What are the responsibilities and job description for the Planning Manager - Utah Area position at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
Job Description
The Area Planning Analyst will facilitate sound planning related to Physical Facilities, unit creation, and realignment needs in accordance with established Master Planning policies and procedures. This role provides support and customer service to Area and local leaders as required and coordinates and forecasts annual plan budgets. Additionally, the analyst will educate and positively influence customers regarding physical facilities policy and decisions.
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.
The Area Planning Analyst will facilitate sound planning related to Physical Facilities, unit creation, and realignment needs in accordance with established Master Planning policies and procedures. This role provides support and customer service to Area and local leaders as required and coordinates and forecasts annual plan budgets. Additionally, the analyst will educate and positively influence customers regarding physical facilities policy and decisions.
Responsibilities
- Help create and analyze future physical facilities needs
- In cooperation with customers, create annual plans, budgets and schedules
- Lead meetings with customers to develop and validate planning decisions, communicate planning decisions and sensitive information, and obtain their support, concurrence and cooperation
- Participate with customers to review performance according to quality, cost, and timeliness trends
- Summarize and analyze forecasting of future physical facilities needs
- This position will spend 80% of time working on recreation camp planning and developing new space projects at camps; 20% of time will be spent planning for meetinghouse needs
- Bachelor's degree in business, planning, urban planning, finance or related degree
- Master's degree preferred
- Seven years of experience in planning, urban planning, management, finance or related field
- Three years previous leadership/management experience
- Exposure in various business disciplines and capability of managing detailed technical analysis
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to negotiate
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.
