The American Camp Association® (ACA) is a national nonprofit organization serving the more than 20,000 year-round and summer camps in the US that annually serve 26 million campers. ACA is committed to empowering camps to create quality experiences that build a world of belonging and growth.
We are looking for a full-time remote Professional Development Manager. Someone responsible for planning and implementing conferences, workshops, and events for the western region of the ACA Membership.
What would you do if hired?
- Organize a professional development calendar that meets the needs of the association/local areas.
- Assist with speaker selection and speaker agreements as needed per event.
- Plan conferences, workshops, and other events, sourcing sites, coordinating logistics, executing events, and completing post-event wrap up.
- Support the business development team in their work with vendors and facilities to provide sales leads, venue information including floor plans, booth assignments, exhibit guide, floor management, and contractor coordination.
- Secure and manage meeting logistics.
- Stay abreast of the educational needs of the camp industry.
- Cultivate, recruit, and train volunteers to participate in activities on behalf of the association.
- Responsible for financial elements of professional development activities which may include updating member records, receiving, and processing revenue and submitting requests for payment.
- Protect the association’s data by using data-related best practices to ensure its integrity.
- Ensures accuracy of all documentation.
- Designs accessible event related documents, presentations, and web pages. May assist with designing online trainings and programs.
- Advances the mission of the ACA, by being an innovative, thoughtful, communicative, and productive member of the ACA, Inc. team.
What are we looking for in a candidate?
- Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) in related field or equivalent demonstrated experience.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience with ACA (employee or volunteer) or relevant experience within a nonprofit.
- Demonstrates the ability to seek out and secure sponsorship dollars and/or in-kind equivalents for assigned projects, programs, or meetings and in consultation with the business development team.
- Experience working with volunteers.
- Highly organized and able to manage multiple tasks in a timely manner.
- Knowledge and understanding of educational concepts.
- Ability to regularly work within the ACA’s normal hours of operation of 8:00am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday – in the time zone of the primary team’s region. Individual work schedules may range from 7:00am to 5:00pm based on time zone of the primary team’s region.
- A commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Ability to travel up to 25%.
What salary and benefits do we offer?
- Health, vision, and dental insurance for employee and dependents with limited employer contribution.
- Retirement plan with generous employer match.
- Generous time off-plans including sick, vacation, personal, and holidays.
- Non-voluntary benefits include life insurance and long-term disability.
- Voluntary benefits offered include additional life insurance, short-term disability, and other supplemental options for employee and dependents.
- Salary: $59-$64K, commensurate with experience
Interested?
Send your resume to hr@ACAcamps.org!
This is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee.
The American Camp Association celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, or other employment practices for reasons of age, race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, medical condition, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetics, or any other nonjob-related factor. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
The American Camp Association works to make applying for positions accessible for all, including those with disabilities. If you require alternative methods of application or screening, please email us at hr@acacamps.org.