What we do (and Why)

TREK Development Group is a regional industry leader in the development and management of residential, commercial and mixed-use real estate. Since our founding in 1992, we built a successful organization by embracing 3 basic values/practices: Responsibility, Seeking to Understand and Humility

We are intently focused on:

Environmental sustainability
Historic Preservation
Developing in transitional neighborhoods where our investment adds momentum to past investments and catalyzes additional investment
Creating affordable, mixed-income and mixed-use housing
Creating more livable communities for all (regardless of age, income, race or class)
Re-urbanization (vital urban core). Infill vs. Greenfield
Our Triple Aim Effort: of fostering an aspirational operating culture designed to create the kind of co-investment among owners, staff and residents needed to achieve both individual and community transformation
Collaboration/Alignment with schools, parks, foundations, government, and non-profit partners

Focus, Urgency, and Follow-through

TREK practices responsible development and management by always proceeding with a clear direction, setting reasonable expectations, and being accountable to an agreed-upon result. TREK delivers top-quality results that are both on-time and on-budget and maintains a firm and active presence over the communities it manages into the future.
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By remaining dedicated to high-quality community management, TREK has transformed neighborhoods historically afflicted by decades of disinvestment and decline. Its current portfolio maintains occupancy rates of 98%, thanks to high-quality site selection, professional management, and excellence in construction and design.

Seeking to Understand

TREK has extensive experience working with both complex financial structures in conventional capital markets and smaller public & private groups. Projects are developed with long-term ownership in mind and a commitment to executing sustainable solutions to numerous real estate development challenges. Results are achieved through asking questions, active listening and always remaining curious about better ways to operate and aspirational visions for the communities we serve.

Humility

TREK seeks value in all communities (especially from less likely sources) and looks for opportunities to contribute its time, talent, and treasure. We remain interested in all feedback we receive, ignore prejudices, and attempt to keep our minds open to new ideas. “Humility creates more oxygen for others to participate and come together and make a change. If you think you already know everything or act as you do, other people with check out and things won’t get done as quickly or as well”. (Shoemaker).

Join Our Team

When you join TREK, you join a community of focused, high performing colleagues who believe that we can work together to advance TREK’s mission: to Create Value, Strengthen Communities, and Enhance Lives at our various communities and offices. TREK offers a unique employment opportunity for mission-minded individuals looking to make a difference. We believe the role of Project Manager, Community Manager and Service Technicians are among the most important in a community and can make the biggest impact in people’s lives.

We offer a complete benefits package that includes health insurance, dental, and vision (available 1st of the month post-hire), 401K with matching contributions, and a generous combination of paid vacation & sick time, in addition to paid 11 holidays.

Compliance Specialist

Pittsburgh, PA

Full Time

Experienced

TREK Development Group is a Pittsburgh- based real estate development firm specializing in building innovative and sustainable communities. Our mission is to Create Value, Enhance Lives and Strengthen Communities.

At TREK, we believe the right cultural fit is just as important as possessing the skills and qualifications for the job. Our core values: Aesthetics, Alignment, Collaboration, Compassion, Inclusiveness, Quality, Commitment, Empathy, Humility, Integrity and Responsibility are best described in our commitment to TREK’s Hospitality Covenant. The Hospitality Covenant describes our core practices that we strive to achieve each day:

To treat everyone with the kindness we all want
To do our own part to take care of the place where we live and work
To take the time to help each other achieve our goals and aspirations

We believe that every member of the team is important to the success of the community and together we are committed to providing high-quality, community-focused housing.
We are currently seeking an engaged and passionate professional to serve as Compliance Specialist to Glen Hazel with a combined 225 units. The Compliance Specialist is responsible for processing and maintaining compliance files. The focus centers around producing timely, high quality, and accurate results.  The Compliance Specialist will be responsible for assisting the Regional Manager with the day-to-day operations of managing Tax Credit and other funding programs. This individual will be responsible for conducting detailed income verification and periodic reporting to other agencies. They will work with several affordable housing programs and must adhere to all federal, state, and local laws. The Compliance Specialist takes pride in the community and motivates others to do the same.

This position will work at Glen Hazel for several months to assist in recertifications. Once this work is complete, the role will transition to our Compliance team, working under the Director of Lease Up & Property Administration, to assist with lease ups.

Under the direction of the Regional Manager, the Compliance Specialist is responsible for

Essential Functions:

Provide exceptional customer service through high quality work and communication
Review and maintain resident files for compliance approval
Ensure site compliance with all rules and regulations set forth by regulatory agencies associated with the company and/or its subsidy programs
Interview and process eligible households for rental assistance and affordable housing programs, assist participants to complete and sign all papers related to beginning housing assistance, interims, and annual recertifications, explaining in terms they understand to ensure compliance with program rules
Process applications and information received from these families and determine their eligibility for the program
Verify income, assets, medical, or unusual expenses and assisted dwelling information
Enters data in computer generating rent, utility allowance and escrow calculations
Prepares necessary forms and secures signatures to finalize agreements between tenants and TREK
Performs a minimum of 200 annual recertifications, monitors and reports past due recertifications
Establishes, maintains, and updates various logs, and books related to the orderly maintenance of records, ensuring all computer records of all tenants are accurate and current
Prepare monthly and annual reports and attend meetings as necessary, assist in generating all year-end building status reports for tax credit properties and ensure all electronic reporting is completed each year
Assist in monitoring correct usage of income and rent limits as well as utility allowances and assist in annual unit inspections as needed
Maintains waiting list; conducts marketing and outreach when the list is low
Be a driving force of the Hospitality Covenant by modeling, inspiring and communicating respectfully with staff and visitors
Other duties as assigned

Education & Experience:

Bachelor’s Degree preferred
2-4 years’ experience in affordable housing
Strong knowledge of LIHTC and HUD regulations
Certified Professional of Occupancy or Certified Occupancy Specialist
Specialist in Housing Credit Management (SHCM) or Housing Credit Certified Professional (HCCP) preferred

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

The employee is regularly required to move around the building or site.
May require travel dependent on business needs.
Must work under deadlines and ability to meet deadlines.
The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, employer-paid long-term disability, employer-paid basic life, 401k with employer contribution, and EAP.

If this sounds like a fit for your passion, skills and experience, we look forward to hearing from you. Please visit our website to learn more about Trek Development Group http://trekdevelopment.com.

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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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Environmental sustainability

Historic Preservation

Developing in transitional neighborhoods where our investment adds momentum to past investments and catalyzes additional investment

Creating affordable, mixed-income and mixed-use housing

Creating more livable communities for all (regardless of age, income, race or class)

Re-urbanization (vital urban core). Infill vs. Greenfield

Our Triple Aim Effort: of fostering an aspirational operating culture designed to create the kind of co-investment among owners, staff and residents needed to achieve both individual and community transformation

Collaboration/Alignment with schools, parks, foundations, government, and non-profit partners

Compliance Specialist

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