Educational Program Manager

Are you a seasoned event manager? Are you passionate about delivering high-quality service to volunteers and committees? Do you want to support the learning and development of higher education professionals? If so, we want you on our team! You can find a full job description and application requirements at: https://www.acui.org/job.What you’ll doLead the planning and execution of events, conferences, and online education.Advise and support volunteer committees that are advancing various organizational goals.Coordinate budgets, marketing, and evaluation for association programs.Who you’ll work withThis position reports to the Director of Education. You will coordinate programs and events with volunteer committees for contracted clients as part of a staff team that creates professional development across higher educational.Job responsibilities include:Create and coordinate the planning, presenting, and executing of the assigned events and conferences. Advise and support volunteer planning committees and host teams in support of events, participating in regular committee meetings.Communicate effectively with a variety of stakeholder groups involved with event success, such as hotels, campus hosts, decorators, transportation services, food service providers, presenters, and attendees.Serve as a primary point of contact for assigned events and conferencesCreate and maintain budgets, reconciling applicable conference accounts and invoices.Make timely and independent decisions in the field while conducting programsServe as a member of the Education Department to identify common issues and opportunities associated with delivering education and events—utilizing program evaluations, industry research, and member feedback.Support seminar planning, regional conference volunteers, online learning, designated community of practice leaders, and awards programs, as assigned annually.Coordinate the effective marketing of educational programs and services in collaboration with other staff. Create and maintain budgets for assigned programs, submitting annually for inclusion in the overall organizational budget.Create and deliver reports on the status and effectiveness of assigned programs and services.Over time this position may be modified due to changes with how ACUI operates, program growth or decline, or the need to assist other Association programs or products.Desired qualifications include:Bachelor’s degree plus minimum three years’ professional experience in association management, event planning, adult learning/instruction, or extension learning required; Master’s degree preferred.Experience with or an interest in higher education professional associations is desired.Experience with program development, volunteer advising, account management, virtual event/community platforms, and website content management software is a plusAbility to travel out of state three to six times a year for up to a week at a time. This is a fully remote position with a salary of $55,000/year and benefits.