Program Manager, MDS

Job Overview

The International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society is a non-profit medical professional society of approximately 12,000 influential clinicians, scientists, and other healthcare professionals from around the world dedicated to improving the care of patients with Parkinson’s disease and movement disorders through education and research.

Position Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain operational workflows for growing advocacy and outreach initiatives, including but not limited to the MDS Patient and Carers Group, and the Committee on Equality of Access to Care.
• Maintain accuracy and integrity of the volunteer database and webpages for committees, task forces, study groups, and other working groups.
• Implement and ongoing administrative support for online community tools for the Society's working groups.
• Support staff with MDS committees and groups as needed to achieve objectives, including, but not limited to, development of reports, agendas, minutes, timelines, action plans, correspondence, and other presentation materials, as needed.
• Serve as the primary staff liaison for additional assigned groups, supporting volunteer engagement, coordination, and effective communication between the group and the organization through process, internal staff collaboration, and strong project management.
• Oversee development and deployment of volunteer interest forms to the Society membership.
• Oversee the deployment of the biannual term rotation process for committees, study groups, and special interest groups.
• Work with internal departments (IS, TS, CS, Mail, Accounting, etc.) as needed for MDS projects.
• Serve as primary contact for patients asking questions about the organization.
• Carry out other related responsibilities as assigned.

Skills and Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communications skills.
• Project management skills.
• Computer proficiency and ability to manage and juggle multiple projects.
• Able to work successfully in a team environment.
• Able to maintain attention to detail and accuracy.
• Proficient in Windows, MS Word, and MS Excel.
• Experience with MS PowerPoint and iMIS and/or MS Access is a plus.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Additional Information

• Up to 2 weeks per year, and may include some international travel.
• This is a full-time position located in our office in downtown Milwaukee, WI and a minimum of two days onsite in the office (including Wednesday as an all-staff-in-office day) are a requirement of the role.
• Occasional lifting of up to 50 pounds may be required.
• Some early morning/evening and weekend work may be required.
• Attendance at the annual meeting is required.
• Ongoing morning or evening conference calls are required.