What are the responsibilities and job description for the FamilySearch Area Manager 2 position at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
Job Description
An area manager takes holistic responsibility for the FamilySearch experience within a given geographic area. First and foremost, he or she serves as a trusted guide, resource, and problem solver to the Area Presidency and Seventies for all things family history. Under their direction, and in coordination with various area-level roles and committees, he or she mobilizes FamilySearch’s resources to support area members in their efforts to perform temple ordinances on behalf of their deceased ancestors.
With that goal in mind, the area manager seeks to understand the area’s unique family history challenges and opportunities. In responding to those needs, he or she leads and mentors a team of regional managers, each of whom covers a subset of the larger area; he or she also collaborates across various teams and departments to support family history initiatives in the area. In essence, the area manager serves as a liaison between FamilySearch headquarters and the area in question, effectively deploying resources and personnel to nourish temples with names so that families can be united for eternity.
Responsibilities
Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings— giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances—our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They are literally working in His kingdom.
Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.
Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.
An area manager takes holistic responsibility for the FamilySearch experience within a given geographic area. First and foremost, he or she serves as a trusted guide, resource, and problem solver to the Area Presidency and Seventies for all things family history. Under their direction, and in coordination with various area-level roles and committees, he or she mobilizes FamilySearch’s resources to support area members in their efforts to perform temple ordinances on behalf of their deceased ancestors.
With that goal in mind, the area manager seeks to understand the area’s unique family history challenges and opportunities. In responding to those needs, he or she leads and mentors a team of regional managers, each of whom covers a subset of the larger area; he or she also collaborates across various teams and departments to support family history initiatives in the area. In essence, the area manager serves as a liaison between FamilySearch headquarters and the area in question, effectively deploying resources and personnel to nourish temples with names so that families can be united for eternity.
Responsibilities
- Support Area Presidencies and Seventies in all family history initiatives, including representing FamilySearch on area-level committees and collaborating with other area-level roles and callings, especially lead temple and family history advisers.
- Lead and mentor regional managers in their efforts to enable submitters, support minority communities, secure access to content, and more.
- Collaborate with and represent area needs to global and headquarters teams, including Strategic Accounts, Centers Solutions, and Library Relations.
- Respond requests for events and resources.
- Take on additional special assignments as needed.
- Bachelor's Degree in Related Field
- 8 years relevant work experience/post graduate studies or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Proficiency: multiple functional focus areas (marketing, customer research, design, operations)
- Strength in Operations
- Management across multiple countries and languages.
- Successful people management skills
- Experience managing contracts & business relationships
- Exceptional cross-organizational collaboration skills
- Exceptional project management skills
- Direct responsibility for managing all Family History employees in the area.
- This includes such functions as: records negotiations, digitization operations, indexing, and record publication, Family History Centers, Help Contact centers, marketing outreach, and patron experience assessment and design.
- Relationship management
- Sales and contract negotiation
- Strategic planning
- Metric interpretation and representation
- People management
- Networking
- Project management
- Time management
- Written and verbal communication
Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings— giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances—our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They are literally working in His kingdom.
Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.
Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.