Property Manager - Burndale Homes (Auburn)

Property Manager

The King County Housing Authority is searching for a new Property Manager (PM) for our Burndale Homes portfolio in Auburn, Washington. The Property Manager performs complex administrative, operational, and supervisory work overseeing the full management of an assigned property portfolio. This role is responsible for ensuring efficient, compliant, and cost-effective property operations while delivering high-quality housing and services to residents.

Key responsibilities include managing leasing activities (applications, move-ins/move-outs, recertifications), maintaining compliance with applicable regulations and policies, overseeing property financial performance including budgeting, rent administration, and expenditure tracking, and ensuring accurate reporting and recordkeeping. The Property Manager supervises staff and coordinates maintenance operations, vendor services, inspections, and capital improvement activities to ensure properties are well-maintained and safe. The role also serves as a primary point of contact for residents, addressing inquiries, resolving complex issues, and fostering positive community relationships.

King County Housing Authority (KCHA), an independent municipal organization is a high performing nationally recognized leader in affordable housing. To learn more about KCHA and our Mission visit this link.

This position is open until filled; however, to ensure consideration applications should be submitted by June 15, 2026 at 4:30 p.m.

The Property Manager will:

• Respond to inquiries and explain housing options to potential residents and current tenants; address resident complaints and concerns; facilitate resident meetings.
• Process applications and move in and move out paperwork; show unit, complete inspection, and conduct leasing signings; screen applicants by checking credit histories, landlord references, criminal background checks, and meet with Central Application Center (CAC) candidates.
• Conduct annual and interim recertifications to ensure compliance.
• Maintain tenancy, leasing, rent collections, rules and regulations, serve notices, track vacancies and upgrades, revise leasing and real estate documents as needed; maintain property records; prepare and mail resident correspondence.
• Perform tenant accounting and submits check requests for payments; code all incoming invoices; assist with budget preparation and adjustments; code expenditures; prepare monthly variance reports, security deposits refunds; adjust tenant accounts, rent changes, negotiate, and prepare rent payment agreements; prepare, post, and mail late rent legal notices when violations occur.
• Recruit and select staff; assign, direct, train, and inspect the work of staff; reward, discipline, coach, counsel, and evaluate staff performance; create staff schedules; recommend transfers, promotions, suspensions, terminations, and demotions.
• Develop yearly operating budgets and property financial performance; ensure expenditures are accurately coded; submit reports on variances and makes budget adjustments; review and approve payment for goods and services; oversee purchase orders.
• Schedule testing and inspection of various systems; conduct building, property, and unit inspections; procure goods and services for properties; address potential hazards, obtain contracts for routine building maintenance; make recommendations for capital improvement projects; schedule special projects.
• Provide recommendations for capital improvement projects; work with representatives from other departments on both resident issues and capital construction projects.
• Prepare a variety of reports pertaining to property management and attend departmental meetings; attend manufactured housing training, professional housing seminars and workshops; develop and strengthen knowledge to keep up with current new regulations and legal guidelines.
• Travel between property sites.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Associates/Technical degree AND considerable (3+ to 5 years) experience in property management, asset management, or affordable housing programs OR an equivalent combination of experience and education that provides the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to supervise staff including coaching, mentoring, and providing strong leadership in a dynamic work environment.
• Ability to work independently and as a team member to develop effective working relationships; works cooperatively, exchanges ideas, and addresses issues in a constructive, collaborative manner.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare and maintain records (manual and electronic) and reports with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Adapts to changing business needs, conditions, and work responsibilities; responds to change with a positive attitude and a willingness to learn new ways to accomplish work activities and objectives.
• Analyzes problems, identifies alternative solutions and consequences of proposed actions, articulates possibilities, and implements recommendations to support goals; demonstrates critical, creative, and reflective thinking.
• Strong organizational skills including prioritizing, ensuring accuracy, multi-tasking, and handling interruptions appropriately; ensures assignments are completed in a timely and effective manner.
• Communicates effectively and collaboratively with individuals and internal and external organizations; applies effective written and oral communication techniques to convey clear and timely messages.
• Proficiency using MS Office applications including Word, Excel, Outlook and the Internet.
• Values and contributes to a work environment that embraces and appreciates diversity, equity and inclusion; treats others with respect; promotes cooperation.

Special Requirements:

• Consent to and pass required assessments.
• Consent to and pass a driver's and criminal records background check.
• Must possess a valid driver's license to travel between work sites as required.
• Must have an acceptable driving record at time of appointment and throughout employment.

Application Requirements: To be considered for this opportunity, you must:

• Complete the online application profile in its entirety.
• Upload a cover letter that addresses how your experience and education qualifies you to perform the essential functions listed in the job announcement. (Cover Letter)
• Upload a detailed résumé of all educational and professional experience. (Résumé)

Salary & Benefits: The starting salary range for this position is $93,257.58 - $111,908.48 annually and overtime-exempt dependent on qualifications and professional experience. The complete salary range for this position is $ 93,257.58 - $130,560.40 annually. Performance based merit increase opportunities and COLAs are reviewed on an annual basis. A comprehensive health care benefits package for you and your dependents includes medical, dental and vision insurance, life and long-term disability insurance plans, vacation, sick and personal leave, tuition reimbursement, and retirement benefits are available. For more details regarding KCHA comprehensive benefits, please visit our benefits page.

Work Environment: Incumbent(s) must be able to meet the physical requirements of the classification and have mobility, balance, coordination, vision, hearing and dexterity levels appropriate to the functions performed. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. After initial onboarding, this role will have the opportunity to work remotely up to 20% or a compressed work week in accordance with the KCHA's flexible work arrangements; however, remote work conditions will be reviewed on a regular basis based on business and program need.

Physical Environment: This work requires the frequent exertion of up to 10 pounds of force; work regularly requires speaking or hearing and using hands to finger, handle or feel, frequently requires sitting and repetitive motions and occasionally requires standing, walking, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, reaching with hands and arms, tasting or smelling and pushing or pulling; work has standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts, using of measuring devices, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities; work occasionally requires exposure to outdoor weather conditions, exposure to extreme cold (non-weather), exposure to extreme heat (non-weather), exposure to the risk of electrical shock and exposure to bloodborne pathogens and may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment; work is generally in a loud noise location (e.g. grounds maintenance, heavy traffic).

Equal Opportunity: King County Housing Authority is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.