Family History Manager 2 at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

JOB DESCRIPTION

• The purpose of this job is to help Church members fulfill their divinely appointed responsibility to discover their families through family history methods, submit their names to the temple for saving ordinances, and to help bring souls unto Christ.
• This position negotiates mutually beneficial relationships and promotes integrated solutions resulting in perpetual access to the world's records and vibrant global communities that promote the free flow of information for linking and preserving family relationships. This position is responsible for connecting external opportunities with the potential capacities of the department and its affiliates and sponsors across all countries in the region. The manager finds, develops, and coordinates relationships with records custodians, community organizations, and potential affiliates
• and sponsors in the public and private, non-profit and commercial sectors. This requires extensive interaction at the highest levels in these national and international organizations. The manager acts as a consultant to records custodians in order to identify the most beneficial solution for their needs.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• 50% Trains, manages, develops and leads the area field relations organization and activities to achieve the desired results
• 20% Leverages rational negotiation techniques to connect external opportunities with department, affiliates, and sponsor capacities.
• 15% Initiates coordinates and participates in cooperative, volunteer information communities.
• 10% Ensures ongoing acquisition of approved family history records.
• 5% Coordinates activities with area presidencies

QUALIFICATIONS

• Requires a Bachelors Degree in business management, history, sociology, anthropology, or a related field  and a 6 - 8 years track record in project administration or business management or equivalent combination of education and/or work experience.
• Must have experience in developing business plans and requirements that shape the development and delivery of services to customers. Must be able to lead the organization, leveraging people, technical and strategic skills and achieve consistent, sustainable results.
• Must be able to lead others through complex customer research and analysis of diverse cultures.
• Must have experience managing services; managing relationships with vendors and other business partners.
• Must be able to deal with cross-divisional, cross-departmental, cross-functional, and cross-cultural differences, and lead cross-functional and interdepartmental project teams.
• Must be able to define and document work processes.
• Must possess excellent business writing and communication skills. and must be able to prepare succinct, relevant presentations and be adept at presenting to all levels of leadership.
• Must be able to leverage analytics to effectively present current business trends.
• A masters Degree will be an added advantage.