American Bar Association

Litigation - Section Program Manager

American Bar Association$80K — $95K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
  • 4+ years of association program management experience
  • 3+ years developing programs for CLE consideration
  • Budget management experience including reporting and compliance

Responsibilities

  • Provide operational oversight of CLE programming development and deployment
  • Conceptualize, develop, and implement new educational programs
  • Oversee MCLE submissions and speaker administration
  • Achieve and expand non-dues revenue objectives for programming
  • Maintain, report, and prepare action plans for the budget
  • Interface with members and potential business partners
  • Train and lead programming staff for events

Benefits

  • Opportunity for professional development in educational program management
  • Engagement with a network of legal professionals
  • Potential for travel and broader industry exposure
  • Supportive team environment for coaching and mentorship
  • Flexibility to innovate educational opportunities
Full Job Description
Job Summary/General Purpose of Job
  • Accountable for the provision of specific operational oversight of the development and potential deployment of CLE programming and other educational programming entity for an assigned section or entity.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities (listed in order of importance and/or time spent)
  • Provides specific operational oversight of the development and potential deployment of CLE programming and other entity educational programming for an assigned section or entity.
  • Conceptualizes, develops, and implements new programs consistent with the assigned subject areas and goals of the respective entity.
  • Oversee the submission of MCLE, speaker administration and invitations, leadership meetings, distance and stand-alone and co-sponsored events.
  • Accountable for achieving and expanding the sections' non-dues revenue objectives related to assigned programming.
  • Accountable for maintaining, reporting, and preparing corrective action plans related to an assigned, approved budget.
  • Routinely interfaces with members, vendors, and potential business partners.
  • Trains and leads programming staff to provide support to regional meetings and program logistics.
  • Cultivates prospective outside business partnerships and encourages co-sponsorships.
  • Provides coaching, counseling, feedback, performance appraisals, and, when necessary, apply discipline to an assigned team.
  • Performs other related duties as required.

Required Education, Qualifications, Experience
  • Possession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
  • At least four years' experience in association program management.
  • At least three years' experience developing proposed programs for CLE consideration.
  • Previous experience in budget management to include reporting, analysis, and budget compliance for a major section.

Preferred Education, Qualifications, Experience
  • Previous experience in adult learning.
  • At least two years' previous experience supervising an assigned team which must have included coaching, counseling, providing feedback, conducting performance appraisal, and, where necessary, applying discipline.

Physical Requirements
  • Typical office work environment.

Extent of Travel Required in the Job
  • As a normal course of business, this job will typically require travel of up to 25% of the time.

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