Position Summary:

NAR’s Engagement team is looking for an Association Leadership Engagement Manager to join their team. Reporting to the Director of Engagement and Association Leadership Development, the Association Leadership Engagement Manager will be responsible for the content of NAR’s Association Executive Institute (AEI) educational and training program and providing Association Executives (AEs) with the fundamental knowledge, tools, and resources they need to be successful in their role. This candidate will also be responsible for fostering relationships with AEI Advisory Board members and speakers to ensure cohesiveness throughout the program planning process and manage all AEI client engagement activities. Other duties include the development of REALTOR® association management content and options for delivery, including webinars, videos, and association management toolkits; staff executive to the State AE Forum; and support for other timely Association Executives Committee initiatives.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee AEI education development program and manage AEI initiatives;
• Collaborate with AEI Advisory Board members to develop programming framework for AE courses and trainings
• Manage relationships with AEI presenters including negotiating presenter contract and fees, ensuring that programing expectations are established and meet, and providing presenters with the necessary materials needed to prepare for their presentation
• Coordinate logistics for AEI training and events including registering speakers for events, making travel and lodging arrangements for speakers, communicating AV needs to onsite IT team members, and managing invoice payments for events
• Orchestrate AE’s client-facing functions including Silent Auctions, NAR’s Benefit Partner displays, annual AEI charity projects, and AEI logo production. Main duties and tasks include developing a comprehensive silent auction schedule and process, solicit prizes and promote auction to AEs, create displays and descriptions for all silent auction items and establish bids, manage NAR’s Benefit Partner display areas including communicating with all contacts, providing logistics to all display areas and promoting sponsor to AEs, act as point-person with NAR’s print vendor to ensure use of accurate sponsor logo, create products with annual AEI logo and select speaker recognition items, and plan AEI local charity function
• Work with other NAR teams to develop and maintain speaker database
• Manage logistics for AEI related forums and workgroups including creating and providing meeting agendas and supplies, establishing discussion topics for each meeting, and recording meeting minutes
• Other duties, as assigned