Director of Education & Programming
The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) is a non-profit industry association seeking a qualified professional with association management, security and privacy experience to join our team. This is a full-time, position working on the average of 50 hours per week, reporting to the Executive Director (ED, supporting committee chairs as required. This is a hands-on role requiring an agile professional who is self-directed and can manage multiple tactical projects through implementation.   This position is located in Bellevue.  The candidate may work remote part time as mutually agreed upon.

Responsible for:

• Drive tactical implementation of major initiatives.

• Support relationships with strategic external organizations including trade organizations, industry working groups and advocates.

• Drive and manage OTA working committees.

• Membership management with a strategic goal to drive recruitment of new member companies and expand engagement with existing members.

• Marketing & communications including authoring, and execution of email newsletters, member communications, webinars and social media.

• Committee management, including facilitating agenda setting with committee chairs, minutes and editing of technical, business and public policy papers.

• Event management including promotion, logistics support, speaker coordination & lead generation follow-up.

• Education Programming - responsible for scheduling, promoting and facilitating OTA Academy training workshops, webinars and briefings - establishing and maintaining an ongoing cadence of programming which educates both members on key issues and trends.

Desired Experience & Competencies:

• Strategic insights, sound problem identification, judgment, conflict resolution and decision-making skills, often in ambiguous situations.

• Ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders and to work effectively with executives.

• Capacity to handle multiple priorities, manage deliverables to dynamic timelines while fostering consensus.

• Subject matter expertise in interactive marketing, advertising, social media, security & privacy.

• Expertise in public policy, supporting legislative initiatives, inquiries and request for comments

Required Skills & Proficiencies:

• Non-Profit membership development and recruitment

• Excellent presentation, verbal, technical writing & editing skills

• High proficiency in common productivity and collaboration applications, e.g. Microsoft Office, (Outlook, Word, Excel & PowerPoint), Dreamweaver, Microsoft Expression Web Essentials, wiki’s, web content and authoring and management tools, mailing list administration, etc.

• Social Networking & Viral Marketing

Other - No relocation assistance is provided. Applicant may work from a dedicated and secure home office part-time.  Applicant must be a US Citizen or have a valid work permit and US Passport. Travel up to 15 to 20%.  Ability to lift 50 Lbs.

Qualified Applicants - Please send cover letter and resume to staff@otalliance.org.  More information may be found at https://otalliance.org

Updated Jan 29, 2012