Most recent job postings at Genealogy.com
via Glassdoor posted_at: 27 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
About Ancestry: When you join Ancestry, you join a human-centered company where every person’s story is important. We believe that by discovering the struggles and triumphs of our past, we can foster deeper bonds and more meaningful connections among families and communities. With more than 30+ billion digitized global historical records, 125+ million family trees, and 22+ million people in our... growing AncestryDNA database, Ancestry helps customers About Ancestry:

When you join Ancestry, you join a human-centered company where every person’s story is important. We believe that by discovering the struggles and triumphs of our past, we can foster deeper bonds and more meaningful connections among families and communities. With more than 30+ billion digitized global historical records, 125+ million family trees, and 22+ million people in our... growing AncestryDNA database, Ancestry helps customers discover their family story and gain a new level of understanding about their lives.

We are committed to our location flexible work approach, allowing you to work from where you want — in an office or from home or a hybrid of both (subject to location restrictions and roles that are required to be in the office). We will continue to hire and promote beyond the boundaries of our office locations, to enable broadened possibilities for employee diversity.

Together, we work every day to foster a work environment that's inclusive as well as diverse, and where our people can be themselves. Every idea and perspective is valued so that our products and services reflect the global and diverse clients we serve.

Ancestry encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants. Passionate about dedicating your work to enriching people’s lives? Join the curious.

The Content Publishing Specialist is responsible for finalizing required data updates and validations using database management systems (e.g. SQL, Excel). By ensuring data adheres to quality standards, they enable proper hinting and searchability for users to make new discoveries. The specialist also uses proprietary tools to publish historical collections to Ancestry.com, and are responsible for setting up the UI requirements for final display on the site.

What You'll Do...
• Complete assigned projects each month both timely and accurately
• Finalize data, publish, and define a user-interface for each assigned project
• Creatively problem-solve using SQL, Excel, etc.
• Become knowledgeable about standards and empowered to make key decisions about data treatment
• Help establish new and innovative ways to support the Publishing workflow
• Interact with several teams to successfully troubleshoot issues and find solutions
• Assist in maintaining training and troubleshooting documentation

Who You Are...
• Experience with SQL
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail
• The ability to pick up new technical/computer tasks easily and quickly
• Proven ability to multi-task and meet established deadlines
• Flexible with changing priorities and ability to handle stress
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including verbal and written communication
• Experience or interest in foreign languages, geography, history, and/or genealogy research a plus

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Additional Information:

Ancestry is an Equal Opportunity Employer that makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizenship, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. In addition, Ancestry will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

All job offers are contingent on a background check screen that complies with applicable law. For San Francisco office candidates, pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Ancestry will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Ancestry is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Ancestry via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Ancestry. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Ancestry as a result of the referral or through other means
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via Getwork posted_at: 17 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
The mission of this position is to help Church members fulfill their divinely appointed responsibility to discover their families through family history methods, submit their names to the temple for saving ordinances, and to help bring souls unto CHRIST. BA degree in family, local history, languages, archival sciences, or related field... 4 to 7 years full-time professional experience in a library or genealogical research experience, or a certified The mission of this position is to help Church members fulfill their divinely appointed responsibility to discover their families through family history methods, submit their names to the temple for saving ordinances, and to help bring souls unto CHRIST.

BA degree in family, local history, languages, archival sciences, or related field...

4 to 7 years full-time professional experience in a library or genealogical research experience, or a certified genealogist credential plus at least 8 years of experience. Must quickly learn and apply proven genealogical strategies in researching intermediate records & resources. Knowledge of records and resources as determined by geographic area. Develop sound genealogical conclusions from records using direct and indirect evidence. Proficient in compiling well documented pedigrees and able to use records and resources to solve research problems involving population movement, naming practices, laws and decrees, jurisdiction changes, lack of records, etc. Excellent patron interaction, language & grammar skills to publish locally and regionally. Meet dept. presentation & training standards with skills in PowerPoint & other presentation media. Able to understand history & culture of geographic/subject area from mid 1700s. Proficient & able to teach Microsoft Office, FamilySearch products, & genealogical web sites. Ability to decipher difficult to read records Read basic records in two or more foreign languages

A research consultant 3 provides high quality service to support the initiatives of the Family History Department, archives and records custodians and assists patrons throughout the world.

