Manages SWANA’s Technical Divisions - Serves as the primary staff liaison and coordinator for SWANA’s Technical Divisions
- Develops and leads implementation of SWANA’s annual program plan and budget for the Technical Divisions
- Participates in the development of Technical Division annual work plans that are consistent with SWANA’s overall strategic plan and the annual program plan and budget
- For the purpose of facilitating communication and flow of information, interests, and concerns among the individual Technical Divisions, across all Technical Divisions, and between Technical Divisions and SWANA:
- Schedules and participates in meetings and calls with the leadership of all Technical Divisions and with each Technical Division individually. This will include at a minimum:
- Quarterly calls with each Division to develop and review progress on the work plans
- Semi-annual calls with the Technical Division Leaders group
- Schedules and participates in face-to-face meetings of Technical Division members held in conjunction with SWANA events
- Develops publications and guidance documents as appropriate
Reviews, responds to questions, and works to ensure consistency of technical divisions across SWANA technical policies and advocacy positions - Coordinates with SWANA staff assigned to governance tasks:
- To organize and conduct Division elections
- To participate as needed in the development of technical policies and the coordination of technical division working groups
- Coordinates Technical Division awards programs
Content Creation - Creates original content for SWANA products such as I Am SWANA Newsletter, website, and blogs
- Creates and edits Technical Division publications, including participation in the development of technical policies, white papers, and guidance documents
- Becomes familiar with technical resources such as the SWANA’s Applied Research Foundation, EPA, EREF and other organizations to incorporate material into technical programming and communications as appropriate
- Works with SWANA staff including but not limited to Executive Staff, the ARF Director and the Senior Manager for Advocacy & Safety on the development of new technical content.
Event Programming Responsibilities - Works with conference teams as assigned, to:
- Coordinate with Technical Division leaders and committee to identify topics, speakers, and moderators for all events
- Facilitate conference calls with selected moderators and speakers to organize sessions with a focus on audience engagement
- Advocate for the needs of Technical Divisions during conference preparation and scheduling
- Other duties as assigned either during conference preparation or on-site
Other duties as assigned
Required Qualifications and Skills:
- Three to five years’ experience in some aspect of integrated solid waste management
- Bachelor’s degree
Desired Qualifications and Capabilities: - Three to five years’ experience in some combination of component or membership management or project management
- Association experience as a staff member or an active member of an association
- Current proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
- Proficiency or ability to become proficient in using SWANA’s association-management system (AMS) database software, iMIS
- Proficiency or ability to become proficient in in using HubSpot
- Excellent oral and written communications skills
- Able to maintain good interpersonal relationships with staff, members, customers, and partners
- Excellent organizational, administrative, and time-management skills
- Comfortable working in cross-functional teams
Send resume and cover letter to HR@swana.org Employee Classification: Full-time, exempt |
