Director of Professional Education and Research

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Program/Content Development (90 percent of time)

• Serves as staff liaison for Content Development Committee.

• Coordinates and leads the efforts of this volunteer member advisory group tasked with identifying current and upcoming trends, best practices and topics of interest – specifically addressing core-components of corporate real estate with an industrial focus – to inform an annual programming plan.

• Focusing on the professional development needs of the corporate real estate executive, directs and supports the development of approximately 50 (40-55 minute) volunteer speaker-led programs annually

• Spring Professional Forum – 15-18 programs across 3 days

• Fall Professional Forum – 15-18 programs across 3 days

• Webinars – 6-15 programs throughout the year

• IAMC Local events - ~7 events, 2-3 programs per event – throughout the year

• Creates an annual package of programming addressing the 11 identified core corporate real estate topic areas ensuring that each topic area is presented across multiple channels throughout the year

• Communicates detailed programming packages to President & CEO and other staff for sponsorship sales, event marketing, etc.

• Identifies and engages with subject matter experts – both within IAMC’s membership and within the industry at large – as speakers and program support

• Manages each program from inception through implementation: drafting program plans and moderator/introductory remarks, coordinating speaking team in advance including leading pre-event planning/preparation sessions, coaching volunteer speakers on PowerPoint and presentation best practices, and managing the onsite program as appropriate

• Drafts, distributes and analyzes post event attendee satisfaction surveys

• IAMC Badges Certificate Program: supports the President & CEO and Content Development Committee as IAMC researches, incept and implements its first badging program

Research (10 percent of time)

• Survey Research

• Manages the writing, distribution and analysis of IAMC member surveys including: post-event satisfaction surveys for every domestic U.S. IAMC event; annual member survey; other surveys as identified by the President & CEO.

• IAMC Insider section of Site Selection magazine (6 per year)

• Works with IAMC board chair on a letter for the IAMC Insider section

• Original Content Development

• Works with contractors to develop original content for IAMC to include:
  • CRE-focused article(s) for the IAMC Insider
  • CRE-focused articles for IAMC Dispatch newsletter

• White Papers

• Research Reports

• Manages contractor relationship and budget