Fairstead is a purpose-driven real estate firm dedicated to building affordable communities across the country. Headquartered in New York, with offices in Colorado, Florida, and Washington DC, Fairstead owns and manages a portfolio of more than 30,000 apartments, including pipeline, across 28 states. As an integrated owner, operator, and innovator, Fairstead brings development, construction, and property management under one unified platform to deliver high-quality affordable housing that serves our residents at scale.
At Fairstead, we believe affordable housing should be thoughtfully designed, professionally managed, and responsibly operated. We seek to create and preserve housing that serves residents while delivering long-term value to communities, partners, and stakeholders.
Fairstead challenges industry norms through our tech-forward, entrepreneurial approach to affordable housing. In addition to core real estate capabilities, we operate innovative service lines designed to improve resident outcomes, strengthen communities, and drive operational efficiency. We embrace digital transformation, data-driven decision-making, and emerging technologies, including AI, to build scalable systems that support sustainable growth, grounded in a culture of entrepreneurship, innovation, partnership, dedication, and integrity.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Recruit
- Manage full-cycle recruiting for Community Manager-level and above positions, including regional and portfolio-level roles, as well as other priority searches assigned by the Talent Acquisition Manager.
- Source and engage high-performing talent and partner with hiring managers and HR People Partners to define the skills and experience needed for each role.
- Build a real understanding of how our different markets differ (talent supply, compensation norms, competitive landscape, seasonality) and adjust sourcing and pitch accordingly.
- Act as a strong partner to hiring managers and regional leaders, advising on hiring strategy rather than only filling open requisitions.
- Ability to travel to multiple locations to host onsite job fairs.
Enhance the Process
- Help improve and standardize recruiting processes, identifying opportunities to increase efficiency through technology and automation.
- Support the Talent Acquisition Manager in optimizing recruiting technology, workflows, automation, and candidate experience.
- Assist in creating workflows and automated interview kits and questions for high-volume, high-turnover role categories (e.g., leasing, maintenance, community management) as well as more selective processes for senior hires.
- Track, analyze, and report on recruiting metrics, including pipeline health, time-to-fill, source effectiveness, cost-per-hire, and quality-of-hire.
- Document recruiting workflows and processes to support consistency across markets.
- Identify recruiting inefficiencies and recommend opportunities for automation, technology, or process improvement to the Talent Acquisition Manager.
- Stay current on recruiting technology and multifamily/property-management hiring trends, particularly anything relevant to high-volume, multi-market hiring.
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE
- Consistently strong quality-of-hire and retention in the roles you fill, alongside fast fill times.
- Consistent use of recruiting processes and technology that supports an efficient hiring experience.
- Time-to-fill and cost-per-hire trending down as automation takes hold.
- Hiring managers and regional leaders who see you as a strategic partner in hiring decisions.
- Regular recommendations for recruiting process, technology, and automation improvements.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 3 - 6 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally including high-volume or multi-site hiring (property management, hospitality, retail, healthcare, or similar industries welcome).
- Experience improving recruiting processes and leveraging recruiting technology to increase efficiency, consistency, and candidate experience.
- Hands-on experience with an ATS — we currently use Greenhouse, so direct experience there is a strong plus — along with a working knowledge of sourcing, scheduling, and workflow-automation tools.
- Comfort with data: you can build and read a recruiting dashboard, and you make decisions from it.
- The judgment to know what to automate, what still needs a human touch, and when a process is genuinely ready to scale.
- Strong stakeholder management skills: you can influence regional and site-level leaders who don't report to you.
- Understanding (or a fast ability to learn) how recruiting needs differ across geographic markets: labor supply, comp benchmarks, competitive dynamics.
NICE TO HAVE
- Experience recruiting specifically for multifamily, affordable housing, or property management roles.
- Experience with Workday.
- Experience with AI-powered sourcing, screening, or scheduling tools.
- Experience recruiting across a large multi-state footprint.
COMPENSATION
Salary Range: $105,000–$115,000 USD / Eligible for Annual Discretionary Bonus
Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location. Our goal is to ensure competitive total compensation that is commensurate with experience, location, and other market benchmarks.
Generous employer contribution for Medical Insurance through Meritain Health
Dental and Vision plans
Company Matched 401(k) Retirement Plan: 100% of the first 3%; 50% of the next 2%.
12 Paid Holidays.
Discretionary PTO
Employer Paid Life Insurance.
Flexible Spending Account.
Nationwide Pet Insurance.
Disability Insurance.
Laser Correction Discount.
Employee Discounts on appliances, apparel, and more.
Diversity in backgrounds and experiences is key to Fairstead's success. Being an equal opportunity employer is a central tenet of our philosophy that shapes who we are and the communities we serve.
For information about how we use your personal information, including information submitted for career opportunities, please review our Privacy Policy at fairstead.com/privacy-policy.
Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
Diversity in backgrounds and experiences is key to Fairstead’s success. Being an equal opportunity employer is a central tenet of our philosophy that shapes who we are and the communities we serve. Our goal is to ensure competitive total compensation that is commensurate with experience, location, and other market benchmarks.
For information about how we use your personal information, including information submitted for career opportunities, please review our Privacy Policy at
https://fairstead.com/privacy-policy/
Skills Required
- 3–6 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally including high-volume or multi-site hiring
- Experience improving recruiting processes and using recruiting technology to improve efficiency, consistency, and candidate experience
- Hands-on experience with an applicant tracking system and working knowledge of sourcing, scheduling, and workflow-automation tools
- Experience with Greenhouse
- Ability to build and interpret recruiting dashboards and make data-driven decisions
- Judgment to determine what to automate and when processes are ready to scale
- Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence regional and site-level leaders
- Understanding of recruiting needs across geographic markets, including labor supply, compensation benchmarks, and competitive dynamics
- Experience recruiting for multifamily, affordable housing, or property management roles
- Experience with Workday
- Experience with AI-powered sourcing, screening, or scheduling tools
- Experience recruiting across a large multi-state footprint
What We Do
Fairstead is a purpose-driven vertically integrated real estate developer specializing in creating sustainable, high-quality housing. With teams operating around the country, Fairstead owns more than 16,500 apartments in 18 states. Fairstead has acquired, developed or preserved more than $4 billion in assets, and is currently working on an identified pipeline of an additional $2.3 billion in assets around the country.
