George R Oja

acwo44@r.postjobfree.com (h) 818-***-**** (c) 818-***-****

SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

•Management, Supervisory, Counseling experience in:

•Property Management: California, Indiana, Texas, Oklahoma

•Social Services: New Mexico (state worker), Massachusetts (halfway houseparent), California (rescue mission director/counselor); Direct Support Professional Counselor with Pathpoint (2013-2015)

•Affordable Housing: HUD Section 8 and Tax Credit

•Non-Profit Program Development and Management

•Career Counseling and Marketing/Publications (engineering tech writing, marketing writing/editing, professional resume writer)

•Skilled in:

•public speaking

•creative and technical writing

•personnel management

•tenant relations

•career counseling

•drug program recovery counseling

•basic computer word processing and associated application; Internet; Yardi

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

•Community Director for 148 unit Senior apartment complex--Tax Credit.

•Managed 117and 76 units respectively. Handle all HUD certifications, re-certifications

•Assured HUD Section 8 regulatory compliance.

•Processed evictions, move-ins and move-outs.

•Participated in Crime Free Housing programs, San Bernardino County.

•Maintained waiting lists and 98%+ occupancy.

•Supervise Maintenance personnel and unit rehabs. On-site management and security supervision.

•Interview, hire and train new property management personnel/staff.

•Served as company consultant to properties in Texas for HUD inspection preparation and hiring of new Section 8 managers

•Prepared written documentation and reporting for Management Occupancy Reviews.

JOB SEARCH CONSULTANT/RESUMES/EXECUTIVE RECRUITING

•Established and managed resume and job search consultation offices in Tarzana, Santa Monica, and Mission Hills, CA.

•Wrote and produced hundreds of professional resumes and job search assistance materials for clients.

•Conducted off-site job search and resume writing seminars in Barnes & Noble, and for a private Nevada company, Bullfrog Mining.

•Performed executive recruiting for Career Perspectives Associates, Canoga Park, CA, from 1986-1988.

•Successfully recruited professional insurance industry personnel including actuaries and managers. Worked as Merger & Acquisition consultant for benefits administration firm.

RESCUE MISSION COUNSELING SERVICES

•Original Program Director for San Fernando Valley Rescue Mission. Provided street level homeless referral, intake and counseling services for Rescue Mission Alliance in a new outreach effort in the San Fernando Valley.

•Established neighborhood impact and outreach services, including provision of meals, transportation, and lodging services for needy individuals and families.

•Developed newsletters and handled office administration duties for office & warehouse properties in San Fernando Valley.

•Hired workers, supervised volunteer recruitment and special events.

•Provided public information and public relations to community service organizations, law enforcement, non-profit organizations, and other stakeholders involved with service programs for homeless or needy families.

•Served as liaison and counselor to drug rehabilitation program in Oxnard Rescue Mission Alliance Headquarters.

•Established two resident homes for homeless families in Woodland Hills, Ca and Reseda, CA serving approximately 10 families for transitional housing (2002-2005)

•Served on Board of Directors for Southern California Rescue Mission and Shepherd’s Mission Men’s Transitional Home (2001-2005)

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PASTORAL/MINISTRY BACKGROUND

•Worship team musician/singer, Chatsworth Foursquare Church, 1983-1986

•Associate Pastor/Bible Teacher/Worship leader, Chatsworth Lake Community Church, Chatsworth, CA 1986-1987

•Bible Teacher, Chapel in the Canyon, Chatsworth, Ca, 1991-1992

•Worship leader/bible teacher, Church on the Ranch, Mission Hills, CA, 1992-1994

•Associate Pastor/Bible Teacher/Worship team, Overcomers Faith Church, North Hills, CA 1996-2003

•Chaplain Volunteer/teacher, Wayside Honor Rancho (L.A. County), 1998-2010

•Founder/President, High Places Ministries, Chatsworth CA, 2004-Present Bible Teaching and Music ministry (affiliations: Your Arms to Israel, Margate, FL, and Olive Tree Outreach, Murietta, CA)

•Licensed Minister World Reaching Faith, Ventura, CA (1989)

•Ordained Minister Overcomers Faith Church, North Hills, CA (1997)

•Established High Places Ministries, a praise & worship & evangelistic teaching ministry, Chatsworth, CA, 2007

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT EMPLOYMENT HIS)TORY

FPI Management, Inc., SORRENTO VILLAS SENIOR APTS., Simi Valley, Wood Ranch, CA (2014-Oct. 2015: Title: Community Director)

PMG,Inc., 22055 Clarendon St., Suite 200, Woodland Hills, CA 91367 (Mar 2008-Aug 2011)

Title: Property Specialist/HUD Inspection Advisor/Human Resources Asst.

