# Competences — housing manager

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/dd935705-d703-40ba-9ba7-2a8a2b7651b4).

## Essential

- **advise on financial matters** (skill/competence)
- **analyse financial performance of a company** (skill/competence)
- **analyse market financial trends** (skill/competence)
- **building codes** (knowledge)
- **building construction principles** (knowledge)
- **check construction compliance** (skill/competence)
- **collect rental fees** (skill/competence)
- **communicate with tenants** (skill/competence)
- **corporate social responsibility** (knowledge)
- **create a financial plan** (skill/competence)
- **enforce financial policies** (skill/competence)
- **examine the conditions of buildings** (skill/competence)
- **financial analysis** (knowledge)
- **financial management** (knowledge)
- **financial statements** (knowledge)
- **follow company standards** (skill/competence)
- **handle tenant changeover** (skill/competence)
- **inform on renting agreements** (skill/competence)
- **investigate social security applications** (skill/competence)
- **liaise with local authorities** (skill/competence)
- **liaise with managers** (skill/competence)
- **liaise with property owners** (skill/competence)
- **manage staff** (skill/competence)
- **plan allocation of space** (skill/competence)
- **property law** (knowledge)
- **provide information on properties** (skill/competence)
- **strive for company growth** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- analyse community needs (skill/competence)
- build community relations (skill/competence)
- collect property financial information (skill/competence)
- energy performance of buildings (knowledge)
- fire safety regulations (knowledge)
- government social security programmes (knowledge)
- obtain financial information (skill/competence)
- organise a damage assessment (skill/competence)
- organise property viewing (skill/competence)
- perform property market research (skill/competence)
- plan buildings maintenance work (skill/competence)
- plan health and safety procedures (skill/competence)
- prepare inventory of properties (skill/competence)
- public housing legislation (knowledge)
- real estate market (knowledge)
- report major building repairs (skill/competence)
- supervise property development projects (skill/competence)
- work within communities (skill/competence)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 27 ads, as of 2026-07-12)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

### Hard skills

- property management — **56 %**
- leasing — **26 %**
- rent collection — **19 %**
- staff supervision — **19 %**

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