Employment Opportunities

Property Manager

Posted: February 06, 2025

Estimated Start Date: April 01, 2025 or sooner

About Homes First

Vision: Our vision is one of vibrant communities where everyone has a safe and healthy home they can afford, so that they have hope for a better future

Mission: We believe everyone needs a home to be successful. Therefore, it is our mission to create and maintain safe, healthy, and affordable rental homes for those who need them most.

Since 1990, Homes First has successfully created affordable rental housing in Thurston and Mason Counties, WA. In over 35 years, we have helped close to 5,000 low and very low income community members find safe, clean, and affordable rental housing with a landlord who treats them with dignity and respect.

Income from rents and fundraising goes to maintain the housing, provide staff oversight, and help fund future affordable housing projects.

Our strength is in our partnerships. We work together with local service providers to ensure our tenants receive the support they need to be successful. We meet our tenants where they are and help them have the financial and emotional space they need to define for themselves what success may look like.

Our business is not all about homes. Our mission is about people and making the South Puget Sound region a great place to work for everyone. Although we own homes, it is people we truly serve. We need to be prepared to meet the ever growing demand for affordable rental housing. This is not a speculative enterprise but a demand driven response to the need that is shown by state and local entities who track requests for housing. It is also driven by the over 600-800 annual requests for housing that Homes First must turn away due to lack of available units.

No other nonprofit organization in our region does what we do. Rather than allowing our mission to creep beyond the original intention of the founders - to provide and support affordable rental housing - we have partnered with other organizations that complement our programs and through that focus, provide sustainable supportive housing.

Supportive housing is a combination of housing and services intended as a cost-effective way to help people live more stable, productive lives. It is widely shown to work well for those who face the most complex challenges—individuals and families confronted with homelessness who also have very low incomes and/or serious, persistent issues and serious challenges to a successful life.

Homes First has been experiencing rapid growth as we build upon our existing community housing assets. Every year, our objective is to make a significant contribution to our region’s basic needs for affordable rental homes.

Our Homes:

We currently have 61 properties serving almost 300 people a year. We are currently in the process of adding four more properties to our portfolio and expect to continue this pattern of growth in the coming years.

We provide rentals in single family homes and small multiplex properties, plus shared living for people in recovery, adults with developmental disabilities, youth, veterans, people in court diversion programs, and people exiting Western State Hospital. All shared housing is provided in partnership with local service providers who add case management services for permanent supportive housing.

We acquire new units with financial support from the Washington State Housing Trust Fund, our local cities and counties, individual donors and mortgages from Oly Fed Bank. Rental and fundraising income helps us maintain the homes forever.

The Position/Your Role:

Working from our office in Lacey, WA, the Property Manager (PM) wis responsible for the overall management and operation of portfolio of properties, ensuring they are maintained, occupied, and generating income. The PM is also responsible for maintaining compliance with all funders and reporting agencies.

With support four maintenance staff and a Program Services Navigator the Homes First Property Manager is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of residential properties. This includes managing tenant relations, property maintenance, rent collection, budgeting, compliance with policies and contracts, and financial reporting. The goal is to maximize each property's value and ensure its effective and efficient operation while supporting our tenants to successfully maintain occupancy.

Your Abilities:

Candidates will be evaluated on the full range of their lived and learned experience, professional background, volunteer experience, and direct and transferable skills. Homes First is seeking candidates with a compelling combination of demonstrated experience and skills in some, or all, of the following areas:

Mid-career professional with 3-5 years of experience as a Property Manager or a similar role.
Certified Property Manager (CPM) or Real Estate License or Contractor License is a plus.
Familiarity and comfort working with property management database systems – preferably Buildium.
Effective oral and written communication skills.
Ability to motivate, encourage and inspire staff, partners, and constituents.
Possess strong interpersonal communication skills to interact with a diverse population, both within and outside Homes First
Must be capable of working in a fast paced, deadline oriented, and evolving work environment
You will bring business sense along with compassion for people to our organization.

Total Compensation & Benefits:

The annual starting Salary Range (D.O.E.): $29.54-$31.34/hour Full Range: $29.54 - $34.69/hour

Homes First is committed to supporting all employees through internally and externally equitable salary and benefits, a commitment to equity and inclusion, and training and professional development opportunities.

The comprehensive benefits package includes:

Medical, dental, and vision benefits for employee (annual premium paid 100% by employer)
403(b) Retirement plan with 3% employer match
Generous paid time off for vacation, sick, and floating holiday time
Merit-driven recognition and performance management program
Professional development and training
Dependent medical, dental, and vision benefits available at employee expense

Signing Bonus of $500 paid after 180 days of satisfactory employment. An added $500 for those who can communicate effectively in the Spanish language (spoken and written). Added compensation if you must maintain a license.

Homes First’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity& Belonging:

We are committed to:

attracting, developing, and retaining the best talent by fostering a culture where everyone can contribute and succeed.
a high-performance culture where every employee has the tools, resources, and respect.
attracting the best talent by ensuring fair and open hiring practices that give everyone a chance to contribute.

We are looking for people who are passionate about serving others: dedicated professionals to assist in fulfilling our mission and advancing our commitment to diversity, equity, and belonging.

We embrace equity for all persons regardless of race, color, religion, citizenship, national origin, veteran status, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, sex, age, status in regard to public assistance, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law.

To Be Considered:

The position is open until filled. You must read the full job description and apply using the link below.

Candidate materials are reviewed on an on-going basis and initial interviews will begin as early as mid-February. Please follow the links below for the full job description or to apply.

***No agencies; No walk-ins; No phone calls please. Qualified applicants will be contacted after an application is reviewed.

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