Associate Manager, Programs - New York, United States - Urban Green Council

Description

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Join NYC's most impactful team working to decarbonize buildings for healthy and resilient communities._

Urban Green Council is seeking an experienced, driven and knowledgeable
Associate Manager for Programs to join our Education team.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Education, the Associate Manager for Programs will be responsible for the creation and execution of live and recorded educational events, and support the development of on-demand courses for building professionals.

These events will help Urban Green tackle the most pressing climate change, energy efficiency and green building challenges in New York.

Urban Green Council's educational programs are the go-to resource for the region's sustainability community: architects, engineers, contractors, tradespeople, policymakers, nonprofit leaders, energy consultants, and building owners and operators.

Annually, over 2,500 people attend our educational events on climate policy, green technologies, advancements in building practices, and changes to codes.

• Though Urban Green Council is a hybrid workplace, the Associate Manager for Programs must live in the greater NYC area and be able to attend regular in person meetings, events, and activities in New York City. All Urban Green staff are required to be fully vaccinated against Covid19._

The person who will best succeed in this role:

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  Authentic knowledge and enthusiasm about high-performance building and sustainability; this person has a minimum of 5 years total work experience in or adjacent to a field related to green building. They have a genuine interest and curiosity about green building and its practitioners.

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Possesses excellent event planning, project management and collaboration skills; this person has experience planning and executing events, they are strategic and creative at problem-solving, with strong critical-thinking skills and a resourceful approach to conceiving and executing engaging programs; They thrive on a small team and in a dynamic, collaborative and mission-driven work environment.
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Is a systems thinker with great organizational skills; this person enjoys completing detailed tasks and can methodically create, manage and implement multiple parallel projects, while communicating the status to all stakeholders; this person enjoys improving internal processes and systems such as simplifying event registration, or rethinking how we partner with other organizations;
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Is an engaging communicator with excellent interpersonal skills; this person is a strong writer whose visual presentation skills can convey complex topics with clarity; the Associate Manager for Programs values long-term industry relationships and enjoys connecting with members of our audience to better understand the types of programming we should develop. They communicate well with a wide variety of stakeholders while making everyone feel heard.


Other qualities we are looking for include:

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  Management and supervisory experience, including managing volunteers and supporting the growth of entry-level team members.

Key Responsibilities
The responsibilities of the Associate Manager for Programs will evolve over time, but current key duties include:


Produce Live Educational Events:

• Work with the Senior Director of Education to develop innovative program content that aligns with the organization's goals and objectives.
• Develop, coordinate, and implement all event logistics for approximately 24 annual live inperson and online events including Urban Green Live, webinars, tours, and our annual conference. Logistics include coordinating registration and checkin, AV, refreshments, and securing continuing education credits.
• Represent Urban Green at events by welcoming speakers and guests, making public announcements, managing relationships with external partners, and serving as the main point of contact for attendees, speakers, staff, and volunteers.
• Collect and analyze postevent evaluations and statistics, including attendee surveys, to guide future programming.

Create Additional Educational Content

• Produce and manage our Building Tomorrow podcast featuring short interviews with changemakers.
• Manage all logístical aspects of recorded, online programming, including coordinating speakers and postevent editing.
• Manage the development of case studies highlighting green building strategies, techniques and technologies.

Outreach and Promotion:

• Work with the Communications team to promote events widely using existing and new outreach channels.
• Develop and maintain relationships with partner organizations to expand our audience by crosspromoting events.

Volunteer Outreach and Management

• Coordinate 2 volunteer committees: a _Monthly Programs Committee_ that advises on event content and an _Emerging Professionals Committee_ that creates networking and professional development opportunities for young professionals, including planning