Education Program Associate Jobs in Chicago, IL (NOW HIRING)

Position Summary:

The Alzheimer’s Association seeks an experienced program management professional to lead the coordination and execution of professional education programs for health and care audiences related to State Rural Health Transformation Grants. This role is responsible for advancing strategic education priorities by aligning internal stakeholders, subject matter experts, and external partners to successfully deliver high quality training programs.

The Associate Director serves as a central point of coordination across cross-functional teams and external vendors, ensuring programs are delivered on time, in alignment with organizational and grant-funded priorities. This role manages a portfolio of initiatives and may lead select programs end-to-end, while also providing coordination and operational support to internal program leads.

The ideal candidate is a strong project manager, collaborator, and communicator with experience managing complex initiatives and coordinating across multiple teams and external vendors.

This position is grant funded.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead and support cross-functional coordination across internal teams (e.g., clinical, education, CE, evaluation, LMS) and external partners to advance development and delivery of training programs
• Serve as the primary liaison between internal teams and external vendors/instructional partners, ensuring alignment on scope, timelines, deliverables, and quality standards
• Manage program timelines and execution for assigned initiatives, while providing coordination support to internal leads as needed, ensuring alignment, continuity, and timely delivery across teams and external partners
• Partner with subject matter experts and internal stakeholders to identify learning needs and support program priorities, translating them into clear program requirements for development partners
• Facilitate communication and alignment across stakeholders, ensuring clarity of roles, expectations, and progress throughout the project lifecycle
• Coordinate with the LMS Administrator to support course launch readiness, including content integration, testing, tracking, and issue resolution
• Partner with the Continuing Education (CE) team to ensure programs meet accreditation requirements and compliance standards
• Work with evaluation and analytics teams to monitor program performance, gather feedback, and support continuous improvement
• Identify risks and proactively implement solutions to maintain project timelines, quality standards, and alignment with organizational priorities

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES 

• Proven experience managing complex, cross-functional projects involving multiple stakeholders and timelines
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate internal teams and external vendors to deliver programs or products
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills, including working with subject matter experts and external partners
• Ability to balance ownership of initiatives with a support and coordination role across teams
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including meeting facilitation and stakeholder alignment
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, matrixed environment
• Experience with project management and collaboration tools (e.g., Monday.com, Microsoft Office, Google Workspace)

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred (e.g., Education, Business, Public Health, Organizational Development, or related field)
• Minimum of 3–5 years of experience in program management, project management, or cross-functional coordination
• Experience working with external vendors or partners to deliver programs or products preferred
• Experience in healthcare, public health, or professional education environments highly desirable
• Demonstrated experience leading or supporting multi-stakeholder initiatives or programs

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Sedentary Work: 100 %

Title: Associate Director, Professional Education Programs

Position Location: Remote

Full time: 37.5 hours per week

Position Grade & Compensation: Grade 508; The Alzheimer’s Associations good faith expectation for the salary range for this role is between 80,000.00-95,000.00.

Reports To: Senior Director, Professional Education

Who We Are:

The Alzheimer’s Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care, support and research. Our mission is to lead the way to end Alzheimer's and all other dementia– by accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection, and maximizing quality care and support.

The Alzheimer’s Association announced a landmark $100 million investment in research for 2023. This unparalleled commitment is illustrative of the momentum we are building in dementia research — our investments today will lead to breakthroughs tomorrow.

At the Alzheimer’s Association, our employees are at the core of all we do. Our network of more than 1,900 employees across the United States makes a difference each and every day for those impacted by Alzheimer’s and those at risk for the disease.

We warmly invite qualified applicants to consider this opportunity to make a life-changing impact on the millions living with Alzheimer’s, their caregivers and those that may develop the disease in the future. Read on to learn more about the role, then visit our website www.alz.org/jobs to explore who we are and why we've been recognized as a Best Place to Work for the last twelve years in a row. 

At the Alzheimer's Association®, we believe that diverse perspectives are critical to achieving health equity — meaning that all communities have a fair and just opportunity for early diagnosis and access to risk reduction and quality care. The Association is committed to engaging underrepresented and underserved communities and responding with resources and education to address the disproportionate impact of Alzheimer’s and dementia.

The Alzheimer’s Association commitment remains steadfast in engaging all communities in our full mission. The Association provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment to the fullest extent required by law, including, but not limited to, on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Employees working 24 hours/week or more are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, flex accounts, short and long-term disability, life insurance, long term care insurance, tuition reimbursement, generous Paid Time Off, 12 annual holidays and Paid Family Leave, as well as an annual Cultural & Heritage Day and Volunteer Day of their choosing. They are also eligible for our gold standard 401(k) retirement plan. Please click HERE for more information.

Full time employees (37.5 hours/week), will enjoy all of the above plus an annual School Visitation Day and an Elder Care Facility Day of their choosing.

Qualified Applicants with arrest or Conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act at the Alzheimer's Association.

The Alzheimer's Association will conduct an individualized assessment of the material job duties of this job include working with vulnerable communities which the employer may reasonably believe that Criminal History may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship for the safety of the community.

The background check will include searches for: social security person search, public reports, county & federal criminal reports, multi-jurisdictional, sex offender database, NSOPW national sex offender, education, employment history, motor vehicle or driving history, and reference checks.