Program Administrator, Continuing Education - remote

Program Administrator, Continuing Education

locations

Alexandria, VA

Remote United States

time type

Full time

ASCO offers competitive salaries, an excellent benefits package, and opportunities to participate in professional development programs.

Who we are looking for:

Join ASCO as a Program Administrator and play a pivotal role in supporting the success of our educational programming. As a member of the Continuing Education team, you will be collaborating in the development of educational needs assessments and review of educational content. Your efforts will contribute to ASCO’s continued accreditation as a leading provider of continuing medical education to provide high-quality educational programming based on identified educational needs and the implementation of evidence-based educational principles.

Remote candidates welcome or primary location in Alexandria, VA.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate in the development of educational needs assessments and related content to support fundraising for educational activities by Conquer Cancer, to include synthesis of relevant literature that highlights current practice gaps and educational needs of oncology healthcare professionals.
• Create summary documentation for educational activities as needed to include session descriptions for educational meetings, talking points to support fundraising efforts, and outlines to accompany ASCO Advantage planning discussions.
• Support internal data analysis initiatives to supplement educational needs assessments and further inform educational activity planning processes.
• Contribute to the evaluation of disclosed relationships to determine relevance of those relationships to content, particularly for employment or ownership interests.
• Contribute to the review of presentations to ensure bias and promotion are avoided, and to ensure learning objectives are met, information is accurate, up-to-date and in concordance with learning science principles.
• Contribute to the internal scientific review process for the Educational Meeting Merit Award program in collaboration with internal staff.
• Collaborate with team to maintain ACCME accreditation compliance and support documentation for activity files.
• Partner with team to maintain accurate timelines, strategize workflow processes, provide feedback, and collaborate on other CE-related projects as assigned.

  Required Education and Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in science, communication, healthcare, or related field
  • 4+ years of experience developing or reviewing scientific or medical content
  • Demonstrated experience reviewing and synthesizing medical literature evaluation data
  • Computer literacy in the Microsoft Office suite, web-based applications such as ShareFile and survey programs, and scientific/medical research tools (Google Scholar, PubMed, etc.)

    Preferred Education and Experience

    • Experience working with Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) policies and standards
    • Experience working with CME/CE grants and pharmaceutical/biotech industry educational grants processes and systems
    • Demonstrated writing capability for healthcare organizations or publications
    • Familiarity with learning science principles

      Competencies

      • Ability to learn new technologies and work with new websites and systems
      • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment that requires juggling multiple priorities and high work volume
      • Ability to understand and communicate concepts in clinical medicine (clinical oncology is particularly desirable)
      • Ability to understand and interpret ACCME Standards and Criteria to successfully implement them in educational activities
      • Customer-oriented with the ability to anticipateand address customer needs
      • Demonstrate good judgment to best address a situation, need, orproblem
      • Demonstrate skill, tact, and professionalism in interactions with volunteers and staff
      • Excellent communication skills, particularly written, including the ability to provide tailored messaging for both lay and scientific/medical audiences
      • Highly collaborative with theskillsto effectively coordinate tasks and projects with internal and external stakeholders
      • Results-oriented with theabilityto effectivelyestablish policies, practices &procedures
      • Strongdecision-makingand caneffectively operate within stated task and project parameters

        ADA/Physical Requirements

        Extended periods seated or standing at a desk.

        High use of computer and other office technology equipment.

        Travel

        1-5days/yr

        Generous Benefits Package:

        • Hybrid Work Environment
        • Open Leave Policy
        • Paid Family Leave
        • 13 Paid Holidays per Calendar Year
        • Staff Appreciation Days
        • 401(k): 7.5% Employer Contribution
        • Medical/Dental/Vision
        • Employee Assistance Program
        • Fertility and Family Forming
        • Healthcare Concierge
        • Flexible Spending Account(s)
        • Healthcare Savings Account
        • Disability and Life Insurance