Director, Education
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Alexandria, VA, US
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Not specified
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Licensed clinician with an active, unrestricted license in good standing, such as a registered nurse, physical therapist, occupational therapist, speech-language pathologist, licensed social worker or
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing or a health-related field required, master’s degree in nursing, education, health administration, public health or a related field preferred.
- Experience working within a home health, hospice, home care or Medicaid HCBS agency strongly preferred
- Minimum of eight years of progressive professional experience, including at least five years designing, delivering and evaluating education for health care professionals across live, virtual and self-
- Hands-on experience managing accredited continuing education for nursing, medicine or interprofessional audiences, including compliance with standards for independence and integrity in accredited educ
- Demonstrated expertise in adult learning, instructional design, needs assessment, curriculum development and outcomes evaluation.
- Experience managing education as a business, including budgets, pricing and achieving participation and revenue goals.
- Proven ability to lead initiatives from concept through launch while personally carrying out the work in a small-staff environment.
- Strong strategic thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to use data to guide decisions.
- Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills; able to engage executives, clinicians, volunteers and faculty with credibility.
- Ability to lead through influence and collaborate across departments, volunteers and external partners.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (including Teams, SharePoint, Forms and Planner), virtual meeting and webinar platforms, and learning management systems.
- Ability to travel up to 20% of the time, including multi-day conferences and occasional weekend work during peak periods.
Nice to have
- Clinical experience in the care at home community (home health, hospice, palliative care or home care).
- At least three years of experience in a national association, nonprofit or membership organization.
- Experience with Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education, including reaccreditation.
- Experience developing or managing certification, credentialing or assessment-based certificate programs, including familiarity with national credentialing accreditation standards.
- Certified Association Executive (CAE), board certification in nursing professional development or hospice and palliative care, or another relevant clinical, education or talent development credential.
- Prior supervisory or team leadership experience.
- Experience with association management systems (Re:Members preferred), learning management systems (Forj preferred) and conference management systems (eShow preferred).
Full description
About Us
The National Alliance for Care at Home (Alliance) is the leading authority in transforming care in the home. As a national trade association, we represent providers of home care, home health, hospice, palliative care, and other services delivered where people want them most—at home. We are an inclusive thought leader, advocate, educator, and convener, serving as a unified voice for providers and the individuals they care for across all stages of life.
Position Overview
Reporting to the VP, Operations, the Director, Education leads all the Alliance’s education, from setting strategy to delivering programs, to build the knowledge and skills of professionals across the care at home community. A clinician and experienced educator, this hands-on leader manages the full education portfolio and the Alliance’s accredited continuing education program, keeping offerings clinically sound, responsive to member needs and financially sustainable. The Director also creates new certification programs that add value to Alliance membership, working closely with the events, membership, and policy and advocacy teams.
This is a chance for a clinician-educator to put their expertise to work on a national stage. You’ll own the Alliance’s education strategy from end to end, launch new certification programs that strengthen the profession, and help members across the care at home community stay ahead of rapid regulatory and clinical change.
This position is based in the Washington, DC metro area and eligible for a hybrid work (2-3 days in-office) arrangement. Candidates must be located (or willing to relocate to) the DC area to support in-person collaboration, stakeholder engagement and events as needed.
Primary ResponsibilitiesEducation Strategy & Business Management
- Develops, carries out and regularly updates a multi-year education strategy and annual education plan aligned with the Alliance’s strategic plan and the needs of members across home health, hospice, palliative care and home care.
- Leads the Alliance’s educational needs assessment with the membership team; analyzes member, industry, workforce and evaluation data to identify practice gaps, priority topics and the best way to deliver each.
- Manages education as a business line and develops budgets, recommends pricing (including member and non-member rates and group options), tracks revenue and expenses, and works with business development team to identify sponsorship, partnership and new revenue opportunities.
- Sets and reports on measurable goals for participation, learning outcomes, member value, accreditation compliance and financial results to the Vice President, Operations.
- Leads the Alliance’s internal content strategy planning to connect education with resources, events and other programs across the organization.