What are the responsibilities and job description for the Utilities Coordinator position at Amherst Holdings?
The Amherst Group of companies comprise of leading real estate investment and advisory firms with a mission to transform the way real estate is owned, financed and managed. Amherst leverages its proprietary data, analytics, technology, and decades of experience to seek solutions for a fragmented, slow-to-evolve real estate ecosystem and to materially improve the experience for residents, buyers, sellers, communities, and investors. Today Amherst has over 1000 employees and $14.1 billion in assets under management.
Over the past decade, Amherst has scaled its platform to become one of the largest operators of single-family assets and has acquired, renovated, and leased more than 46,000 homes across 32 markets in the U.S. The firm delivers customized, stabilized cash-flowing portfolios of assets to its investors, wrapped in all the ongoing services required to manage, own, and finance the asset including property management, portfolio management, and a full capital markets team. In addition to its single-family rental platform, Amherst’s debt business pursues two distinct credit strategies in mortgage-backed securities and commercial real estate lending. Over its 25-year history, Amherst has developed a deep bench of research and technology talent, and leverages data and analytics at every stage in the asset lifecycle to improve operations and preserve long-term value for our investors and the more than 188,000 residents the firm has served.
Position Overview:
The Utilities Coordinator supports Main Street Renewal’s Central Services team. Acting in a support and coordination role, the Utility Coordinator coordinates utility activations and deactivations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Coordinate utility activations according to MSR utility process
- Coordinate utility deactivations according to MSR utility process
- Enroll utility accounts into e-billing
- Communicate with branch offices though the stages of the MSR utility process
- Accurately input utility information into specified property fields to ensure all relevant information can be reported on
- Identify Utility providers in service areas and cultivate relationships to improve utility process.
- Make payments/deposits when needed in order to activate utilities, complete expense reporting for all charges
Qualifications & Skills:
REQUIRED:
- HS Diploma or equivalent
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite of products
- Must be organized, detail-oriented, professional, and work well in fast paced environments
- Must be able to consistently meet department deadlines
- Must have excellent verbal and written communications skills
- Service-minded approach to all aspects of the job
PREFERRED:
2 years in the construction, project management, or real estate industry is preferred
Working Conditions:
- Please note, this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
- This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. This is largely a sedentary role; however, some filing is required. This would require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand on a stool as necessary.
Travel Requirements: This position requires no travel and will be based in our Costa Rica office.
Our full-time employee benefits include:
- A competitive and comprehensive benefits package.
