Reports to the Director of Temporal Affairs. Receives strategic and operational guidance from the Director of Self-Reliance Centers. Oversees all Self-Reliance activities for the Area consistent with local priesthood direction, ensuring that thousands of members per year achieve self-reliance through education, job placement, and/or self-employment opportunites. Particular emphasis is given to returned missionaries and Church leaders. Hires, trains, and directly supervises Self-Reliance Center Managers. Oversees and provides strategic direction and support to all Self-Reliance Centers in the Area, ensuring proper staffing of Self-Reliance Centers with approved FTEs, full-time missionaries, Church-service missionaries, and volunteers. Hires, trains, and directly supervises Perpetual Education Fund Coordinators. Oversees the administration of the Perpetual Education Fund and other educational resources in the Area. Serves as Executive Secretary to the Area Self-Reliance Committee and coordinates the work of self-reliance with Area priesthood leaders (Area Presidency, Area Seventies, Coordinating Councils). Cultivates relationships with senior business, educational, financial, government, and community leaders; coordinates with vocational/technical training and educational institutions; works with banks, micro credit, NGOs, and other financial institutions, all for the purpose of linking un/underemployed members to vetted resources.