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Salary: $93,257.58 - $111,908.48 Annually
Location : Auburn, WA
Job Type: Regular Full-Time
Job Number: 2026082
Division: HOUSING MANAGEMENT
Department: Public Housing
Opening Date: 05/29/2026
Closing Date: Continuous
Job Summary
This position is open until filled; however, to ensure consideration applications should be submitted by June 15, 2026 at 4:30 p.m.
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 .
Essential Functions
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.

Qualifications and Competencies
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.

Position Information and Application Process
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.
The excellent benefits package includes employer paid dental; vacation, sick & holiday pay; life insurance, long term disability insurance and transit subsidy. PERS retirement (mandatory) and medical plan require employee and employer contributions. Employee paid deferred compensation (457b) and flexible spending accounts are optional. Positive corporate culture and commitment to a diverse workplace, plus more!
For more details regarding KCHA comprehensive benefits, please click on the link below.
01
Do you have direct experience with the King County Housing Authority?

• Yes, I am a current employee at KCHA.
• Yes, I am a current temporary employee at KCHA.
• Yes, I am a current resident of KCHA.
• Yes, but not as described above.
• No, I don't have any direct experience but I am willing to learn.

02
Which best describes your level of education?

• High School Diploma or GED
• Some College
• Associate's Degree
• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree or Higher
• None of the above

03
Please identify your years of work experience in public housing, property management, or general management.

• I have no experience in these areas.
• I have minimal (less than one year) experience.
• I have moderate (1 to 3 years) experience.
• I have considerable (3+ to 5) years of experience.
• I have extensive (more than 5) years of experience.

04
What is the largest portfolio of units you have managed?

• Less than 100 units
• 100-250 units
• 251 - 500 units
• 501 - 800 units
• 801 - 1100 units
• More than 1100 units

05
How many years of experience do you have developing and monitoring a budget?

• I have no experience developing and monitoring a budget.
• I have minimal (less than one year) developing and monitoring a budget.
• I have moderate (1 to 3 years) developing and monitoring a budget.
• I have considerable (3+ to 5 years) developing and monitoring a budget.
• I have extensive (more than 5 years) developing and monitoring a budget.

06
This position manages highly diverse tenants as well as employees. Please identify your years of experience managing teams in the workplace.

• I have no experience in this area.
• I have minimal (less than one year) experience.
• I have moderate (1 to 3 years) experience.
• I have considerable (3+ to 5 years) experience.
• I have extensive (more than 5 years) experience.

07
Please identify your years of experience maintaining records (manual and electronic) and performing data entry.

• I have no experience in this area.
• I have minimal (less than one year) experience.
• I have moderate (1 to 3 years) experience.
• I have considerable (3+ to 5 years) experience.
• I have extensive (more than 5 years) experience.

08
Do you have working knowledge in any of the following housing programs? Please select all that apply.

• Disabled
• Elderly
• Homeless
• Immigrant/Refugee
• Public Housing
• Section 8
• Sponsor Based
• Tax Credit
• No experience with housing programs.

09
Please describe the type of working knowledge you have in each of the areas you identified above. Please limit your response to one sentence per example. (Working knowledge implies you have worked or volunteered in an organization that dealt with or required you to have knowledge about housing programs in these categories).
10
This position determines eligibility for housing assistance and prepares rent calculations. If Ms. Smith receives an income of $26,247 per year, how much income does she receive each week?

• $546.81
• $504.75
• $1093.62
• $437.45

11
This position determines eligibility for housing assistance and prepares rent calculations. If Ms. Smith receives an income of $26,247 per year, how much income do...