Primary duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Committee Oversight - Serves as co-staff liaison to the Leadership Fellowship Committee and lead staff for other sub-committees, taskforces, workgroups, projects, and initiatives required to fulfill objectives for the organization.
- Provides proactive support, recommendations and research to advance the actions and decision making of the committees and related programs.
- Works with committee members, staff, and AOA leadership to develop educational programming and to build vision and consensus of priorities.
- Works with the member volunteers to curate content for promotional/educational purposes.
- Researches, solicits, writes, and edits content appropriate for articles/newsletters, website content, and programming summaries.
- Develops concepts/proposals for committees’ evaluation and discussion.
Program Development & Management - Develops (in collaboration with member volunteers), plans, and executes in person conferences, webinars, and other educational activities. Manages agenda development, speaker selection/contracts, prepares meeting materials, and provides overall project management through event completion.
- Serves as primary staff lead for the Emerging Leaders Program/Forum activities.
- Conducts data analysis, identify trends and patterns, and align with member needs/interests; translate findings into actionable strategies to generate revenue through new product development ideas.
- Is responsible for adhering to ACCME guidelines and submitting documentation required by CME provider.
- Works with member volunteers to develop new and engaging leadership content, as well as opportunities for added value to target audiences.
Responsible for Cross Departmental Integration of Program Components - Works with Meetings team to organize logistics for leadership programming.
- Responsible for providing headquarters staff with needed information to appropriately answer inquiries.
- Collaborates with development staff to provide descriptions, content and other needed background and reporting in order to obtain external funding for academic activities.
Financial Accountability & Administrative Management - Responsible for file management, budget development and fiscal management of areas of defined responsibility, especially as the budget relates to educational activities, within approved budgets.
- Establishes and maintains updated policies and procedures related to duties.
- Understands, communicates and advances overall AOA strategic objectives.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: the specific minimum competencies required for job performance Education: Bachelors’ degree required. Experience: 3-5 years progressive experience in a position(s) with similar functions and demonstrated project management experience required. Past association management experience, proven experience working with healthcare professionals, and knowledge of continuing medical education (CME) a plus. Specific Skills: - Demonstrated project management skills and fiscal responsibility for multiple projects required. Strong organization/prioritization skills and ability to coordinate a high volume of details and a variety of projects necessary.
- Committee management/leadership skills required.
- Excellent customer service, problem-solving and interpersonal skills with ability to work independently as well as part of a team are expected.
- Excellent written, with high attention to detail, and verbal communication skills required.
- Experience in Microsoft Office tools. Experience with Salesforce, WordPress, and GoToWebinar (LogMeIn) preferred.
Working Conditions/ Travel: Moderate: 10-15 days out-of-town travel plus approximately 5 in-town weekend meetings. Approximately 10-12 evening conference calls. About AOA: The American Orthopaedic Association is based in Rosemont, IL. Employees of the American Orthopaedic Association enjoy generous benefits, including: - Medical, dental, life insurance, and long-term disability plans for full time employees
- 2020/2021 Employer-sponsored Retirement Plans
- Employer contribution of 10% of salary to each Employee’s retirement plan
- Employee option/ability to make additional retirement contributions, before tax, up to federal limits
- 2 days per week remote work option
- Summer hours and flexible work hours
- AOA employees have annual opportunities to expand their skill sets in the not for profit association management arena and participate in continuing education, with opportunities for promotion and advancement.
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