Concierge (1-Year Contract)
Eleanor | Edmonton, AB
Join Us to Grow, Connect, and Make an Impact.
At BGO Properties, we’re dedicated to enhancing personal and professional growth, fostering meaningful connections, and giving back to the communities where we operate.
As one of Canada’s premier providers of commercial property management and leasing services, BGO Properties manages a diverse portfolio of over 400 properties, totaling more than 67 million square feet of residential, office, industrial, and retail space. For over 30 years, our clients have trusted us to deliver innovative real estate solutions that create value and support their success.
As part of the global BGO family, we leverage international expertise and local market insights to provide high-quality services. Our experienced team works across a variety of commercial real estate sectors, which ensure every property we manage is a welcoming and functional destination for tenants.
Whether you’re launching your career or advancing as a seasoned professional, BGO Properties offers opportunities for professional growth, continuous learning, and leadership development.
Join us and help shape the future of commercial real estate.
The Opportunity: The Concierge is responsible for providing access and reception services to all visitors to the property and assisting residents with inquiries by providing personalized assistance and ensuring resident satisfaction is achieved. As the primary point of contact for residents, the Concierge is a champion of the resident experience and seizes every opportunity to exceed resident expectations.
Working Hours: Flexible between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m., weekends required.
What You Will Do:
Resident Relations and Customer Experience:
- Providing prompt and courteous service to prospective and current residents, focusing on their individual needs and wants;
- Greeting visitors, suppliers and residents;
- Responding to resident requests for special arrangements or services (e.g., transportation, reservations, floral orders, light business duties, dry cleaning) by making arrangements or identifying appropriate providers;
- Responding to special requests from residents with unique needs and follow up to ensure satisfaction;
- Establishing positive working relationships with business owners and suppliers in the area in order to provide residents with high quality and reliable recommendations;
- Maintaining an expert knowledge of the surrounding community, its amenities and services and gathering, summarizing, and providing information to residents about the property and the surrounding area, including special events and activities;
- Answering, recording, and processing all resident calls, messages, requests, questions or concerns;
- Updating and reviewing shift logs/daily memo books and document pertinent information in logbooks;
- Maintaining amenity booking logs and ensuring appropriate contract or form is completed;
- Assisting residents with maintenance service requests;
- Assisting Leasing staff with organizing resident events.
- Provide residents with suite access in the event of lock outs/lost keys in accordance with suite access policies.
- Maintain property notice boards to ensure only updated notices are posted and stale notices are removed.
- Execute community partnerships and assist in developing partnership with Yorkville and the downtown Toronto core.
- Develop and maintain a top tier front of house lobby and amenity space experience.
Property Operations:
- Scheduling and maintaining log for service elevator and loading dock and conducting inspections before and after resident use;
- Providing building access to contractors and visitors by maintaining contractor logs and managing access devices;
- Issuing visitor parking passes in line with visitor parking policies;
- Activating and maintaining log of security access cards and fobs, underground transmitters and other access devices;
- Maintaining Enterphone system and update security system software.
- Act as a liaison between contracted security staff and Property Manager reporting any issues to Management and new directives/policies to contracted staff
- Parcel Management, delivering packages into the designated parcel systems including resident’s suites. Deliveries could encompass parcels, dry cleaning, and groceries.
Sustainability:
- Participate in community and charitable events that involve the property, its residents or employees;
- Assist in the implementation of BGO’s sustainability and engagement programs at the property;
- Embrace and pro-actively support BGO’s culture of environmental sustainability, and corporate and social responsibility.
Who You Are:
- Experience – 1 - 2 years related experience as a residential or hotel concierge; experience in a customer service, residential property management or hospitality related role;
- Bilingual – Excellent command of French and English (spoken and written)
- Education – Postsecondary education in hospitality an asset;
- Relationship Skills – Exceptional and refined oral and written communication and presentation skills; ability to develop and sustain cooperative working relationships with residents, suppliers and internal staff; ability to maintain confidentiality and absolute discretion with resident and company information is required;
- Organizational/Multi-Task Skills - Ability to allocate one's time effectively, work under pressure and manage tight deadlines; ability to handle multiple demands and competing priorities, and adapt to new ideas and constant changes; detail oriented;
- Computer Skills – Advanced skills in Excel, Word and Outlook; ability to conduct internet research in order to assist residents with requests; proficiency with Yardi is an asset;
- Police Clearance – A criminal verification check is required for employment.
At BGO, we recognize that each employee’s unique experiences, perspectives, and viewpoints strengthen our ability to create and deliver the best value to our clients, partners and stakeholders/investors and therefore we strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientations and life experiences to apply.
BGO is committed to equitable hiring practices and we welcome the opportunity to discuss accommodation and ensure fairness and equity in our hiring process. If you require accommodation, please email us at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) and include: Job posting #, your name and your preferred method of contact.
We thank all applicants for their interest in employment with BGO, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
BGO Properties is the Canadian real estate property management and leasing division of BentallGreenOak (Canada) Limited Partnership. BGO is a global real estate investment management advisor, real estate lender, and globally recognized provider of real estate services. BGO is a part of SLC Management, the institutional alternatives and traditional asset management business of Sun Life. For more information, please visit www.bgoproperties.com (http://www.b%09goproperties.com)
