Dallas, TX, United States
Temporary / Seasonal
The AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION (AHA) has an excellent opportunity for an AWARDS & LECTURES PROJECT COORDINATOR in our NATIONAL CENTER office located in DALLAS, TEXAS .
In this role, you will be responsible for the planning and implementation of AHA member recognition programs, including scholarships, awards, and lectures targeted to recognizing excellence in young investigators, clinicians, researchers, students and other professionals.
This is a temporary assignment that will last approx. 4 months.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Provides timely direction, framework and resources to volunteers while at the same time relying on their expertise, abilities and willingness to leverage their networks to drive the goals of the organization.
- Markets and promotes award opportunities to potential applicants; establish and maintain relationships with contacts who maintain an interest in awards programs.
- Manages revenue and budget for established portfolio while identifying potential cost savings and revenue gains.
- Manages project timelines, deadline compliance and effective communication and dissemination of both.
- Monitors and responds to email inquiries from the public on a daily basis.
- Corresponds with award applicants, award winners and lecturers regularly; contacts award non-winners regarding outcome.
- Corresponds with volunteer award committees regarding peer review processes, teleconference scheduling, onsite meeting itineraries for the committees.
- Confers with internal staff regularly regarding award budgets, new award and lecture proposals and changes, award presentation logistics.
Educational Background:
Bachelor's degree strongly preferred
Skills/Experience:
- Excellent proactive problem solving, project management, time management and organizational skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including experience with drafting original business correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas.
- Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to communicate, collaborate and work effectively with senior science and medical volunteers, as well as other science and lay volunteers, staff and the public.
- Ability to provide excellent customer service to internal and external customers.
- Knowledge of the principles, practices and techniques of project development, planning, coordinating, monitoring and reviewing work.
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Access, PowerPoint and Excel and how they interface.
- Knowledge of Adobe Acrobat software.
- Knowledge of budget development, monitoring and reporting.
- Ability to learn new software applications as they relate to the function of the position.
- Ability to work independently and make decisions without daily supervision.
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Sep 2 2017
Active Until:
Oct 3 2017
Hiring Organization:
American Heart Association | American Stroke Association
industry:
Nonprofit