Real Estate Coordinator - Remote Opportunity

Working with KinderCare Learning Companies means using your outstanding talents to help set the foundation for lifelong learners, where you can collaborate with colleagues, grow and learn, and positively impact the families we serve.

With over 50 years of experience, 30,000 employees, and more than 2,000 early learning center programs, we are the most accredited leaders in early childhood education. Together, we create environments where kids grow and thrive. As one of only four companies to receive the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award six times, we’re confident that you can grow and thrive here, too. We can’t wait to meet you.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Coordinator to join our Real Estate team! The Real Estate team initiates and owns the execution of the new school growth strategy. As the Coordinator, you will work alongside the Director of Real Estate and several Real Estate Managers to ensure that new sites are moving forward and that project landmarks are met. As a critical driver of the team’s success, you will interact with cross-functional teams and with external partners.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support research efforts in new potential sites by analyzing market statistics, demographics, trade areas, competition, and site availability/viability. Gathering data via web research, phone calls/emails; summarizing research for distribution to the team
• Drive locations through the site approval and selection process, ensuring milestones are achieved and sites progress efficiently, while minimizing deviation from process
• Actively prepare for and participate in weekly meetings regarding potential sites, including accurate and timely report preparation, and communicating required next steps. Working closely with cross functional business partners, both internally and externally, and most importantly with the Real Estate leadership team
• Develop materials to be used for communication with internal partners, such as Finance and Executives for potential sites in a thorough and accurate manner, ensuring tracking and storage systems contain up-to-date materials and notes
• Provide support for the Director of Real Estate, including handling changing priorities, coordinating meetings, communications and creation of support materials, documenting outcomes and follow-up
• Act as subject matter authority for the department on the site approval and selection process, creating and maintaining process documents, and partnering on technology solutions. Sharing continuous input on process improvement for workflows to reduce timelines for new sites

Qualifications:

• College degree preferred
• 3 years related experience in commercial real estate, design/construction field, or equivalent combination of education/experience
• Proficient experience in multi-project responsibility, with ability to ensure deadlines are met. Excellent organizational, verbal, written and presentation skills; strong attention to detail
• Able to self-direct and manage time working independently or as part of a team
• “Team first” demeanor and ability to enhance relationships across the company and industry with a professional presence and the ability to have fun getting the work done
• Expert understanding of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint required. Other web-based applications, like or to include SmartSheet, Lucernex, and Sitewise (GIS platform) preferred

Our benefits meet you where you are. We’re here to help our employees navigate the integration of work and life:

• Know your whole family is supported with discounted child care benefits.
• Breathe easy with medical, dental, and vision benefits for your family (and pets, too!).
• Feel supported in your mental health and personal growth with employee assistance programs.
• Feel great and thrive with access to health and wellness programs, generous paid time off and discounts for work necessities, such as cell phones.
• … and much more.

At KinderCare Learning Companies you'll use your skills and expertise to help craft and contribute to our shared mission of supporting communities and encouraging lifelong learners. From our teachers to our cooks to our financial analysts, we are all passionate about crafting a world of learning, happiness and adventure for more than 150,000 children every day.

As the first national early childcare education provider to achieve the WELL Health-Safety Rating from the International WELL Building Institute, we continue to follow the latest science-backed and evidence-based strategies for maintaining a safe and worry-free workplace.

Our highest priority has always been to keep our employees, children, families, and communities as safe and healthy as possible. KinderCare highly encourages its employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect themselves and their communities. We are proud to provide paid time off for employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. We are also subject to state law, local ordinances, and Health Department requirements for employees working in child care, school facilities, and corporate work spaces.

We truly believe that everyone belongs in our circle, and everyone deserves to be celebrated for who they are. By partnering with underrepresented groups and experts in DEI, we are identifying areas to improve and forging a path forward through accountability, compassion, accessibility, and inclusion.

KinderCare Learning Companies is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law.

Primary Location : Portland, Oregon, United States

Job : Corporate