Housing Coordinator - Bilingual Spanish Req'd

Job Description

Job Description

We’re looking for a detail-oriented professional with excellent customer service and communication skills to join our team. The ideal candidate will have experience in property management, maintenance, or a related field. He or she will be responsible for maintaining the property, handling tenant concerns, and coordinating with outside vendors. The housing coordinator will also be responsible for enforcing the rules and regulations of the complex.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• This is accomplished by ensuring all documentation is accurate and compliant with current regulatory requirements.
• Prepare leases and ensure all information is correct (rates, monitoring agency, apartment size, maximum rent, utility allowance and riders).
• Data entry for initial leases, renewals, as well as entering appropriate credits (i.e. SCRIE, DRIE, Section 8) in MRI software.
• Interview applicants to explain the process and determine tenant income sources and family composition.
• This includes, communicate in writing and verbally with third parties (i.e., employers, landlords, and financial institutions) and tenants to thoroughly document tenants’ income from third party sources.
• Prepare subsidy paperwork.
• Section 8, LINC, HRA) and follow up as needed.
• Enter all necessary data for low-income tenants in new buildings.
• Occasionally, identify new low-income tenants from waiting lists when a vacancy arises.
• Assist in preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual reports to government agencies.
• Complete regular filing duties to ensure all files are active, current, and ready for audits.
• Act as a liaison between ownership / state agencies / and the property managers.
• Administer apartment inspections performed by others.
• Position may be required to perform duties outside their normal responsibilities as needed and when requested.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :