The Association for association professionals in Chicagoland
Posted: 13-Jan-26
Location: Washington, DC
Type: Full Time (Remote & In Office)
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A DC-based association management company is looking for a versatile, motivated and energetic association professional with business development, marketing, and project management experience to join our growing team!
The successful candidate will be a sharp, results-oriented individual with proven success in workforce development and community engagement, as well as with excellent oral & written communications skills. This candidate will work closely with our executive team and will serve as our primary liaison to universities and other educational institutions, with the goal of increasing awareness, understanding, and adoption of the building commissioning profession among students and faculty.
As a boutique association management company, we highly value individuals with broad skillsets and the mindset to adjust their responsibilities based on the needs of our clients. If you are flexible and able to handle multiple assignments and projects simultaneously, and can work both independently and collaboratively across internal departments in a fast-paced environment – you are invited to apply!
Key Responsibilities
University Outreach & Academic Partnerships
- Serve as the primary point of contact with universities, colleges, and technical programs, including departments such as mechanical and electrical engineering, architectural engineering, construction management, facilities, sustainability, and related disciplines
- Develop and maintain relationships with faculty, department chairs, deans, and career services professionals
- Secure and coordinate guest lecture engagements, classroom presentations, and campus information sessions, leveraging association’s subject-matter experts
- Represent the association at university career fairs, student conferences, and academic events
Internship, Co-Op & Early Career Pipeline Development
- Establish and grow internship, co-op, and experiential learning opportunities in collaboration with association’s member companies
- Act as a connector between students, universities, and association’s member companies
- Promote association’s member companies as preferred early-career destinations f
- Coordinate with member firms to identify workforce needs and communicate opportunities to academic partners
Marketing, Outreach & Member Value
- Position association’s industry as a high-demand, technically rigorous, and impactful career path
- Develop and deliver targeted outreach messaging, presentations, and promotional materials tailored to academic audiences
- Apply consultative sales techniques to gain buy-in from faculty and administrators for curriculum inclusion and program participation
- Strengthen association’s value proposition by delivering measurable workforce development benefits to member companies
- Provide universities with association-developed educational resources, case studies, and industry examples
Program Management, Data & Reporting
- Track university engagements, guest lectures, career fairs, student reach, and internship placements
- Maintain accurate records in the association’s CRM or tracking systems
- Prepare reports and updates for the executive team
- Use data to refine outreach strategies and demonstrate program impact
Company benefits include:
- Limited Health Insurance reimbursement
- Limited Commute reimbursement
- 401(k) retirement plan, 80% match on employees contributions, up to 5% of their salary deferrals
- Paid PTO (13 days the first 2 years of employment and 18 days after 2 years of employment)
- Paid twelve (12) federal holidays as well as paid week between Christmas and New Year's Day
- Hybrid Work (3 days in office) after 3 months of employment
- Continuous professional development allowances
- Bonuses and incentives for high impact work
- On-site fitness center
- Company Teambuilding Events (i.e.: Nationals Games, Escape Rooms, and more)
To apply, please email a cover letter, a copy of your resume, and your salary requirements.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in university relations, workforce development, outreach, marketing, sales, or business development required.
- Proven ability to build relationships and influence decision-makers in academic or professional settings
- Strong presentation and public-speaking skills
- Willingness to travel to universities, career fairs, and association’s-related events
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, and interpersonal skills.
- Strong customer service orientation and commitment to company’s “Members Come First” motto.
- Ability to plan, organize and prioritize work effectively yet remain flexible in order to adapt to changes in work environment.
- Excellent time-management, prioritizing, problem prevention and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
- Ability to handle multiple assignments and projects simultaneously and work independently as well as a collaborative environment across internal departments in a fast-paced environment.
- Willingness to work across internal departments is a must. Work as a team toward achieving individual, company’s, and client’ annual business plan and budget goals.
- Ability to travel at least 50% of the time per year.
- Motivation to succeed, outgoing and friendly personality.
Preferred
- Experience in building commissioning, building performance, energy, HVAC, or the AEC industry
- Familiarity trade associations in this industry
- Understanding of engineering education structures, accreditation, or curriculum development
- CAE certification
- Preferred knowledge of CRM, iMIS or a similar membership database; MailChimp, Constant Contact or a similar marketing platform; WordPress, SurveyMonkey, and YouTube.
