Job Description

The Schochet Companies are Hiring! 

The Schochet Companies are a full-service real estate development and management company. We are currently accepting resumes for a Compliance Assistant at Shepherd Park Apartments.  The Schochet Companies is an AMO designation (Accredited Management Organization) awarded by the Institute of Real Estate Management.  Shepherd Park is an Elderly apartment community located in Hartford, CT.  Come join a winning team! 

The job responsibilities are:

Essential Duties of Job:                                       

1. Perform a range of administrative and customer service functions in accordance with the Compliance department.
2. Assist with tracking and reviewing files from property as assigned in keeping with time sensitive occupancy requirements
3. Assist staff with file processing in accordance with company processing guidelines, process income certifications/recertifications for multiple affordable housing programs and update Yardi database.
4. Assist residents in completing, understanding and signing all documents related to housing assistance to ensure compliance with program rules.
5. Assist with collecting all necessary documents for tenant files.  Files must follow HUD and Federal Management standards.  Ensure all necessary documents are in tenant files, up-to-date and in the correct order. Organize current files and purge old documentation from files in accordance to rules and procedures as directed by supervisory staff.
6. Address tenant questions and issues as they arise. Tenants may visit or call the Compliance Assistant with questions. Assist tenants with copies, leases, and rent questions as necessary. 
7. Answer phone questions regarding the properties wait list and application questions. 
8. Listen to and document tenant complaints regarding a variety of tenant issues including roommate and overcrowding concerns.
9. Other duties as assigned property management staff.
10. Bilingual in Spanish a plus.

Professional certification in this field is necessary within a few months of beginning this position.  Excellent math skills are needed in order to calculate income and rent. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required. Excellent customer service, strong attention to detail, organization and strong follow through skills are also required. Proficiency with Microsoft Office to include Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is required.   One to three years of related job experience is helpful.   Experience in the affordable housing industry is preferred. 

Excellent benefits and competitive salary. Please submit resume to; jobs@schochet.com or fax 617-830-0373. Pre-employment background and drug test required, EOE.

For more information on this position please contact Robin @ 617-398-5144.

www.schochet.com

Company Description

The Schochet Companies: Schochet Companies is a full service real estate development and management company founded by Jay R. Schochet more than thirty years ago. Since that time the company has developed, owned, and/or managed in excess of 7,000 apartments and over 600,000 square feet of retail and commercial space throughout New England and on the West Coast. Today, Schochet Companies owns and/or manages over 5,000 apartments and 100,000 square feet of commercial space throughout New England. Headquartered in Braintree, MA, the company has regional offices in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Maine and employs over 150 people. Since its inception, the company has focused on running a truly seamless, integrated real estate company that leverages the synergies derived from a high level of expertise in all of the key disciplines of real estate development, investing, and property management. To deliver a full range of services to our owned portfolio as well as to a variety of third party clients, our company consists of three operating groups, each with its own separate and distinct function, the combination of which comprises a comprehensive and complete real estate development and management company.