APWA Education & Credentialing Associate
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American Public Works Association (APWA) serves professionals in all aspects of public works by providing innovative education and credentialing opportunities for professional development. The Education & Credentialing Associate is the face of the Education & Credentialing team providing the first level of customer service for all programming.
You’ll Love it Here If You…
- Are truly committed and passionate about what you do
- Have a creative and innovative style
- Have a high bar for excellence and attention to the details
- Believe that teamwork leads to success
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Love to work with volunteers
About the Education & Credentialing Associate Role:
This position will serve as primary point of contact for the 13-member department by providing administrative and customer service support to the education, accreditation and certification programs. This position is expected to be well versed in all education and credentialing (EC) programs and be able to respond to all phone and email inquiries. This includes the ability to explain all EC programs and processes, link together EC programs, and troubleshoot for all programs.
The ideal candidate will have exemplary customer services skills, the ability to manage multiple projects and tasks, and be comfortable in a fast-paced setting servicing a wide variety of internal and external customers.
What You Will Need to Succeed:
- Associate’s degree required
- 2 years of related experience providing administrative support
- Customer/member service oriented
- Excellent computer and communication skills
- Project management experience
- Association experience preferred
What Will Differentiate You
- Leadership: the desire to take initiative and actively contribute to the team and association
- Communication: ability to communicate effectively and professionally with a diverse audience, including current and prospective agencies, leadership, staff, and volunteers.
- Commitment to Service: A desire to work with volunteers to support our communities and strive to advance the quality of life for our communities through public works.
- Association Experience: previous experience working with or in an association and understanding the customer service needs of members and volunteers.
Why APWA?
APWA is proud to be a people-centric workplace, with a key focus on flexibility and work-life balance. We offer remote-hybrid work schedules, 15 days each of paid vacation and family medical leave, 11 paid holidays and the opportunity to have a flexible schedule with alternate Fridays off. We also offer excellent and affordable insurance coverage as well as matching retirement contributions. APWA invests in ongoing growth through employee professional and continuing education opportunities.
We’re proud of the work we do because our work matters. Every role at APWA contributes to advancing the quality of life for others as we support those who operate, improve, and maintain public works and infrastructure. As we serve over 30,000 members (and counting!) across North America, we’re always looking for motivated and inspiring people to join us.
If interested, please send an email to HR@apwa.net
APWA Editor/Production Manager
APWA is looking for a new Editor/Production Manager for The APWA Reporter Magazine, a monthly magazine with a circulation of 25,000+. This publication is a premier public works magazine distributed throughout North America to the APWA membership.
What is APWA? The American Public Works Association (APWA) serves professionals in all aspects of public works by providing innovative education and credentialing opportunities, working with public works subject matter experts to produce educational products and publications, and a robust professional network for sharing knowledge, resources, and career opportunities.
About the Role: This role manages all aspects of the production and creation of the monthly magazine. This also includes managing the outside contractors for layout/design, printing, media kit, budget and advertising. Outside of the production of the APWA Reporter, this position also writes and supports the association’s communication initiatives. This position also supports the efforts at our onsite conference (PWX) for reporting on the event as well as coordination of the conference photographer.
You’ll Love it Here If You…
- Are truly committed and passionate about what you do
- Have a creative and innovative style
- Have a high bar for excellence and attention to the details
- Believe that teamwork leads to success
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Love to work with volunteers
What You Will Need to Succeed:
Minimum of a bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university in journalism, English, or communications plus a minimum of five years' experience working in a magazine production type environment which includes a positive progression of increasing responsibility. Association experience preferred. Must be highly proficient in using all forms of media to deliver a message, must be detailed oriented and flexible, have strong organizational and technology skills. Must be able to prioritize workload, be comfortable writing for and presenting to various audiences, be flexible and detail oriented.
What Will Differentiate You
- Leadership: the desire to take initiative and actively contribute to the team and association
- Communication: ability to communicate effectively and professionally with a diverse audience, including current and prospective agencies, leadership, staff, and volunteers.
