Receptionist/ Front of House - Leeds, United Kingdom - Native Residential

Native Residential

Verified Company

Leeds, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Job Specification
Community Host

About Native Residential:

Our team is our greatest strength.

Join Native Residential, and you'll work alongside the best and the brightest in property, hospitality, technology and marketing - in an environment where your talents are valued, nurtured and developed.

Our purpose is to create sustainable communities with soul.

Native Residential began life as a hospitality business, and a warm, welcoming, service-minded ethos still shines through in everything we do.

It's how we create an environment where everyone feels at home.

Sustainability is at the heart of our business.

We are proud to be on our B Corp journey and are continually working on meaningful ways to reduce our carbon footprint and increase social value in the communities in which we operate.

For us, conducting business responsibly and equitably is not just the right thing to do—it's a smart business strategy.

Summary of Position:

Our Community Hosts are fundamental in creating a superb first and lasting impression of our community for all residents and visitors.

You will be central to creating the "Native identity".

The primary function of resident services is to deliver a responsive and outstanding customer service to our residents.

Each day will be unique, requiring an ability to prioritise, multi-task, think creatively, take initiative and ownership, and employ a diverse set of inter personal and organisational skills.

Dealing with residents can be a demanding role and does require a level of maturity, the ability to empathise and a strong sense of perspective.

You will bring positive energy to each conversation, resolves issues quickly and effectively, and make everyone feel welcome and appreciated.

It's about first impressions, so you'll take great pride in your presentation, and this will reflect in your front of house which you'll keep clean, smart and welcoming at all times.

Your objective will be to achieve resident retention goals by performing all activities related to customer service to all residents, providing resident satisfaction throughout the term of the lease to ensure resident lease renewals and referrals.

You will also be instrumental in handling enquiries, conducting leasing tours and leasing related paperwork.

You will be directly supported by a Community Supervisor, a team of fellow Community Hosts and an onsite facilities team.

There are four key pillars that will underpin the job holder's success within this role includes:

Resident satisfaction:

You will facilitate a facilities strategy that focusses on preventative and reactive maintenance across the business, to ensure that every customer has an exceptional experience when visiting or living at our properties across the portfolio.

It is our aim that each residential property is in the top three BTR assets in its area on Homeviews.

Income and expenditure management:

You will seek ways to improve our service and facilities management, to ensure that our clients see an exceptional return on investment.

You will be at the forefront of the building facilities to ensure costs are controlled and maximum revenue is achieved from rental opportunities.

Operational excellence:
You will spearhead operational excellence across the Community.

Team Management and Development:

You will support and champion your own and your teammates development and growth of our "best in class" team who love working for Native together.

Principle Duties & Responsibilities:

We've summarised here some of the day to day functions of the role:

Deliver an exceptional experience to every person, beginning with an unmatched first impression and building rapport with other team members, visitors, investor and clients, and both prospective and current residents
Management of complaints/problems/issues arising from Residents, ensuring that all complaints are dealt with quickly and efficiently. This requires strong and efficient communication skills, maturity, an abundance of common sense and the ability to stay calm in a crisis.
Maintain and uphold a high standard for community check appeal by conducting routine inspections of all community amenities and common areas, and working with the service team or other teams to ensure that all areas are wellmaintained
Executes and assists with activities to support the community's leasing and lease renewal program.
Executes and assists with activities to in relation to any community activities and events.
Responds quickly and courteously to resident concerns and questions, and takes prompt action to solve problems and/or document and convey resident or other requests to the appropriate individual.
Follows established policies and procedures by monitoring and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, organisational standards, and operational processes related to area of responsibility and reporting violations or infractions to appropriate in