Education Program Coordinator
Company: American Society for Radiation Oncology
Location: Arlington
Posted on: February 17, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Job Description Do you have a passion for
lifelong learning and an interest in medical education programming?
Do you want to join a mission-driven organization that makes a
difference in the U.S. healthcare landscape? ASTRO, the American
Society for Radiation Oncology, is looking for an energetic and
passionate individual with an interest in continuing adult
education to join our team that supports ASTRO’s Professional
Development team. As the Education Program Coordinator and under
the direction of the Senior Education Program Manager, this
position is responsible for coordinating, and providing support for
the education and scientific components of the Society’s live,
in-person, meeting offerings, including the Annual Meeting and
Specialty Meetings. Primary responsibilities include: assisting
with speaker management, communications with speakers, updating
website content and technology tools as well as handling various
administrative tasks related to the ASTRO education and content
programming. Major Duties and Responsibilities To perform this job
successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential
duty and responsibility satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations
may be made to enable individual with disabilities to perform the
essential functions. Other duties may be assigned to meet business
needs. Provides support to education team for all Society’s live,
in-person meetings including presenter management and communication
before, during and post meeting. To include email reminders,
assisting with scheduling conference calls, processing speaker
benefits, performing session content audits, ACCME documentation
including COI reports, etc. Builds and maintains all website
information for all live, in-person meetings and collaborate with
Meetings team to ensure synergy across Education Department.
Maintains and ensures timely response to communications received in
Education Department inboxes (Fresh Service). Organizes efforts
throughout the Education Department to ensure process and standard
operating procedures of appropriately documented and filed.
Develops Speaker Centers for all live, in-person meetings in
conjunction with the Senior Program Managers within the department.
Assists with all administrative functions within the abstract and
speaker management system Coordinates various technology tools
associated with the Annual Meeting including the Annual Meeting
Portal, including review of content, and editing data for
consistency. Creates tech scripts for all session rooms for AV
company and session moderators for all live, in person meetings.
Provides support to all team members on various tasks related to
the overall planning of the Society’s live, in-person meetings.
Provides program management to ad hoc education offerings including
eLearning projects and programs. Learns and utilize various
association and educational program planning tools including the
association management system (APTIFY), content management system
(Confex), website content management system (Kentico), Audience
response system (Conferences i/O), online conference planner and
app (Cadmium) etc. Recommends and contributes to enhancements to
processes and SOPs for the Education Department and Division.
Supports education related projects as assigned Successful
candidates will have: Education/Experience Bachelor’s degree or
equivalent work experience, in a related field preferred. Two to
four years of work experience within a medical specialty society
preferred. Experience with faculty/volunteer management a plus.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Proficient with Microsoft Office
Suite, specifically Microsoft Word and Excel. Knowledge in
technology including prior experience with mobile apps, association
management systems (APTIFY preferred), and web development programs
(Ektron, HTML, etc.). Resourcefulness and ability to work
independently. Must have excellent oral and written communication
skills in order to interact effectively with contacts inside and
outside the association, particularly with volunteers and
physicians. Ability to listen effectively and clarify understanding
as needed. Interpersonal skills – shows understanding,
friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, cooperation, concern, and
politeness to others; relates well to different people from varied
backgrounds and different situations; e.g., internal staff,
volunteers, physicians, and other external entities. Organization
and planning – able to organize tasks; develop realistic action
plans while being sensitive to time constraints and resource
availability. Results oriented - ability to work at a fast pace,
determine priorities, and meet critical deadlines. Decision-making
and problem solving – ability to take action in solving problems
while exhibiting judgment and a realistic understanding of issues.
Detail oriented with strong proofreading ability. Ability to travel
10-25% of the year, overnight and over weekends. ASTRO offers a
competitive salary and excellent benefits package which includes:
Flexible work arrangements Medical, dental and vision insurance,
majority company paid 401K with immediate company contribution 23
days of Paid Time Off annually 13 Paid Holidays Pre-tax commuter
benefits Employer paid short and long term disability insurance and
more Please see our website www.astro.org for more information
about ASTRO. To apply, submit cover letter and resume by clicking:
https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=f5688abd
-7893-4349-9948-f60b3bdf7a5d& ccId=1201151451_8078
&type=MP&lang=en_US We are an equal/affirmative action
employer.
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