Associate Planning Manager 1

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a worldwide faith centered on the belief that everyone on earth is a son or daughter of a loving God, and that His Son, Jesus Christ, saved the world from sin and death. Jesus Christ invites all of God's children to come unto, follow, and become more like Him.

The Associate Planning Manager 1 is responsible for developing and managing strategic plans, budgets, and schedules related to the Area's physical facilities. This role involves working closely with the Area Meetinghouse Planning Manager and the physical facilities team to analyze future facility needs based on Qualification Guidelines, membership trends, and Area boundaries, and translating long-term forecasts into the Area Annual Plan.

Responsibilities

In cooperation with the Area Meetinghouse Planning Manager and other members of the Area physical facilities team, key duties include:

• Develops master plans, annual plans, budgets, and project schedules.
• Analyzes future physical facilities needs based on Qualification Guidelines, membership trends, and Area boundaries.
• Summarizes and evaluates long‑term forecasts to support the Area Annual Plan.
• Creates projects in the Facilities Lifecycle System and monitors their evolution and progress, including tracking real estate–related project milestones.
• Ensures accuracy of PF Maps, performance reports, dashboards, and other planning systems.
• Leads planning discussions with mission, stake, and district presidents to validate needs and ensure support for planning decisions.
• Guides Area managers in evaluating project performance and ensuring alignment with quality, cost, and timeliness expectations.
• Performs additional responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

• Must be worthy to hold a current temple recommend.
• Bachelors Degree in Business, Finance, Facilities Management or a related field.
• At least six (6) years experience required in planning, facilities management and financial analysis.
• Must demonstrate strong analytical and technical skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to train various audiences.
• Ability to work independently while contributing to the team success, effective negotiation skills.
• Proficient in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, with the ability to prepare clear planning reports and presentations; Power BI skills are an added advantage.
• Ability to speak French would be an added advantage.