Housing Manager

Full Job Description

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

About the Position: Fort Belvoir is located in Fairfax County, VA along the Potomac River.

Please visit the following link: http://www.belvoir.army.mil/ Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes managing family housing projects, conducting housing activities such as operations and maintenance, cost management, assignments and utilization, inspections, surveys, and/or management-tenant relations.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07).

OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: housing management, management, real estate, property management, asset management, facilities management, etc.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12.

Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages. Major Duties:

• Responsible for direct, on-site management, administration and implementation of projects, facilities, or complexes in support of the housing management programs while utilizing enterprise Military Housing (eMH) database.
• For Housing Services Office (HSO) - Serves as a member of a team administering the off-base housing services program. Conducts activities to include housing referral and relocation support.
• Briefs and counsels Active Duty and retired, accompanied and unaccompanied Military, as well as DoD Civilians, and/or Family Members transferring to the installation who seek assistance in locating housing within the local area.
• Schedules and performs various inspections of community rental property to determine adequacy, habitability and suitability as a listing for referral.
• For Unaccompanied Housing (UH) - Assists the supervisor in developing overall installation plans and procedures and development of short and long-range barracks sustainment, restoration, modernization, or replacement projects.
• For Furnishings Management - Plans and budgets for maintenance, repair and distribution of family and bachelor housing furniture including furniture for troop billets.
• For Privatized Family Housing - Monitors and assesses the property management and maintenance operations of the Residential Communities Initiative (RCI) and ancillary facilities for appropriate quality and performance levels.
• For Army Family Housing (AFH) - Performs change of occupancy pre-final, termination, and assignment inspections of units.