Lease-Up Community Manager 55+ -West of Chicago

ABOUT GREYSTAR

Greystar is a leading, fully integrated global real estate company offering expertise in property management, investment management, development, and construction services in institutional-quality rental housing. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates over $300 billion of real estate in nearly 250 markets globally with offices throughout North America, Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States, manages over 1,000,000 units/beds globally, and has a robust institutional investment management platform comprised of nearly $78 billion of assets under management, including over $35 billion of development assets. Greystar was founded by Bob Faith in 1993 to become a provider of world-class service in the rental residential real estate business. To learn more, visit .

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

The Community Manager is responsible for overseeing the ongoing operations, performance, and resident experience of an established multifamily or Active Adult community. This role provides leadership and direction to on-site team members while ensuring operational efficiency, financial performance, and a high standard of customer service.
With a strong focus on resident satisfaction, team development, and community culture, the Community Manager maintains full compliance with Greystar policies and applicable federal, state, and local laws—including Fair Housing, ADA, and FCRA. This position plays a pivotal role in sustaining long-term community success through proactive management, strategic planning, and consistent delivery of an exceptional living environment tailored to the needs of current and future residents.

A minimum of three years of experience as a Community Manager in a multifamily or senior living environment is required.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Ability to recruit and oversee hiring, onboarding, and training and manages performance and professional development of team members in accordance with Company policies, values, and business practices.
• Promotes resident satisfaction and retention by building a strong community culture among and between residents and team members. Responds promptly to resident concerns, complaints, questions, and requests and takes appropriate action to resolve and address service issues.
• Conducts interactive Daily Huddles and meets regularly with team members to understand and assist in completion of their required responsibilities. Keeps them abreast of resident situations as necessary. Shares team goals and engages them to understand their role in helping the team in accomplishing them.
• Supervises sales activities to achieve the community’s revenue and occupancy goals by conducting discovery process with prospects, conducting community tours and showing apartments homes when necessary. Drives daily activity through prospect visits and executes happy hour as great resident and prospect events.
• Represents the community and the company in the greater community including attendance at inside and outside events and activities and participates in outreach marketing efforts. Evening and weekend work may be required.
• Gathers, analyzes, and interprets local market and economic trends that may impact the community, understands the competitive market set and implements short- and long-range marketing and leasing strategies to achieve the community’s occupancy and NOI goals.
• Conducts daily community inspections and takes appropriate actions to ensure that the physical aspects of the community grounds, buildings, and amenities meet established standards for safety, cleanliness, and general appearance and appeal.
• Provides input into the development of budget(s) for the community by analyzing and evaluating financial statements, reviewing current and projected marketing information, and other operating trend data.
• Meets targeted revenues by setting rent rates, ensuring rent and fees are collected and posted in a timely manner, making financial bank deposits, and preparing and reviewing monthly financial status reports.
• Oversees the lease enforcement process by making periodic apartment inspections, following proper notice requirements, evicting residents, and imposing and collecting late fees and other charges as allowable and stated
• in the terms of the lease.
• Assists the Regional Operations Manager with client/owner relationship, conducting community tours, providing updates and information about the community’s performance, and responding to owner requests as needed.
• Completes various accounting, financial, administrative, and other reports and performs other duties as assigned or as necessary.
• Maintains confidentiality of pertinent personal information concerning residents and staff.
• Performs other duties as assigned which relate to the success of the community and the brand.
• Monitor social media advertising and reputation management accounts.

Physical Demands:

• Incumbents need to be able to stand, walk, and/or sit for extended periods of time and bend, stoop, climb ladders, reach, carry objects, and crawl in confined areas.
• Incumbents must be able to work inside and outside in all weather conditions (rain, snow, heat, hail, wind, sleet).
• Incumbents must be able to push, pull, lift, carry, or maneuver weights of up to twenty-five (25) pounds independently and fifty (50) pounds with assistance.
• Rare or regular travel may be required to assist other properties as needed, attend training classes, business meetings, or other situations necessary for the accomplishment of some or all of the daily responsibilities of this position.
• Incumbents must be able to work a flexible work schedule, which includes taking “call” during evenings, weekends and holidays.

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The salary range for this position is $80,000 - $90,000 in addition to an owner approved bonus structure.

Additional Compensation :

Many factors go into determining employee pay within the posted range including business requirements, prior experience, current skills and geographical location.

• Corporate Positions : In addition to the base salary, this role may be eligible to participate in a quarterly or annual bonus program based on individual and company performance.

• Onsite Property Positions : In addition to the base salary, this role may be eligible to participate in weekly, monthly, and/or quarterly bonus programs.

Robust Benefits Offered*:

• Competitive Medical, Dental, Vision, and Disability & Life insurance benefits. Low (free basic) employee Medical costs for employee-only coverage; costs discounted after 3 and 5 years of service.

• Generous Paid Time off. All new hires start with 15 days of vacation, 4 personal days, 10 sick days, and 11 paid holidays. Plus your birthday off after 1 year of service! Additional vacation accrued with tenure.

• For onsite team members, onsite housing discount at Greystar-managed communities are available subject to discount and unit availability.

• 6-Week Paid Sabbatical after 10 years of service (and every 5 years thereafter).

• 401(k) with Company Match up to 6% of pay after 6 months of service.

• Paid Parental Leave and lifetime Fertility Benefit reimbursement up to $10,000 (includes adoption or surrogacy).

• Employee Assistance Program.

• Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance and Legal Plans.

• Charitable giving program and benefits.

*Benefits offered for full-time employees. For Union and Prevailing Wage roles, compensation and benefits may vary from the listed information above due to Collective Bargaining Agreements and/or local governing authority.

Greystar will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.