- Commitment to Service: A desire to work with volunteers to support our communities and strive to advance the quality of life for our communities through public works.
- Association Experience: previous experience working with or in an association and understanding the customer service needs of members and volunteers.
Why APWA?
APWA is proud to be a people-centric workplace, with a key focus on flexibility and work-life balance. We offer remote-hybrid work schedules, 15 days each of paid vacation and family medical leave, 11 paid holidays and the opportunity to have a flexible schedule with alternate Fridays off. We also offer excellent and affordable insurance coverage as well as matching retirement contributions. APWA invests in ongoing growth through employee professional and continuing education opportunities.
We’re proud of the work we do because our work matters. Every role at APWA contributes to advancing the quality of life for others as we support those who operate, improve, and maintain public works and infrastructure. As we serve over 30,000 members (and counting!) across North America, we’re always looking for motivated and inspiring people to join us.
If interested, please send an email to HR@apwa.net
GCSAA Manager, Conference Events & Meeting Planning
GCSAA is seeking a logistically detailed Manager, Conference Events and Meeting Planning who will be responsible for managing the logistical aspects of planning, implementation, and execution of the GCSAA Conference and Trade Show, GCSAA Golf Championships and other GCSAA hosted events. This position is responsible for delivering first-class, well-organized events that result in a positive attendee experience by creating fresh, exciting, and fulfilling events. This position will also work with conference-related companies (convention center, hotels, decorator, audio/visual, catering, shuttle, host city, etc.) and ensure sponsorship requirements are executed.
Qualified candidates possess:
- Demonstrated experience leading the execution of large scale, first-class events
- Strong attention to detail with an emphasis on managing logistics, pre-event planning, on-site execution with ability to pivot and handle changes associated with executing live events.
- Practical project management skills with the ability to prioritize and manage several, concurrent projects/events
- Demonstrated success working in a collaborative team environment; ability to build healthy and positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Bachelor's degree in Hospitality Management, Business Administration, Communications or related field or equivalent experience
- Three to five years’ experience in meeting planning/conference experience
- Familiarity in a non-profit, membership driven environment preferred
- This position will reside from our headquarters in Lawrence, KS. Relocation package will be provided to out of state applicants
- This position will travel annually to the GCSAA Tournament and Conference & Trade Show. Total travel is up to 15%.
- Familiarity with the game of golf is a plus but not required
About GCSAA
The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA), is a non-profit, membership-driven association with more than 19,000 members in 78 countries and 85 employees whose mission is serve our members, advance their profession, and improving communities through the enjoyment, growth and vitality of the game of golf. Our mantra is simple: Everyone paddles in the same direction, with consistent and equal effort, toward our organizational mission. We seek to hire passionate team members who wish to make an impact on the future of the game and golf course management profession. And the best part, we get to call this work.
If you are someone who is dedicated to making a difference and enjoys a team-oriented environment, GCSAA is for you. From year-round casual attire, to staff fun events and hybrid work schedules, we place a great value on our team members and their contributions both to the association and within our community.
We take our work seriously, but we know how to have fun. Compensation range is $51,000 - $57,000 annually with the ability to earn overtime. In addition to GCSAA’s attractive compensation/benefits package, we provide generous paid leave, allow for community involvement opportunities and award wellness incentives.
Applications will continue to be received until the position is filled. Individuals from historically underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to respond. Apply online at www.gcsaa.org and select the Careers tab, “Careers at GCSAA.”
If you need assistance applying, please email hrmail@gcsaa.org.
GCSAA promotes a welcoming and inclusive environment and is proud to be an EOE.
Executive Director, International Relations Council
The International Relations Council, a Kansas City nonprofit membership organization, seeks a full-time executive director to serve as the organization’s leading ambassador to the greater Kansas City community, increasing the organization’s visibility, boosting membership, and promoting attendance at IRC events. The position will be responsible for ensuring high quality IRC programming, managing the budget and operational aspects of the organization, and developing/maintaining strong community/board relations. This position reports to the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors. For more information and application instructions, please click here.