Community Manager

What You'll Actually Do

This is the top site-level role at a Winooski, Vermont property operated by Redstone Residential, a third-party management company running over 38,000 beds across 20 states. Redstone built its name in student housing and has been expanding its conventional multifamily portfolio, so depending on the property, you may be dealing with a resident profile that straddles both worlds. Either way, the Community Manager owns everything: budget, occupancy, delinquency, leasing strategy, renewals, staff performance, and reporting up to the Regional Manager.

Day to day, that means watching KPIs closely, staying ahead of delinquency before it compounds, and making sure your leasing team is executing on traffic conversion rather than just logging showings. You'll manage to an approved operating budget with real P&L ownership. Marketing initiatives, construction coordination, and client-facing reporting are all part of the job. Redstone uses Entrata, so comfort with property management software matters, though they'll work with candidates who are quick to learn.

Vermont's rental market is relatively tight, and Winooski in particular sits adjacent to Burlington and the University of Vermont, which means your resident base likely includes a mix of students, young professionals, and long-term renters. Understanding how to position the property in that market, and how to retain residents who have genuine options, requires more than posting specials and hoping for the best.

What You Bring

• At least 3 years in student housing or conventional multifamily, with 2 or more years specifically in a property manager seat
• Demonstrated budget management and P&L ownership, not just familiarity with financials but accountability for them
• Experience interfacing with clients or ownership groups directly. Redstone is a third-party operator, so client-readiness isn't a soft skill here, it's a job requirement
• The ability to manage multiple workstreams at once without losing the details
• Comfort with Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, and property management software (Entrata experience is a plus)
• Genuine ability to coach and develop on-site staff, not just assign tasks

A Few Things Worth Knowing

Third-party management sharpens certain skills quickly. You're accountable to both ownership and a regional structure, which means your reporting has to be clean and your explanations have to be backed by data. Community Managers who grow in this environment tend to move into Regional Manager roles faster than peers who come from fee-light or in-house-only backgrounds, because third-party work forces you to communicate performance clearly and defend your decisions. The $70,000 base comes with a performance bonus opportunity of up to 20% of salary, which in this industry is a reasonable structure if the property is set up to hit its targets.

This is a full-time, exempt role with health, vision, and dental coverage, 15 days PTO, 10 paid holidays, paid parental leave, and a 401(k) with up to 6% matching. Redstone also offers a continued education program and professional development support, which is worth noting for someone who wants room to grow beyond the site level.