Program Specialist

Institute Of Electrical And Electronics Engineers

Job Location:

Piscataway, NJ - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Education

Bachelors degree or equivalent experience Req

Work Experience

2-4 years Project management ability to manage multiple projects at the same time Req

Skills and Requirements

Interpersonal skills are required; contact via email phone and in-person with volunteers members prospective members consultants staff vendors and others is constant and essential to the smooth running of programs that are supported.
Must be comfortable addressing groups of varying sizes.
Proactive in solving daily problems as well as resolving unexpected situations.
Ability to gather organize and report information coherently.
Ability to identify and address changing needs and requirements and provide results and support as necessary.
Strong familiarity with computer applications such as Microsoft Office Google applications SmartSheets and others.

Skills and Requirements

Demonstrated time management and priority setting skills
Excellent organizational skills
Friendly and service-oriented
Highly thorough and dependable
Performs work independently with minimal supervision

Other Requirements:
As defined in IEEE Policies individuals currently serving on an IEEE board or committee are not eligible to apply.

PLEASE NOTE: This position is not budgeted for employer-sponsored immigration support this includes all persons in F (both CPT and OPT) J H L or O status.

For information on work demands and conditions required for this position please consult the reference document ADA Requirements. This position is classified under Category I - Office Positions.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran.

Disclaimer: This job description is proprietary to IEEE. It outlines the general nature and key features performed by various positions that share the same job classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties and qualifications required of all employees assigned to the job. Nothing in this job description restricts managements right to assign or re-assign duties to this job at any time due to reasonable accommodations or other business reasons.Job Summary
This position exists to analyze develop and implement committee & operation activities in support of the industry outreach activities of the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS). The overall purpose of this position is to develop and execute efforts that advance IAS global reach impact and influence by maximizing the effectiveness of the Societys engagement with industry government groups universities and more. The primary function of the IAS Program Specialist is to implement the IASs operations programs and volunteer efforts including event planning and administration marketing reporting compliance and administrative duties related to this area. This role reports to the IAS Society Executive Director.

This individual will work with minimal supervision and will be expected to become knowledgeable of all aspects of the IAS businesses that relate to this area and to apply that knowledge in the successful support of operations programs and volunteer efforts. At the direction of their supervisor additional duties and special projects might be added to support other IAS functions over time.

This person will have limited signing authority for expenditures for up to $1000.

Key Responsibilities

Education Support
Provides administrative assistance to the Education volunteers on webinars online tutorials and live courses.
Provides administrative assistance on creating registration for education offerings.
Work with IAS Marketing Manager on promoting education offerings to IAS membership through the IAS newsletter and social media.
Work with IAS volunteers and speakers on a practice session before the education offering.
Attend the live education offering handle any administrative issues record the webinar upload the webinar to the IAS Resource Center.
Work with IEEE Education Activities on providing certificates and/or PDHs.
Work on payment for tutorial and course speakers.
Chapter & Membership
Work with IAS Chapter Dept Chair on creating new chapters and supporting existing chapters
Work with IAS Society Administrator on transfer money to the chapters for chapter events giveaways travel programs etc.
Work with IAS Marketing Manager on promoting membership to existing members lapsed members and new members through campaigns special events at conferences and IEEE Marketing.
Affinity Groups
Provide administrative assistance to the IAS Affinity Groups (WIE YP Life Consultants)
Work with IAS Marketing Manager on promoting AGs and their programs.
Work with Society Administrator on paying invoices related to AGs. This includes transfer money to conferences chapters and other events.

Required Experience:

EducationBachelors degree or equivalent experience Req Work Experience2-4 years Project management ability to manage multiple projects at the same time Req Skills and Requirements Interpersonal skills are required; contact via email phone and in-person with volunteers members prospective members co...