Training Area Assistant - In-Field Preach My Gospel Training (Part-Time)

BYU Pathway; Provo (UT); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

BYU Pathway is seeking a part-time Training Area Assistant to support In-Field Preach My Gospel training. The role assists with onboarding, scheduling, and data management, enabling trainers to focus on missionary instruction.

The position involves coordinating interviews, tracking tenure, and handling various admin duties, including communications and webpage updates. Prior office experience is preferred; member of the Church is required per postings.

Qualifications

• Confidentiality and professionalism required.
• Strong leadership and ability to guide others.
• Excellent critical thinking and process design skills.
• Ability to work independently and with others.
• Proficient in Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint; Google Drive, Sheets and Docs.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities.
• Self-motivated; able to perform under pressure.
• Strong organizational skills and prioritization.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate interviewing and hiring of applicants.
• Schedule and support onboarding processes.
• Organize reports, projections, and data for area needs.
• Track tenure and schedule performance reviews.
• Coordinate shift assignments by semester and classroom placements.
• Update MTC Tools per assignments.
• Handle scheduling, medical, travel, and other needs for missionaries.
• Field calls and emails; maintain area webpage.

Skills

Confidentiality & professionalism

Strong leadership

Critical thinking & process design

Independent & collaborative work

Microsoft Office

Google Suite

Interpersonal & communication

Organizational & prioritization

Tools

Microsoft Office

Google Suite

Job description

Training Area Assistant - In-Field Preach My Gospel Training (Part-Time)

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To meet the needs of the Church, we seek to build teams that represent the diverse perspectives, broad life experiences and backgrounds of our global Church membership. With that in mind, we encourage all qualified applicants to apply.

Job Description

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.

Responsibilities

Reports to Supv, Training Office Coordinator for In-Field Preach My Gospel for New Missionaries program.

Assists 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

May be asked to take on additional responsibilities:

• 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 be asked to assist in assessing the proficiency level of missionaries and teacher applicants in the target language.

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)

Qualifications

Required:

• 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

To successfully perform the essential functions of the job, there may be physical requirements which need to be met such as sitting for long periods of time and using monitors/equipment.

Preferred:

• 1 year of experience as an MTC Teacher or in another MTC capacity
• 1 year of office or administration experience

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.

• Job Identification 372808
• Job Category TR - Training
• Locations 2005 N 900 E, Provo, UT, 84602, US (On-site)
• Job Schedule Part time
• Regular or Temporary Temporary
• Worker Type Employee
• Number of Openings 3
• Worthiness Qualification Must be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and currently temple worthy.
• Posting Notice/More Info Please note that this job posting may close at any time without prior notice. Find out more about the many benefits of Church Employment at https://careers.churchofjesuschrist.org.