The research consultant 3 provides genealogical analysis, consultation, research, instruction, and translation/transcription on records, resources, and research procedures based on the geographical area. Including creation of and application of data strategies, gap analysis- analyzing content coverage, condition, and genealogical value of records in archives, societies, partners, FHD and online.

Responsibilities - research and analysis for Family History Department Leadership including European field relations management and headquarters-based homeland leadership. Answers genealogical questions for leadership and provides tree coverage analysis and strategy needed for business purposes. Provides training on records and resources based on the geographical area. Provides genealogical expertise in development of products and services for homelands and associated diasporas. Develops reports and strategies on records, resources, and research procedures. Professional Development: Increases domain and research strategy expertise by keeping current on procedures and developments in the profession through study, attending workshops, conferences and training sessions.

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
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via Getwork posted_at: 13 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
This position places a fundamental role in helping individuals do genealogy, gather records, and then system to ingest records around the world. The Standards team is tasked with taking generic information and providing a concise, machine-interpretable value which can then be leveraged to make powerful user experiences. Our focus is on names, dates, and places. For example, given a date in... Japanese, show that date in Arabic. Another example is This position places a fundamental role in helping individuals do genealogy, gather records, and then system to ingest records around the world. The Standards team is tasked with taking generic information and providing a concise, machine-interpretable value which can then be leveraged to make powerful user experiences. Our focus is on names, dates, and places. For example, given a date in... Japanese, show that date in Arabic. Another example is given a partial string of a place - search through 6 million places and provide the right place throughout the world in less than 200ms. We focus on accuracy and scale - where were have serviced over a billion calls in a single day.

This is a Full Stack position where experience with Java, Spring, and Databases is required, and familiarity with front-end technologies such as React, Node.js, and JavaScript are a bonus. Most of the work will be implementing RESTful API in Java and making those systems highly scalable with the occasional work to be done in Front End Technologies. If you want a challenge and to work as a team to solve hard problems, please apply.

This individual works with divine guidance to provide or support technology that furthers the mission of the Church and reflects the eternal impact of the gospel.

Required:

Education:
• Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience

Work Experience:
• 4+ years of progressive and relevant professional experience

Demonstrated Skills & Abilities:
• Strong understanding of Agile Software Development methodologies and principles
• Solid base of learning and some experience in all the primary areas of an n-tier enterprise system that may or may not be web-based (e.g., interface domain logic and database layers)
• Great verbal and written communication skills
• Strong full-stack skills in engineering troubleshooting, web technology, user interfaces, and/or programming methodology
• Solid understanding of systems and subsystems
• Familiarity with Cloud Based Platforms and services
• (Manager discretion)Strong understanding of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery principles.
• Demonstrated knowledge of applicable software, computer languages, and code to perform the responsibilities of the role
• Demonstrated aptitude and willingness to learn new technologies and programming languages
• This job operates in a professional office environment
• To successfully perform the essential functions of the job there may be physical requirements that need to be met such as sitting for long periods of time and using computer monitors/equipment

Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with complex, large-scale systems including strong experience in the tools, methodologies, and technologies the role supports

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• Implement plan to support team-wide development strategy
• Contribute to and perform analysis of functional requirements
• Act as a technical lead when the technical lead is unavailable; mentor less-senior developers
• Create technical designs mapped to functional requirements
• Provide estimates for development tasks
• Develop source code and unit tests according to technical designs
• Participate in code reviews
• Support requirements and design driven processes by partnering with User Experience Professionals.
• Contribute to technical documentation
• Participate in the Problem Management process and fix issues
• (More of a Dev Sec Ops role, too specific, manager can add if needed)Implement measures, as designed, to comply with policies, standards, and regulatory requirements and ensure all others are doing the same

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
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via Getwork posted_at: 25 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
The mission of this position is to help Church members fulfill their divinely appointed responsibility to discover their families through family history methods, submit their names to the temple for saving ordinances, and to help bring souls unto CHRIST. FamilySearch International, the largest genealogy organization in the world, is currently seeking an experienced marketing director to oversee... key aspects of our engagement efforts. This individual The mission of this position is to help Church members fulfill their divinely appointed responsibility to discover their families through family history methods, submit their names to the temple for saving ordinances, and to help bring souls unto CHRIST.

