<p>This position is central to the Missionary Department's role to "Invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored gospel through faith in Jesus Christ and HIs Atonement, repentance, baptism, receiving the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end."</p> <p>This position participates the allocation, forecasting, and planning of young missionary needs worldwide. This position coordinates the planning for changes to the world-wide allocation of missionaries, planning for the creation of new missions, maintaining mission transfer and MTC training schedules, and being a data steward over missionary complements and overseeing the arrival and departure dates for the missionary force.</p> <p>The customers for this position are the First Presidency, Quorum of the Twelve, General Authorities, missionary training centers, area offices, priesthood leaders, prospective missionaries, and parents.</p> <p>30% Management of mission complements</p> <ul> <li>Manages the missionary needs displayed in the missionary assignment system in preparation for weekly assignment meetings with the Quorum of the Twelve </li><li>Reviews worldwide complements for young missionaries frequently through the year </li><li>Monitors trends/serving rates of young missionaries and make recommendations to adjust complements accordingly </li><li>Effectively uses our core systems to strategically manage the turnover of missionaries for assigned missions </li><li>Oversees the missionary assignment post review process related to special requests, training tracks, MTC scheduling, and maximum transfers </li></ul> <p>15% Strategic analysis and reporting</p> <ul> <li>Provides regular progress reports on division metrics and for quarterly review with Managing Director. </li><li>Produces reports in support of Mission Executive Committee initiatives and senior management </li><li>Analyzes data to assist in the realigning of mission boundaries and creation of new missions </li><li>Regularly produces ad hoc reports to support operations, monitor performance, and ensure effectiveness of decisions </li></ul> <p>20% Working with General Authorities, mission presidents and other priesthood leaders</p> <ul> <li>Discusses confidential issues with priesthood leaders and provide guidance and support regarding specific missionary policy and process questions </li><li>Works with mission and Area Presidents to manage the mix (components) of different types of missionaries in each mission </li><li>Communicates regularly regarding resource planning for missionaries with Area Presidents and mission presidents regarding complements, components, and transfer schedules </li></ul> <p>20% Maintaining the Mission and MTC Training Schedules</p> <ul> <li>Monitors the pacing of missionaries between MTCs and into the field; requiring regular adjustments due to the fluctuating seasonal volume of recommendations </li><li>Works with MTC management to monitor MTC capacities for all MTCs throughout the world </li><li>Produces annual calendar which includes MTC intakes and transfer cycles for all MTCs and missions </li><li>Effectively uses our core systems to strategically manage the starting and end dates for assigned young missionaries </li></ul> <p>15% Special projects</p> <ul> <li>Provides support data reporting and analysis support to department managers for any special initiatives </li><li>Assists with implementation of new policies and processes or decisions from the Visa Committee </li></ul> <p>Required:</p> <ul> <li>Bachelor's degree in business, communications, public relations or related, </li><li>Five years of professional work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience </li><li>Experience with database querying tools to create ad-hoc data reports (e.g., SQL, Business Objects) </li><li>Must be able to quickly learn and implement policies and processes related to mission complements, visa/travel restrictions, and assignment meeting process and details </li><li>Ability to quickly learn and understand complex computer system processes </li><li>Ability to work with people on all levels of the organization, including senior leadership and teammates located internationally </li><li>Ability to calmly manage multiple urgent projects at once </li><li>Ability to maintain confidential information </li><li>Strong and demonstrated ability to write clearly and succinctly </li><li>Proficiency in Microsoft Office products: Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel </li><li>Understanding of Church policy and procedures as outlined in the Handbooks </li></ul> <p>Preferred:</p> <ul> <li>Second language ability; Spanish or Portuguese preferred </li></ul>