Why Kenes:
With more than 60 years of experience, Kenes Group is a global PCO leader and association management. Our team of 250 employees works together to create impactful professional events. We foster a family-like work environment within our global company, where collaboration and support are at the heart of what we do. We believe in empowering our employees by equipping them with knowledge and skills that help them grow and advance in their careers. We understand the significance of work-life balance and strive to create an atmosphere that supports personal well-being, to meet the diverse needs of our employees.
Job Summary:
We are searching for an Association Manager to join our team. In this role you will support the Officers and Council and manage the secretariat, activities, and operations of the association in accordance with guidelines and objectives.
Responsibilities:
- Responsibility for the administrative office and tasks
- Coordination and management of virtual and physical meetings
- Prepare and follow detailed work plan and timelines in line with strategic plan
- Recommendation and implementation of tasks in line with strategic priorities
- Implementation of agreed policies
- Executive support to the Officers and Board and advice on governance issues
- Manage and oversee suppliers to deliver agreed activities
- Identify and coordinate engagement with industry partners
- Planning, implementation, coordination and evaluation of key projects such as scholarship, awards and projects with partners
- Establish and maintain effective formal and informal communication with members, partners, suppliers, key decision makers and the public as agreed
- Development and implementation of a marketing and communications plan
- Coordination of association’s publications and communications
- Management of associations finances and fiscal requirements
- Oversee the management of membership
- University degree, or equivalent
- Excellent English (written/spoken)
- 3-5 years experience working with non profit associations in a similar Association Executive / Account Management role
- The following skills and attributes are essential:
- Operational knowledge of all elements of managing a non-profit organization
- Proven ability to work with an executive team/board
- High level of commercial and financial awareness
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks
- Advanced information technology skills
- Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills
- Wide general cultural knowledge with discretion and diplomacy
- Good judgment and the capacity to work independently, proactively and creatively
- Ability to build effective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders and international bodies
- The following skills and attributes are desirable:
- Experience of large scale conferences/live events
- Experience working with scientific organisations
- Excellent computer skills (Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Working knowledge of online systems such as WordPress, CRM system.
What we offer:
- Real opportunities for professional development in a leading international company
- Friendly team culture that promotes initial and continual professional education and team collaboration
- Hybrid model & Flexible working hours
- Extra remote working days / weeks
- Flexible remuneration: food, transportation, daycare
- Easy access by public transport (really close by a metro stop)
- Regular team events
- Refer a friend program
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What We Do
Our Mission:
To be the world’s leading facilitator of meetings for global exchange of professional knowledge in medical, scientific and other professions, based upon our core values of integrity and excellence.
With over 60 years of expertise, Kenes Group has become a global leader in meetings, excelling as a Professional Conference Organiser (PCO), Association Management Company (AMC), and Continuing Education Provider (CPD/CME). Founded in Tel Aviv in 1965 and headquartered in Geneva, Kenes Group has hosted over 4,300 conferences in more than 100 cities around the globe, providing services to over 220,000 participants per year.
Over the past six decades, Kenes Group has established and maintained its winning reputation as a global meeting and association management provider. Recognised as the world leader in meeting planning, Kenes Group is the only global PCO dedicated to medical and scientific events. Kenes Group boasts a long-standing client base of some of the world’s foremost organisations and associations, with more than 100 returning and long term clients.
With a team of over 350 professional, multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary employees in 18 locations on four continents, Kenes Group truly delivers global expertise with personal, local know-how. Our clients have come to rely on Kenes Group as a competent, loyal and trusted advisor. We have earned our reputation as the provider of choice for global conference management.
Kenes Group is proud to be accredited member of IAPCO (International Association of Professional Congress Organisers) and ICCA (International Congress and Convention Association) and to have team members in both PCMA (Professional Convention Management Association) and ASAE (American Society of Association Executives).
