Rental Manager Assistant

Title: Rental Manager Assistant

Department/Location: Facilities, St Louis

Position Type: Full-Time, 12 -month

Summary

Principia is looking for a Rental Housing Assistant to support the maintenance and management of tenant housing. In this role, you will focus on exterior maintenance needs and, when required, assume the day-to-day responsibilities of the Rental Manager. Your attention to detail, problem-solving skills, and ability to manage property upkeep will be key to your success. Reporting to the Rental Manager, you will play a critical role in ensuring well-maintained and functional housing for tenants. You’ll collaborate with facilities teams to uphold high living standards.

Who We Are

At our award-winning Early Childhood through grade 12 Principia School in St. Louis, Missouri, and top-ranked Principia College in Elsah, Illinois, Principia faculty and staff make up a close-knit community of educators, coaches, and professionals taking a distinct approach to education—blending academic excellence with Christian Science-based character education. Principia’s team of over 500 employees supports not only Principia School and Principia College, but also a worldwide network of alumni and friends.

At Principia School, our core value is LOVE. Love and its attributes underpin our foundational beliefs as well as our educational approach. We focus on developing the whole child—intellectually, physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually, preparing students for the next steps in life. We foster a challenging yet supportive environment where character unfolds naturally, and talent is cultivated through boundless opportunities. Character education plays an essential role in every aspect of the student experience, and classroom work is augmented by character trips, leadership development, and real-world, hands-on, project-based learning.

Principia employees are part of an engaging academic community preparing students to be tomorrow’s leaders, thinkers, and changemakers. We strive to create a collaborative and inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong and are valued.

Primary Responsibilities

• Maintains all single-family lawns, including mowing, weeding, trimming, blowing
• Assists with gutter cleaning, drainage issues, mulching, in various seasons
• Identifies, corrects, or hires, an approved vendor to assist with siding, roof, and window repairs
• Provides on-site support for Rental Housing issues, meeting tenants, vendors
• Maintains digital documentation of Rental Housing inventory, project files and departmental files
• Monitors all maintenance contracts/agreements and issues requisitions when needed
• Assists with pre-move-in and post-move-out inspections and documents the files accordingly
• Generates work orders and preventative maintenance scheduling via the Work Order System
• Provides support to other facilities departments, and is willing to work closely with the Custodial Supervisor to ensure consistent leadership in times of need
• Will be on the snow removal and storm clean up team

• Results Driven and Productivity: Ability to prioritize and deliver results in a high-volume environment
• Project Management: Monitors status of projects, thoroughly deals with project details, holds project owners and participants accountable, delivers clear, accurate depiction of status
• Proactive: Ability to self-start
• Dependability: Works within deadlines and under occasional heavy workloads
• Planning and Organizing: Prioritizes and plans work activities; uses time efficiently; manages multiple projects and tasks simultaneously
• Quality: Demonstrates attention to detail, accuracy, and thoroughness

Minimum Qualifications

• Supportive of Principia’s guiding statements as articulated here https://www.principia.edu/about/guiding-statements
• Must be reliable, take initiative, be a problem solver, have effective interpersonal and communication skills, be a team player and be productive under minimum supervision
• Able to work hard while being in the sun and on your feet all day
• Must have a background in landscaping and manual labor
• Must have basic computer and Microsoft based software skills
• Have a current and infraction free driver’s license
• Wear Safety shoes and other safety equipment needed or assigned

We offer a competitive salary range for this position: $23.79 - $27.68 hourly, commensurate with experience and qualifications.

In addition to salary, our comprehensive total rewards package includes:

• Generous Employee Tuition Discount: Enjoy a 90% discount on tuition (pro-rated for part-time staff) for your eligible children enrolled from Pre-K3 through College (infant and acorn programs excluded).
• Relocation: Principia provides a relocation imbursement of up to 12% of your annual salary, when moving from outside a radius of more than 50 miles
• Professional Development: Access to learning opportunities, training programs, and career growth support.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Learn more about all our benefits here, including comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans, paid time off, a 403(b) retirement plan with Principia matching, and more.

Equal Opportunity

Principia, a mission-driven institution, believes every person has the right to an equitable and respectful educational environment and workplace. Principia does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender (identity or expression), sexual orientation, family status, disability, age, or military or veteran status.