Leasing Agent

**Reports To:** Property Manager | **Division:** Affordable Housing | **Department:** Leasing | | --- | --- | | **Position Status:** Full Time | **FLSA Status:** Non - Exempt | **JOB SUMMARY:** The Leasing Agent is responsible for performing allactivities related to apartment rentals, resident move-ins, and lease renewals including completion of allrequired administrative paperwork. You will perform tasks related to the overall community and resident retention. The Leasing agent provides excellent customer service by responding to resident inquiries and concerns. **ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS** - Assists the community managers in maintaining occupancy levels at the affordable living community. - Assists the Community Managers with renting the apartments to meet or beat the occupancy goals. This includes, but is not limited to: conducting tours, maintaining the wait list, gathering required verification, and processing new applications. - Familiar with HUD and LIHTC regulations. - Obtains appropriate signatures and documentation related to the move in. - Prepares move in packets. - Assists with incoming/outgoing calls as needed. - Provides tours, performs interviews and responds to mailings and phone calls. - Complete all move-in paperwork including the lease and accompanying addendum in accordance with onsite procedures. - Reviews resident notices to vacate and advises residents of their responsibilities. - Receive rent payments from residents, complete resident receipts, post rent payments to resident accounts and updates resident records. - Complies with the company policies and procedures. Promotes and ensures compliance with Fair Housing Laws and other industry-related federal, state and local laws. Maintain documentation verifying compliance. - Adheres to all company and site policies and procedures according to the employee handbook, and Eureka safety policies. - Updates residents records as necessary - Assists in maintain the physical appearance of the community by picking up grounds, performing minor apartment cleaning and touch-up, and ensuring the common areas are clean and neat. - Participates in all mandatory training programs. - Responsible for reporting to work on time as scheduled and complying with dress code. - Additional duties, including those assigned by employee's supervisor or a corporate executive employee. **MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:** - Ability to communicate and maintain good relationships with office employees. Residents and site employees. - Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to interact effectively with persons of diverse social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds. - Proficiency in customer service and sales - Good verbal communication skills. **EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED** - High School diploma, GED. Or additional equivalent experience. - Prior experience in customer service or sales position. **PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORKING CONDITIONS:** The physical demands of the job described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, bend, walk, sit, use hands and fingers to handle tools and controls, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs and ladders, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk and hear. The employee must be able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds individually. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability focus. Additionally, the employee may work indoors as well as in an outdoor environment and is exposed to adverse weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment may be moderate to high. **DISCLAIMER:** This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive li…