Area Security Manager 2 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Job Description

• The Church Security Department provides competent, professional physical security coverage and response for Church properties and facilities, for employees, Church leaders, visitors, and guests globally. Position exists to promote a safe and peaceful environment in which Church members and visitors can worship, teach, learn, pray together, make and renew covenants, and receive sacred ordinances in order for the mission of the Church to be accomplished. This position helps accomplish goals and tasks specific to an individual area within the Church. The role reports to the Area Support Services Manager and is located in Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa. 

Responsibilities

• Available and able to respond based on the needs of the area at all times.
• Oversee personnel and receives essential tasks with basic instructions independently.
• Develop and provide measurable concepts/practices/procedures in support of the Church's business strategies and CSD’s goals
• Focus on day-to-day operations with little input on creating processes and strategies.
• Leverage technical, human, and procedural resources to adapt to changing circumstances.
• Assist in developing workforce plans and strategies for the future.
• Persuade and lead others within the organization to accept proposals and programs
• Develop strategies and plans for upcoming security related events.
• Significantly improve, change, or adapt existing methods and techniques, drawing from personal experiences and feedback.
• Identify and solve issues of complex nature that trends beyond one's scope or discipline, influenced by culture, language, etc., independently bringing resolution to issues.
• Develop plans to solve wide range of unusual or complex problems
• Maintain vision, oversight, and evaluation of procedures/programs/policies
• Coordinate emergency action plans (EAPs), response drills, and mission-level training
• Inspire in others a sense of urgency to accomplish the work.
• Lead a team/process/project through expertise in most or all security areas within a function, or master of a specific security discipline
• Reach agreement through flexibility and compromise.
• Persuade and effectively communicates with other departments and external organizations to assist CSD in implementing methodology and practices.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with both internal and external customers to accomplish the work.
• Operate within moderate to high personal risk in threatening and hostile conditions.
• Take initiative to act and empower others to act for themselves in accomplishing the work.
• Coordinate with the CSD to provide independent analysis of geopolitical risks and implications of the Church and/or missionary operations in a country or region.
• Network with security industry counterparts across an assigned geographic area, including law enforcement entities, embassy personnel, and non-governmental organization (NGO) security managers; leverages those relationships to deliver appropriate assistance to Church leaders, departments and members when needed.
• Able to accept substantial legal and reputational risk.
• Manages the work of other employees (may include mixed workforce) in partnership with HR.
• Accompanying General Church Authorities on trips and evaluating risks for missions, area offices, temples, meetinghouses and Area presidency and provide support as required.

Qualifications

• Must be in possession of a Current Temple Recommend
• 12 years of any combination of related experience or progress towards or completion of a university (post secondary) degree or an industry-recognized certification. Former work-related leadership experience.
• Mastery of a specific security discipline combining deep knowledge of theory and CSD/Church practice or expertise across several different disciplines within a security function or several different job areas across security related functions.
• Represent the truth clearly and accurately with multiple departments to accomplish the work
• Sound understanding and ability to work in the Church and/or industry structure.
• Strong knowledge of international security operations and technical systems.
• Adaptability and innovation in dynamic, multi-national settings
• Able to perform sedentary, physical and heavy work
• Visual acuity of 20/40 vision with or without corrective lenses and not less than 120 degrees combined horizontal peripheral vision is required.
• Selections for this position will not solely be based on an individual's qualifications but will include the needs of the area and Church Security Department.

Qualification – Preferred

• Bachelor's degree in security, Law, Criminology, Criminal Justice, security-related fields or military training.
• Availability to travel for long periods of time.
• Microsoft Office Product familiarity.
• Incident reports.
• Intermediate English, spoken and written.
• High integrity, discretion, and ability to maintain confidential and sensitive matters.
• Knowledge and good analysis of the political situation within the area.