Urban Alliance Partnership Opportunity: Diversity & Talent within Property Management
Urban Alliance is seeking property management companies to commit to hosting up to 20 Urban Alliance interns across Chicago for the 2021-2022 school year. The program intends to build a new model for finding and training diverse talent for careers in property management and leasing. Urban Alliance provides interns eight weeks of professional skills training, partners with NAA to provide eight additional weeks of industry training in leasing or maintenance and then facilitates a turnkey internship experience for partners. Employer partners make an investment of $18,000 to Urban Alliance, which funds the program, intern pay (approx. $9,500), and post program support for the interns and the employer partner. Interns earn competitive wages and raises, which are paid by Urban Alliance.
Interested partners should confirm their participation by July 31, 2021. The program training begins September and interns will begin work early in 2022. To learn more about partnerships in Chicago, email Katie Miles, Sr. Director of External Partnerships at kmiles@theurbanalliance.org or Jenna Ketchum, Executive Director at jketchum@theurbanalliance.org
Additional Information:
- Recent Press:
- Washington Post: New program teaches D.C.-area students skills for careers in property management
- Public: Nonprofit Teams With Real Estate Companies To Connect Local Youth Of Color To Careers In Property Management
- Hear from Partners and Interns:
- Diversity & Opportunity in Property Management. This discussion shares how 21 real estate companies and grantmakers joined forces with Urban Alliance to build a new model for finding and training diverse talent for careers in property management and leasing. The conversation features: Elizabeth Lindsey (CEO, Urban Alliance), Ivan Barron (Executive Director, Pension Real Estate Association Foundation), David Gilbert (CEO and CIO, Clarion Partners), Josh Bernstein (CEO, Bernstein Management Corporation), Toby Bozzuto (CEO, Bozzuto), Kenneth Fishe (Talent Acquisition Advisor, Greystar), Dawnita Wilson (Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion, JBG Smith) and Urban Alliance Interns.