What are the responsibilities and job description for the Training Area Assistant - In-Field Preach My Gospel Training (Part-time) position at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
This position is central to the missionaries' 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 gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end.' The Training Area Assistant is an entry support level individual contributor that supports the Manager and Training Office Coordinator in a variety of administrative tasks to increase the organization fluidity of the area. They may support a variety of needs for the area including onboarding, teacher assignments, employee tenure, scheduling, and curriculum, as directed by their supervisor or manager. Their support allows the Manager and Trainers to focus on training missionaries and missionary facing staff.
Assists the Supervisor or Manager in the following:
- Coordinates the interviewing and hiring of applicants
- Schedules and supports onboarding process
- Organizes reports, projections, and statistical data to forecast area needs
- Tracks employee tenure and schedules performance review meetings during eligible time frame
- Coordinates shift assignments by semester
- Coordinates district, companionship, and classroom assignments
- Updates MTC Tools according to assignments
- Handles unique needs of missionaries Scheduling, Training, Medical/clinical, travel, etc
- Fields phone calls and emails from staff in area
- Maintains and updates area webpage
- Leads and directs the work of other employees, service missionaries and/or volunteers
- Creates, modifies, and improves curriculum resources
- Assists in overseeing the area substitution process and tracking any undesirable patterns of behavior
- Generates teacher performance reports in coordination with the supervisor
- Fills in for Manager in meetings as assigned
May take on MTC Teacher responsibilities to teach missionaries, as hours allow.
May include other temporary assigned duties at the MTC (e.g. assisting with Mission Leadership Seminar)
- Confidentiality and professionalism
- Strong leadership skills
- Exceptional critical thinking and process design
- Must be able to work independently and with others
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint), Google Suite (Drive, Sheets, Documents)
- Excellent interpersonal, public relations and communication skills
- Self-motivated and able to work well under pressure, on own initiative
- Organizational skills and ability to prioritize
Preferred:
- 1 year of experience as an MTC Teacher or in another MTC capacity
- 1 year of office or administration experience