The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) is seeking a talented Director of Leadership Programs to add to its team.

The Director, Leadership Programs oversees the development, implementation, and maintenance of leadership programs in the Office of Learning (OL). This position is also responsible for the measurement of the impact of the association’s leadership strategy. The Director, Leadership Programs, will collaborate with ADEA staff and ADEA members to deliver effective programs that support diverse professions and will work to expand the existing programs into a global format. Additionally, they will assist with leadership programs that are overseen in other ADEA departments to ensure that the website, the “ADEA Leadership Hub”, displays all the ADEA leadership programs available to ADEA members. The incumbent will support the Leadership Institute Alumni Board and other alumni groups developing from these programs. This role will also serve as the liaison for the ADEA Academic Dental Careers Fellowship Program (ADCFP), providing faculty with tools to mentor learners in allied dental, dental and advanced dental education programs, and to encourage the development of academic careers.

Primary Responsibilities 

• Collaborates with content experts in supporting and/or developing the educational programs for OL leadership meetings. This includes the ADEA Leadership Institute, Emerging Leaders, the Academic Dental Careers Fellowship Program, and the ADEA Council of Deans Fellowship. Maintain the “Leadership Hub” on the ADEA website.
• Develops and implement global leadership platforms and educational materials to appeal to those working in oral health and oral health education in countries other than the US and Canada.  
• Manages the budgets for ADEA’s leadership programs and ensures that the programs meet attendance, revenue, and expense goals. 
• Serves as the liaison to, and contributes to, the educational content for the Academic Dental Careers Fellowship Program (ADCFP) and maintains all documents in the ADEA OL shared drive.
• Works closely with the VP eLearn and other OL staff in the development of a CE transcript service at ADEA.
• Supervises staff as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Chief Learning Officer.        

Annual Goals: 

1. Manages the relationship with external vendors for leadership program development (currently AAL).
2. Coordinates, produces and distributes leadership program certificates of completion. 
3. Develop a global approach to existing and new ADEA leadership programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in education, business, information management, administration, communications, marketing, languages or related field.
• Strategic thinker, with 8 years of experience in professional education design/delivery. Six years of experience plus a graduate degree may be substituted. 
• A background in languages to support a global learning and educational platform is helpful.
• An interest in, and ability to learn, innovative technologies as needed.
• Experience with volunteer member committees preferred, along with ability to act as ambassador for ADEA with its members and member leadership.
• Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to prioritize strategically as necessary.
• Capable of managing multiple tasks simultaneously and working across divisions within ADEA. 
• Excellent written, presentation and verbal communication skills.
• Expertise with Microsoft Office Suite (including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), pdf technology, and videoconference/meeting software such as Zoom/Teams.
• Strong project and program management capabilities and experience.
• An established record of effectively planning and managing education programs/events.
• Ability to project future needs, and plan and manage a budget for each functional area.
• An established record of providing leadership and effectively managing staff.
• Ability to work successfully in a diverse team environment and collaborate effectively with others.
• Ability to work a hybrid work schedule. The current schedule is 3 days (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) in the DC office and 2 days work from home (Monday and Friday). Must have the flexibility to work at ADEA’s DC office as needed to facilitate member programming on site as requested.
• Ability to travel to external member meetings to support ADEA as needed, including some weekends.

The salary range for this position is $97k to $108k. In addition to a rewarding and purposeful mission, ADEA offers you a collaborative team environment with competitive salary and excellent benefits, including health, vision, dental and life insurance, wellness benefits, a 35-hour work week with a hybrid work schedule, generous paid leave and a 403(b) retirement plan with 10% employer contribution. Our office is conveniently located across from the Washington Convention Center, near shopping, restaurants and the Red and Green Line Metro Stations. For more information and to apply online, visit www.adea.org.

Our mission is to develop an inclusive, future-ready oral health workforce prepared to improve the health of all people and communities through leadership, education, and collaboration.

As The Voice of Academic Oral Health, ADEA is the sole national organization representing academic dentistry. Our members include all 80 U.S. and Canadian dental schools, more than 800 allied and advanced dental education programs, more than 55 corporations and approximately 15,000 individuals.

Our activities encompass a wide range of research, advocacy, faculty and leadership development, meetings, news and publications, including the peer-reviewed Journal of Dental Education. We also offer the dental education application services ADEA AADSAS, ADEA PASS, ADEA DHCAS and ADEA CAAPID.

ADEA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Association’s EEO policy prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin or ancestry, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, child birth or related medical conditions, family responsibilities, genetic information, political affiliation, matriculation, veteran status, union affiliation, disability, credit information, status as a victim or family member of a victim of domestic violence, a sexual offense, or stalking, or any other legally- protected characteristic in accordance with federal or local law (the Protected Categories). EEO applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, training and development, promotion, termination, compensation, and benefits.

About American Dental Education Association

Our mission is to develop an inclusive, future-ready oral health workforce prepared to improve the health of all people and communities through leadership, education, and collaboration. As The Voice of Academic Oral Health, ADEA is the sole national organization representing academic dentistry. Our members include all 80 U.S. and Canadian dental schools, more than 800 allied and advanced dental education programs, more than 55 corporations and approximately 15,000 individuals. Our activities encompass a wide range of research, advocacy, faculty and leadership development, meetings, news and publications, including the peer-reviewed Journal of Dental Education. We also offer the dental education application services ADEA AADSAS, ADEA PASS, ADEA DHCAS and ADEA CAAPID.

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