Manager Area Self-Reliance - Utah Area

The purpose of Welfare and Self-Reliance is to:

• Support the Church's divinely appointed responsibility to care for those in need by helping Church leaders, members, and others assist with immediate relief; resources to build their spiritual and temporal self-reliance; and provide service.

• Reports to the Director for Temporal Affairs for the Utah Area. Receives strategic and operational guidance from the Welfare and Self-Reliance Consultant.

Oversees

• Welfare and self-reliance support for local ecclesiastical leaders in the Utah Area, including emergency preparedness and response.

• Church humanitarian efforts in the Utah Area.

• The selection, supervision and training of regional welfare and self-reliance managers and the area humanitarian specialist(s).

• Bachelor's degree required (MBA or relevant master's degree preferred) in business (or non-profit management), sales, marketing, or related discipline.

• At least ten years of professional experience, including demonstrated success working with mid- to upper-level management and with entrepreneurial start-ups, sales, marketing or other business development roles.

• Capacity to lead effective change

• Demonstrated abilities to train large groups of people and to develop others, including a mixed workforce.

• An understanding of the doctrine and principles underlying the Church's efforts of caring for those in need.

• A love for and desire to lift and serve those in need more effectively.

• Church leadership experience including application and understanding of welfare and self-reliance principles; ability to work with priesthood and Relief Society leaders.

• Proven competence in handling person-to-person relationships with General Authorities, priesthood leaders, DTA and other senior positions both inside and outside the Church.

• High level of analytical and creative skills, the ability to communicate complex ideas verbally and in writing and strong personal computer skills.

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Leader Orientation and Support Area Office:

• Oversees the work of welfare and self-reliance with the DTA and Area priesthood leaders (Area Presidency, Area Seventies, Coordinating Councils).

• Serves on the Area WSR Committee and coordinates the work of welfare and self-reliance with Area priesthood leaders (Area Presidency, Area Seventies and others).

• Serves on the Utah Area Audit Committee.

• Counsel with and provide timely and accurate reports to the Director for Temporal Affairs, the Area Presidency, Area Seventies.

• Under the direction of area leadership, ensure local WEL/SRS managers assist local leaders with the orientation, tools, and resources to help members become spiritually and temporally self-reliant by making them aware of all church and community resources and how they can access them.

Resource Development:

• Based on member need, develop, and maintain area-wide relationships with community resources (NGO's, government agencies, employers, educators, etc.

• Maintain subject matter expertise on relevant market needs and trends, and train local staff and missionaries to do so for their respective geographies.

• Serve as public affairs liaison for welfare, self-reliance, and humanitarian issues.

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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.