State of Maryland

An Asset Management Officer Trainee is the entry level of work managing multi-family housing project assets which secure State and federal loans in Maryland.  Employees in this classification do not supervise other positions.

Employees in this classification receive close supervision from a designated administrator.  The work requires traveling to project sites that are located throughout the State.

Positions in this classification are evaluated using the classification job evaluation methodology.  The use of this method involves comparing the assigned duties and responsibilities of a position to the job criteria found in the Nature of Work and Examples of Work sections of the class specification.

The Asset Management Officer Trainee, Asset Management Officer I and Asset Management Officer II are differentiated on the basis of the degree of supervisory control exercised by the supervisor over the employees.  The Asset Management Officer Trainee performs duties under close supervision. The Asset Management Officer I performs duties under close supervision at times and under general supervision at other times depending on the complexity of the specific duty being performed.  The Asset Management Officer II performs the full range of duties and responsibilities under general supervision. 

Learns to manage multi-family housing project assets which secure State and federal loans in Maryland;

Learns to monitor property income and expenses of multi-family housing projects;

Learns to conduct financial analysis and escrow analysis, review independent audits and cyclical financial reports of multi-family housing projects;

Learns to review occupancy documentation and on-site occupancy files of multi-family housing projects to ensure that rent-up period target dates are met and that occupancy rates indicate viability of a project;

Learns to conduct periodic on-site inspections of multi-family housing projects to evaluate office records, marketing efforts, physical conditions of assets and ensure compliance with applicable State and federal policies and regulations;

Learns to recommend corrective measures involving marketing efforts, rents and physical asset conditions to property owners when analysis, inspections and monitoring results indicate that a project is experiencing management difficulties;

Learns to negotiate conflict resolutions with property owners, creditors, local government officials and public and private organizations;

Performs other related duties.

Ability to learn the policies, procedures, laws and regulations applicable multi-family housing project asset management;

Ability to learn federal and State housing programs;

Ability to learn real estate law;

Ability to learn financial and accounting practices;

Ability to learn how to interpret and analyze financial data;

Ability to evaluate multi-family housing project problems and develop various resolution recommendations;

Ability to negotiate conflict resolutions with property owners, creditors, local government officials and public and private organizations;

Ability to communicate effectively;

Ability to perform arithmetic calculations;

Ability to learn to use automatic data processing equipment and software;

Ability to learn to develop and present reports, analyses and recommendations;

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with property owners, creditors, local government officials, representatives from public and private organizations and the general public.

Class specifications are broad descriptions covering groups of positions used by various State departments and agencies. Position descriptions maintained by the using agency specifically address the essential job functions of each position.

This is a Skilled Service classification in the State Personnel Management System.  All positions in this classification are Skilled Service positions.  Some positions in Skilled Service classifications may be designated Special Appointment in accordance with the State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 6-405, Annotated Code of Maryland.

This classification is assigned to Bargaining Unit G, Engineering, Scientific and Administrative Professionals classes.  As provided by the State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 3-102, special appointment, temporary, contractual, supervisory, managerial and confidential employees are excluded from collective bargaining.  Additionally, certain executive branch agencies are exempt from collective bargaining and all positions in those agencies are excluded from collective bargaining.  

Employees in this classification are eligible to receive overtime compensation.  An employee who works more than the normal workweek is entitled to be compensated for that overtime as provided by State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 8-305.

This classification is one level in a Non-Competitive Promotion (NCP) series.  NCP promotions are promotions by which employees may advance in grade and class level from trainee to full performance levels in a classification series.  In order to be non-competitively promoted to the next level in a NCP series an employee must: 1) perform the main purpose of the class as defined in the Nature of Work section of the class specification; 2) receive the type of supervision defined in the class specification and 3) meet the minimum qualifications of the classification.