Gaines Investment Trust Careers

Description

Now Hiring Irving, TX Community Manager: Seeking Candidates with Strong Leadership Skills. 

Mission at La Villita (360 Units)
635 East Royal Lane
Irving, TX 75039
www.MissionAtLaVillita.com

Salary plus monthly bonuses tied to the performance of the assets!

At Gaines Investment Trust, we only hire the best Community Managers in the Industry. What makes the best Community Managers? Excellent leadership skills, passion for developing employees, high level of customer service and communication skills, and a master of multitasking.

As a Community Manager at GIT, you will be responsible for the performance of one of our multifamily assets.  You will be held accountable for enforcing policies and procedures, meeting expectations and goals, obtaining a high occupancy level, curb appeal, developing team members, and building professional relationships. An effective Community Manager is personable, professional, and excellent at motivating and uniting a team in shared goals.  Still, it’s equally important to be tough when needed, have high-performance expectations, and have a level of comfort and confidence when handling unruly actors (be it staff or residents) and difficult situations.
  
The Community Manager role is for a results-driven person who is passionate about developing and driving team success and must be able to balance the supervision of various departments and diverse personnel.

Are you a person who fits the above description? Here is why you should join Gaines Investment Trust:

Gaines Investment Trust is a dynamic, 100% family-owned real estate investment and management company that has been in business for over 58 years. We hire passionate people who take pride in their performance. When you join GIT, you join a company that offers industry-leading pay, generous performance bonuses, health benefits, opportunities for upward mobility, onsite apartment rental discounts, and so much more. What makes Gaines Investment Trust unique from other companies is our level of commitment to each property in our portfolio and our passion for providing excellent service to our 8,000+ residents. We are not real estate traders but long-term real estate owners and investors. Simply put, we own properties we would enjoy living in, hire personnel who mimic our philosophies, and manage our communities so that our residents enjoy calling each GIT community their home.

Learn more about Gaines Investment Trust and our multifamily properties by visiting our website at www.GainesInvestmentTrust.com

Responsibilities:

• Manage all day-to-day operations for the properties, including but not limited to:
• Interviewing and training new hires when applicable
• Supervise office and maintenance staff
• Regularly meet with onsite team members to monitor, train, direct, and guide staff performance
• Foster a positive, motivational, safe, and productive onsite work environment
• Prepare and conduct appropriate staff performance reviews as needed
• Monitor and pre-manage property appearance and curb appeal
• Responsible for collection of all rents due to the property
• Oversee all work orders are handled expeditiously and competently, and units that become vacant are prepared for rent per company standards.
• Help create annual operating budgets and monthly variance reports
• Prepare and monitor various reports for the Company
• Collaborate with the Marketing team on an as-needed basis
• Maintain a high occupancy at all times with a rental rate that meets the market
• Stay close to resident satisfaction to maintain a positive living experience and an excellent property reputation

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Currently lives close to Irving, TX, with a valid driver’s license and has reliable transportation
• A minimum of 40 hours per week at the property is expected but could, at times, exceed this
• Respond as needed on holidays, weekends, before or after regular business hours when faced with an emergency at any property.
• 2+ years of prior experience in the Property Manager role
• 3+ years of multifamily property management experience
• Proficient with Microsoft Office
• Proficient with Yardi is required
• Professional appearance and dress code compliance required
• Ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, time manage, organize, multi-task, and have a sense of urgency
• Ability to be flexible with work schedule requirements
• English Fluency

Benefits:

• Eligibility for an employee rent discount
• Paid Time Off, Holiday Paid Time Off, and a Floating Holiday
• 401(k) employer contribution
• Employer pays 50%-85% of the employee only medical and dental insurance coverage if elected
• Extended health coverage, including spouse and or family, is available at an extra cost
• Employer-paid Life Insurance coverage for each employee
• Optional Insurance Coverages:
  • Vision coverage is available to all employees and their families
  • Accident Insurance coverage is available to employees and their families
  • Critical Illness coverage is made available to employees and their families
  • Short-Term Disability coverage made available to employees
  • Long-Term Disability coverage made available to employees
  • Term Life Disability and Accidental Death and Dismemberment coverage is available to employees.
  • Pet insurance made available for employees’ pets (up to four!)