Properties: Fifty Oaks Apts., Rockport TX, Edinburg Village Apts., Edinburg, TX, Castle Manor Apts, Corpus Christi, TX, Stratford Square Apts., Lawton, OK.

Interim on-site apartment management; preparation for HUD REAC inspections; hire and train new managers & maintenance personnel; liaison for tenant relations.

Virginia Terrace Apartments, Barstow, CA (PMG, Inc.) (Sept 2005-March 2008)

615 E. Virginia Way, Barstow, CA 92311 760-***-****

Title: Property Manager

Staff: Two Maintenance staff; full time Office Manager

Property: 76 Unit HUD low-income subsidized housing project.

Woodhaven Manor Apartments, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (PMG, Inc.) (01/ 2005-12/ 2005)

6230 Haven Ave., Rancho Cucamonga CA 91727

Title: Property Manager

Staff: Two full-time Maintenance staff; one full-time Asst. Manager.

Property: 117 units HUD low-income subsidized housing project.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: 1998-2005

Pavilion Project, Woodland Hills and Reseda, CA (Outreach ministries of Overcomers Faith Church, North Hills, CA, and Southern Cal. Rescue Mission (SCRM), Downey, CA)(Sept. 2001-May 2005)

Title: Associate Pastor (Staff Overcomers Church; Prog. Dir. & Board Member SCRM)

Project: Housing and life rehabilitation programs for homeless and needy families.

Rescue Mission Alliance, Oxnard, CA and No. Hollywood, CA (May 1998-Sept. 2001)

Title: Program Director-San Fernando Valley Rescue Mission

Staff: Two full time homeless services workers; volunteers

Project: Establish homeless services outreach and services in SF Valley.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: 1986-1998

Career Launch Resumes: Tarzana/Santa Monica/Mission Hills, CA (1994-1998)

Owner: Mel Barosay

Office Manager/Senior Writer

UNISYS: Camarillo, CA (1988-1991)

Product Information Analyst. Wrote computer software user manuals in conjunction with software engineers.

Career Perspectives Associates/Merger Acquisition Profiles,: Canoga Park, CA (1986-1988)

Executive recruiting for major insurance entities; merger-acquisition profiling for a company interested in purchasing other benefit administration organizations.

EDUCATION/TRAINING

B.A., New Mexico Highlands University; Major: Psychology

Supervisory Management Training, American Management Association

NAHMA CPO training.

Ministry training and licensing, World Reaching Faith School of Ministry, Ventura, CA

Ordained: Overcomers Faith Church, North Hills, CA, 1997

References:

Robert Haskell, President, PMG Properties, Woodland Hills, CA 818-***-****)

Bobbi Rosenquist, Property Supervisor, PMG Properties, Woodland Hills, CA 818-***-****)

Rev. Alan J. Nelson, Evangelist and Counselor, San Bernardino, CA, 818-***-****)

Rev. Gene Richardson, Pastoral Care/Missions Pastor, Shepherd of the Hills, Northridge, CA 818-***-****)

Rev. Lorraine Coconato, Leaves of Healing Tabernacle, Chatsworth, CA 818-***-****)

Dean Claiborne, Rescue Mission executive, Downey, CA 562-***-****)

Carol Roberg, Former Exec. Director, Rescue Mission Alliance, Oxnard, CA 805-***-****)

Pastor Wil Strong, Overcomers Church, North Hills, Ca 818-***-****)

Fred DeCosta, Chaplain, LA County Sheriff’s Dept., 661-***-****)

Rabbi Bob Harder, Olive Tree Outreach, Murietta, CA 951-***-****)

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