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, logistics, and life sciences sectors. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates more than $290 billion of real estate in 247 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 more than 857,400 units/beds globally, and has a robust institutional investment management platform comprised of more than $76 billion of assets under management, including over $34 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 www.greystar.com.

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

This position supports the community’s marketing and lease-up strategy to achieve occupancy, revenue while maximizing resident satisfaction by performing all activities related to leasing to residents and related activities.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Key Role Responsibilities

• Actively seeks interaction and contact with residents. Provides excellent customer service, responds quickly and courteously to resident concerns and questions, takes prompt action to solve problems and/or document and convey resident or other requests to the appropriate individual(s).
• Completes various administrative and other reports and performs other duties as assigned or as necessary.
• Responsible for all sales and lettings activities, greeting and qualifying prospects, conducting property tours and showing apartments, processing applications, credit screening, and criminal background checks, preparing the lease and move-in package, and ensuring a smooth resident move-in and lease signing.
• Responsible for all viewing activities ensuring that the Property meets the required company standards, follow up calls are carried out and feedback is received following all viewings.
• Responsible for monthly financial reporting and weekly invoice handling, processing payments and deposits.
• Completion of all documentation, recording and maintaining file notes and residents records.
• Uses the property management software application (Yardi, etc.) to track apartment availability, record traffic and leasing activities, manage resident and prospect data, and capture critical demographic and other information about existing and future residents.
• Undertakes marketing and event activities to promote the property (e.g. attending university open days) and organize regular events and monitors competitor activity.

Knowledge & Qualifications

• Good level of general education.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office packages including Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Proficiency in using property operation systems. Training will, however, be provided.
• Dutch and English verbal and written communication skills.

Experience & Skills

Essential

• Excellent customer service skills and significant experience in a sales (or host) role in a similar accommodation/hospitality/leisure or reservations/membership environment.
• The ability to create atmosphere, influence people positively and great communication skills.
• Evidence of organization skills in combination with customer service.
• Confident in initiating relationships, expressing cultural awareness in communications and negotiation skills to suit audience.
• A team player who is evidently approachable, welcoming and displays professionalism in work and personal presentation.
• Proactive approach to problem-solving with a can-do attitude and an ability to act autonomously, eye for detail, taking decisions and/or action when required.
• Proficient at using social media & online and web tools/resources for gathering and presenting research and information.
• Fluent Dutch/English verbal and written communication skills.
• Numerical / administrative skills necessary to complete the above activities.

Desirable

• Educated to Bachelor (HBO) level or equivalent experience (Hotel School / Facility Management).
• Knowledge of Landlord/Tenant Legislation.