Area Facilities Portfolio Manager

Job Description
This position helps strategize and plan how to maintain facilities which give Church members places where they can worship, work, teach, learn, pray together, make and renew covenants, and receive sacred ordinances. Each Church facility that is built and/or maintained should 1) Provide a spiritual setting for members and friends to worship, and 2) Present an image of reverence and dignity in the community.

This position is the primary customer contact for the DTAs or departments relating to physical facilities matters for new and existing facilities and properties.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate sensitive issues arising from the DTAs or departments.

• Work with stakeholders inside and outside the department to facilitate alignment to garner stakeholder support, resolve disputes, and develop solutions and proposals to meet high-level leadership needs.

• Help craft alternative or creative solutions to provide acceptable options for presiding authorities and leaders.

• Work with those within the department and outside to deliver on those solutions.

• Help DTAs and departments determine the appropriateness and the value of various requests and expectations from priesthood leaders, members, and friends.

• Provide alternative suggestions if a requested need (or its cost, timeliness, and quality expectations) does not align with MFD principles.

• Support the Annual Plan performance for each DTA and department.

• Help validate Annual Plan proposals, identify issues that may arise and coordinate ways to resolve them.

• Provide measures, updates, and ongoing status reporting on Annual Plan performance.

• Provide information, assessment, and recommendations to help areas meet targets/performance.

• Coordinate master planning with planners, as needed.

• Communicate frequently with customers, employees, vendors and contractors to develop and maintain effective relationships.

• Manage a team of Customer Support Managers.

Qualifications

• BS degree in facility management, construction management, business, or a related field, with 10 years of experience in facility management, real estate, construction, architecture, property management, etc.

• In lieu of a degree, may substitute at least 12 years' experience in same or similar field with 9 or more years in a leadership role.

• Excellent relationship-building skills, proactive customer service, and strong communication abilities.

• Proven senior manager in a multi-discipline work environment and ability to manage difficult situations to achieve a positive and appropriate resolution.

• Ability to communicate professionally with other employees, priesthood leaders, contractors and vendors.

• Must have a strategic outlook, the ability to anticipate needs, strong negotiating skills, and forward thinking.

• Required to have IFMA Training.

• FMP, Facility Management Professional.

About Us
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.