Mission Support Supervisor - Durban

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Durban; On-site; ZAR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Durban seeks a Facilities and Property Manager to support mission facilities, oversee a small team, and coordinate with vendors to maintain safe, functional buildings.

With at least five years in facilities management and three years in supervision, you will implement maintenance standards, manage leases, and drive projects while collaborating with mission leaders and HR to ensure smooth operations across the Durban mission.

Qualifications

• Three-year National Diploma or Bachelor's qualification is required.
• At least five years’ related experience in facilities and property management, construction procedures, business practices, and safety and fire codes.
• At least three years of supervisory experience.
• Exposure to front-line management in a multi-disciplinary work environment.
• Professional communication with mission leaders, contractors, and vendors.
• Must hold a current temple recommend or be worthy to hold one.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Mission Support Manager to meet the temporal needs of the mission.
• Meets regularly with the Mission President to understand mission needs.
• Manages the work of other employees such as mission drivers and mission housekeepers.
• In partnership with HR, hires or terminates employees and recommends promotions, or other changes of status for those reporting to them.
• Conducts annual performance reviews, approves expenses, and handles onboarding, time off requests, and worker accident claims.
• Negotiates apartment leases, renewals, and closures.
• Scopes and manages building maintenance projects.
• Manages resources and assigns work to vendors to execute projects as planned meeting cost, quality and timeliness objectives.
• Performs inspections of mission facilities to ensure compliance with the approved standards.
• Anticipates upcoming mission needs and manages them appropriately.
• Maintains inventory of Church-owned furnishings and ensure proper disposal of excess and unserviceable supplies.
• Maintains a strong relationship with mission leaders, missionaries, and other employees and vendors.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Front-line management

Professional communication

Education

Three-year National Diploma or Bachelor's qualification

Job description

Job Description

Assist the Mission Support Manager with matters relating to existing mission facilities and properties. Assist in preventing building deterioration and maximizing building life through the appropriate application of operations and maintenance processes and standards. Coordinate and report on mission facility needs to ensure they are being met. This is a people manager position that supervises the mission home attendant and mission driver.

Responsibilities

• Acts under the supervision of the Area Mission Support Manager to meet the temporal needs of the mission
• Meets regularly with the Mission President to understand the mission needs.
• Manages the work of other employees such as mission drivers and mission housekeepers.
• In partnership with HR, hires or terminates employees and recommends promotions, or other
• changes of status for those reporting to them.
• Conducts annual performance reviews, approves expenses, in partnership with HR handles
• issues such as onboarding, time off requests, and worker accident claims.
• Negotiates apartment leases, renewals, and closures.
• Scopes and manages building maintenance projects.
• Manages resources and assigns work to vendors to execute projects as planned meeting cost,
• quality and timeliness objectives.
• Performs inspections of mission facilities to ensure compliance with the approved standards.
• Anticipates upcoming mission needs and manages them appropriately
• Maintains inventory of Church-owned furnishings and ensure proper disposal of excess and
• unserviceable supplies.
• Maintains a strong relationship with mission leaders, missionaries, and other employees and
• vendors

Qualifications

• Must hold a current, valid temple recommend or be worthy to hold one.
• A three-year National Diploma or Bachelor's qualification is required.
• At least five years' related experience in facilities and property management, construction procedures, business practices, and safety and fire codes is essential.
• The candidate should have at least three years of supervisory experience.
• Exposure to front-line management in a multi-disciplinary work environment is expected.
• Professional communication with mission leaders, contractors, and vendors is important for success in this role.