The Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) is looking for an Education Manager to join our growing team. SAME represents the public sector architecture/engineering/construction industry – our 20,000+ members literally build and support America’s infrastructure and national security.

We are a small organization (about 30 staff) that places a high value on teamwork, collaboration, and continually improving the products and services we deliver to our members. At SAME, we do work hard but we have a lot of fun doing it and enjoy working with one another. Everyone on our team is encouraged to take initiative, offer fresh perspectives, and be entrepreneurial. If you’re a team player who strives to do your best each day, please read on for a great opportunity with our great organization!

SAME has a hybrid work environment. The Education Manager works 2 - 3 days per week in our Alexandria, VA office.

Please submit resumes to applysame@same.org. 

POSITION SUMMARY

The Education Manager will manage, implement, and execute successful and profitable education, training, and professional development opportunities for the Society, including but not limited to the content offered at Joint Engineer Training Conference (JETC), Small Business Conference (SBC), and DOD Briefings. The manager will work with internal and external stakeholders to develop, shape, and elevate education and training content that provides value and benefit to SAME members and the public sector AEC industry, and helps SAME advance its mission. Other duties may be assigned to meet business needs.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage topic development, speaker recruitment, agenda building, session materials, run-of-show documents, and execution and operations for all Society concurrent sessions.
• In conjunction with team, develop new products and formats that respond to industry needs and generate revenue.
• Ensure compliance with professional development hour (PDH) requirements and maintain high quality of educational content and format.
• Calls for Presentation (CFP) responsibilities:
  • CFP creation:
    • Collaboration with internal and external teams to develop desired content for conference programming, ensuring SAME is at the leading edge of programmatic content and providing robust technical education.
    • Work with education teammates to create and test forms in on-line system and monitor abstract submissions.
  • CFP review and abstract selection:
    • Work with internal and external stakeholders to build abstract review teams.
    • Monitor progress of abstract reviews, and work with review volunteers to ensure timely submission of reviews.
    • Support abstract committee review calls, including compiling scoring, participating in calls, and taking minutes of meetings.
  • CFP execution:
    • Work with education team to prepare review notifications.
    • Develops and delivers constructive feedback to authors / submitters of non-selected conference abstracts.
    • Assists in session placement.
  • Help develop detailed timelines and ensure deadlines are met for all aspects related to the educational sessions at events.
  • Serve as primary education session speaker liaison, to ensure session planning is on track, session content submitted matches accepted abstract, and provide customer service and support, resulting in high-quality training.
  • Develop and manage pre-conference courses offered at events, including serving as liaison with strategic partner organization, coordinating logistics, working with course speakers, and monitoring registration activities for courses.
  • Oversee A/V requirements for concurrent sessions and coordinate with logistics manager to ensure proper fulfillment.
  • Creates session moderator resources, guides, and scripts.
  • Partner with Marketing/Communications to promote educational content and activities, ensure participation goals are met.
  • Contribute to broader Society education initiatives by supporting Posts with program development, instructional materials, evaluation strategies, and logistical coordination as needed.
  • Work with appropriate teammates to ensure event websites contain updated information and maintain webpages related to conferences as assigned.
  • Coordinate with appropriate teammates to produce on-site event signage as needed.
  • Manage on-site speaker ready room and provide support to speakers on-site at events. Train teammates outside of education assigned to support the speaker ready room.
  • Respond to requests for information concerning SAME education & training.
  • Monitor and analyze learning outcomes and participant data; recommend improvements for growth or change.
  • Work with team on creating accurate and comprehensive post-event reports.
  • Maintain relationships with Education Managers of SAME Strategic Partners (AIA, CMAA, IFMA, DBIA).
  • Ensure quality control, consistency, and compliance.
  • Collaborate with member communities, councils, committees, external partners and affiliates, and cross-functional teams within the SAME National Office.
  • Serve as a trusted key point of contact for speakers, members, vendors, and teammates.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Outstanding organizational and interpersonal skills, attention to detail and quality, and an ability to prioritize demands.
• Possess superior written, proof-reading, and oral communications skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment, but also be a self-starter and demonstrate initiative.
• Possess excellent interpersonal skills, be a team player, and inspire trust, motivation, and confidence with internal and external stakeholders.
• Possess a positive attitude with ability and willingness to provide excellent customer service to internal and external members.
• Ability to work on multiple projects and tasks simultaneously while managing deadlines.
• Ability to travel up to 30%.
• Proficient knowledge in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Must be self-motivated and directed.

About Society of American Military Engineers

Founded in 1920, SAME builds leaders and facilitates collaboration among government and industry to develop solutions to national security infrastructure challenges. With a National Office in Alexandria, VA, and over 100 Chapters around the world, the Society unites the uniformed services, public, private, and academic sectors from across the architecture, engineering, construction, and related disciplines. Providing extensive opportunities for training, education and professional development through a robust offering of conferences, workshops, networking events, publications, webinars, and other member-driven programs, SAME bridges the gaps between critical stakeholders to help secure our nation. Visit www.same.org for more information.

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