FamilySearch International, the largest genealogy organization in the world, is currently seeking an experienced marketing director to oversee... key aspects of our engagement efforts. This individual will lead our audience insights work to understand customers and the market. The Marketing Director will lead brand and messaging strategy, determining how we convey our brand to both current users and new patrons globally. This individual will mentor marketing staff around the world to ensure brand messages are consistently and effectively delivered. The Marketing Director will lead out in multi-channel messaging, coordinating with other marketing stakeholders to ensure message consistency across touchpoints. The Marketing Director will be an essential part of the marketing leadership team.
• 7+ years' experience managing brands, marketing research, and integrated marketing campaigns
• Bachelor's degree required, preferably in marketing, business or communications. MBA preferred
• Proven expertise in marketing and audience research methodologies and approaches
• Experience in brand management including brand positioning, identity, and message development
• Demonstrable experience leading cross functional teams to achieve outcomes
• Ability to influence and lead effectively at all levels of the organization
• Strong verbal and written communication skills including presentation skills for executive audiences
• Able to organize multiple inputs into easy-to-understand presentations and reports
• Passionate problem solver. Overcomes obstacles
• Excellent project management skills
• Proven expertise understanding metrics, reporting and optimizing results
• International experience preferred - working with global customers, brands and teams
• Must be self-motivated with the highest level of integrity in a mostly remote work environment
• Lead audience insights to understand current and prospective customer needs, attitudes, and behaviors
• Identify and implement customer segmentation strategies
• Manage the annual research budget and strategy
• Manage the FamilySearch brand and effective and consistent implementation of the brand strategy by the organization
• Lead the overarching messaging strategy and plan for the organization
• Create the annual messaging plan and audience messaging briefs
• Coordinate marketing channel efforts with stakeholders ensuring communications are on brand
• Mentor marketing staff globally
• Create internal communications about marketing goals, plans and results
• Lead out in special marketing assignments and campaigns
• Act as an exemplary leader of our company culture in creating inspiring experiences for all people through seeking and acting on inspiration, kindness, trust, effectiveness, and simplicity

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
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via Getwork posted_at: 17 days agoschedule_type: Part-time
FamilySearch is seeking qualified candidates with genealogical research expertise to fill a part-time, temporary position, at the Family History Library with the US/Canada Research team. Purposes... The purpose of the Family History Department is to create inspiring experiences that bring joy to all people as they discover, gather, and connect their family-past, present, and future. Our quality standards guide the way we work. They are inspiration, FamilySearch is seeking qualified candidates with genealogical research expertise to fill a part-time, temporary position, at the Family History Library with the US/Canada Research team.

Purposes...

The purpose of the Family History Department is to create inspiring experiences that bring joy to all people as they discover, gather, and connect their family-past, present, and future. Our quality standards guide the way we work. They are inspiration, trust, kindness, effectiveness, and simplicity.

If our purpose statement and quality standards are something you believe in, we invite you to apply for this position. One of the expectations of employment in the Family History Department is a willingness to do Family History research and help others do the same.
• Bachelor's degree in Family History or related field with specialization in the United States and Canada, or equivalent research experience.
• High computer proficiency, especially with internet searching, Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Office 365, Teams), and online video conferencing. Ability to quickly learn and use other, internal software.
• Working knowledge of FamilySearch products (FamilySearch.org, including the FamilySearch Catalog, Wiki, Historical Records, Family Tree, Memories, etc.)
• Advanced genealogical research skills.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
• Ability to decipher and interpret handwritten records in English.

Preferred skills (Not required):
• Accredited Genealogist (United States or Canada area), Board-certified by Board for Certification of Genealogists, or equivalent experience in genealogy, history, or a related field.
• Canadian research expertise and knowledge of French records and language.
• Proficiency in other geographical research areas or languages.

Additional information:
• The part-time position will require working some Saturdays, holidays, and evenings.
• If we choose to interview you, we will require samples of your genealogical writing and your research and documentation skills.
• During interviews, you may be asked to demonstrate:
• Customer service skills.
• Technology skills.
• Document identification, deciphering, and translation skills.

We are looking for self-driven, creative thinkers who can:
• Assist with library operational needs (staffing and projects).
• Provide friendly, timely, and accurate research guidance and assistance to the public.
• Answer in-person United States and Canada genealogy research questions.
• Assist with collection development and acquisition for North America.
• Network and collaborate with the genealogical community.

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
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