Education & Program Manager

Impact Association Management  ยท  via Backpacker Job Board
๐ŸŒŽ Remote โฐ Full Time

We are actively searching for an Education & Program Manager (EPM) to add to our team. If you have experience managing educational programs and supporting meetings, conferences, and webinars for associations or non-profits, we want to hear from you!


We are excited to offer a flexible, remote-first work environment. Our employees work remotely across the country.


About Impact

Founded in 2006, we are an Association Management Company (AMC) that specializes in managing medium-sized associations led by volunteers. Our clients are associations in a wide variety of industries and range from local chapters to international organizations and professional societies. Learn more about us at ImpactAMC.com.


About this role

This is a unique opportunity to work with a number of association clients to implement and project manage their educational programs.


The primary job of an Education & Program Manager (EPM) is to successfully develop and manage all educational programs included under contracted scope of services for their assigned client associations. While an EPMโ€™s responsibilities can vary depending on a clientโ€™s size and structure, they often act as a primary point of contact and are responsible for fulfilling daily program and event-related needs and ensuring smooth functioning of their client teams.


As a member of the Impact Events Team, EPMs are also responsible for supporting effective execution of event-related needs for their clients.


Job duties include, but are not limited to:



    • Educational Program Management:

      • Develop and manage educational programs for conferences, annual meetings, seminars, and other learning events.

      • Manage abstract and proposal processes, including calls for submissions, review processes, and communications.

      • Manage speakers, including invitations, communications, biographies, disclosures, presentations, and deadlines.

      • Develop and maintain conference agendas, educational tracks, and session schedules, and provide strategic recommendations to strengthen and enhance existing client education programs.

      • Manage the conference poster process, including poster selection, presenter communications, coordination, scheduling, and preparation of final poster materials.

      • Coordinate, edit, proofread, and review education related conference and webinar materials, including programs, agendas, speaker biographies, educational content, and related communications.

      • Support webinar programming, including topic development, speaker coordination, scheduling, technology/platform coordination, and post-event activities.

      • Own continuing education (CE) and credentialing processes, including documentation, applications, attendance, evaluations, certificates, and reporting.

      • Support education and program committees and volunteer leaders as needed and as outlined within a clientโ€™s scope of services.

      • Maintain program timelines and ensure educational deliverables are completed accurately and on schedule.

    • Program Strategy and Enhancement

      • Identify opportunities to improve and standardize education/program processes across client accounts.

      • Standardization of meetings for accreditation purposes.

    • Meeting Planning work, as needed. Including, but not limited to:

      • Develop and execute event marketing and communications, including content development, client mailings, and promotional materials.

      • Manage event registration platforms and technology, and maintain event content across websites, databases, learning systems, and other platforms.

      • Coordinate meeting committees, speakers, sponsors, and assigned team members while keeping client teams informed of priorities and progress.

      • Develop event strategies that support client goals, increase attendance and revenue, and ensure successful execution across internal and external teams.

      • Other duties as assigned.


This job also requires travel, as you will be expected to attend client events and professional development conferences throughout the year.



Pay range for this position: $24 - $26 per hour


Required experience:


  • Minimum of 3 years of program management experience

  • Professional meeting management experience

  • Experience working with nonprofit organizations/associations

  • Associateโ€™s degree



This is a full-time, 40 hour/week position and employees must be consistently available during Impactโ€™s core work hours: 9:00am - 3:00pm Central Time.


Why work for Impact?

We offer a challenging and fun environment, an amazing team, and opportunities for advancement. We are a quickly growing company and value our employeeโ€™s input, suggestions, and feedback. You will feel valued, motivated, challenged, and encouraged!



Benefits include:


A flexible work environment:



  • The opportunity to work remotely

  • Four hours of flex time each week

  • Optional half-day on Fridays once all hours are completed


Unique company holidays and time off:



  • Impact offices close for a full week of paid holiday time:

  • At the end of June for our annual โ€œSummer Breakโ€

  • Between Christmas Eve and New Years Day

  • All employees receive one day of paid PTO to use as a โ€œfloating holidayโ€ each year


Continuous learning and growth:



  • Regular paid professional development opportunities

  • Opportunities for advancement and internal movement


Opportunities to connect with coworkers:



  • Monthly social events and regular team activities such as games, book clubs, informal chats, and more

  • Paid group volunteer opportunities with local organizations


Knowing you are valued member of the team:



  • Open and accessible communication with leadership

  • Encouraged company-wide recognition

  • An inclusive work environment


Additional benefits:



  • Paid time off, medical, dental, vision, 401K, paid holidays, life insurance, short/long term disability, and wellness

  • Company-provided equipment and technology


See more about our benefits at ImpactAMC.com!


Impact embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to fostering a culture of diversity, inclusion, equity, anti-racism, and cultural competence among our leadership, staff, and members. We recognize that diverse teams make the strongest teams and we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.