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Community Manager - WeWork (Chicago)

Who: WeWork is a platform for creators, providing more than tens of thousands of members around the world with space, community and services that enable them to do what they love and create their life's work.

What: The Community Manager leads the Community Management team to achieve the following:

  • Creation of a collaborative environment amongst the company’s employees through events and personal introductions 
  • Ensuring that building is fully operational and processes are running smoothly 
  • Driving growth and promotion of WeWork Enterprise-provided service offerings 
  • Maintaining Enterprise company standards and expectations 
  • Managing Enterprise company KPI’s 
  • Responsible for maintaining a positive relationship between the Enterprise company and WeWork, along with the Enterprise and PxWe teams 

Duties and responsibilities include:
  • Manage a team within the building to reach goals and execute on their objectives as an individual and a team. 
  • Perform weekly one-on-one meetings to track individual performance. 
  • Oversee and keep the team up to date with process changes. 
  • Oversee team including performance management reviews and OKRs. 
  • Form relationships with key stakeholders at the company in order to further their goals of employee engagement. 
  • Act as a liaison between the Enterprise team and local leadership 
  • Understand the needs of the company and focus on on engaging the employee with the products, hospitality, and services WeWork provides. 
  • Discover and analyze gaps in the employee experience. Work cross-functionally to communicate and address those gaps. 
  • Mentor the Community Management team to reach goals and execute on all objectives. 
  • Work with Community leadership team to develop initiatives that improve employee experience within the region. 
  • Check-in and meet regularly with employees to ensure they are happy and progress is being made on projects. 
  • Coordinate with physical product team on-site to ensure that projects are completed on time and to standards. 
  • Interpret and communicate complex operational problems to your team and employees. 
  • Make recommendations to product and operations team on any repairs, maintenance, or updates required in your building 
  • Manage requests from employees and identify the correct channels and resources to complete the request 
  • Manage a day and night janitorial team to maintain clean offices and common areas and deliver the highest level of employee satisfaction. 
  • Manage budget and expenses for the building 
  • Know and be able to implement safety plans, i.e. fire and emergency plans. 
  • Design and implement rules, guidelines and best practices for the community to optimize and improve the employee experience. 
  • Develop community initiatives designed to create connections between employees, including employee introductions, overseeing events, electronic and print communications, and building walkthroughs. 
  • Solve employee issues to ensure a cohesive community and manage employee expectations. 
  • Oversee the sourcing, planning, and execution of events 
  • Seek opportunities to engage employees to discover and discuss employees’ objectives 
  • Work with the employees to create events that meet their specific requirements and needs 
  • Recommend best practices, including but not limited to: community management, events, training, and employee experience on a company-wide level. 

Skills: 

  • Great communicator – with both employees and WeWork team 
  • Above-average organizational skills 
  • Upbeat and friendly personality 
  • Detail oriented 
  • Innovator and creative problem solver 
  • Empathetic yet resourceful during stressful situations 

Experience and Requirements:

  • College graduate with a four-year degree 
  • Customer service and sales experience required 
  • Project management and business operations experience required 
  • Must have strong verbal and written communication skills 
  • Understanding and experience managing a team of more than two people 
  • Exceptional organizational and multitasking skills 
  • Demonstrate integrity, dependability, responsibility, accountability, self-awareness, work ethic, and empathy 
  • Passion and understanding for WeWork’s mission and values 

Find the job posting and apply online here.