident retention.
• Lease apartments: take telephone inquiries; greet prospects; show apartments; take applications and deposits; verify income and credit information; follow up with all prospects; and ensure that leases and annual certifications are executed and renewed on a timely basis.
• Maintain the community's curb appeal, ensuring it always remains welcoming and attractive.
• Maintain confidentiality at all times related to prospect or resident information.
• Maintain secure handling of rents and all monies on site, daily deposits and record keeping.
• Oversee the process of collecting and posting all rents, tracking collections, pursuing delinquent accounts, issuing notices to residents, and attending proceedings in court as needed.
• Properly screen and score rental applicants, control delinquency and promptly process bad debt files to collections.
• Create and maintain a customer‑centered service culture by demonstrating proactive hospitality with prospects, residents, family members and fellow community associates.
• Administer the community’s operating budget, including the control of monthly expenses using a budget control log, where applicable.
• Assemble complete and detailed credit and income information, along with necessary verification documents for prospective residents’ approval and re‑certification, and forward to Compliance for approval.
• Maintain and ensure each resident file is in compliance with all SHFA commitments and any other governmental commitments; ensure each resident file complies with any and all lender and investor commitments.
• Track scheduled unit inspections via unit inspection log and ensure preventative maintenance is completed.
• Sign off vacant units as market‑ready and provide feedback/work orders needed to maintain company standard.
• Inspect (walk) the property daily, and schedule capital improvements and repairs, including collecting bids based on common specs and forwarding them to the Regional Manager for approval.
• Ensure that all financial reporting, records and paperwork are performed correctly and in a timely manner.
• Review capital maintenance recommendations and forward them to the Regional Manager for approval.
• Maintain a constant awareness of neighborhood market conditions.
• Ensure all residents conduct themselves per the terms of the lease and rules/regulations.
• Develop and implement positive resident…