Leadership Associate

General Position Description

The Leadership Associate ensures that APA chapters and Chapter Presidents Council (CPC) are supported as necessary to enhance efficiency in their leadership roles. This position works closely with the governing bodies of 47 chapters and the CPC and its committees.

APA is an equal opportunity employer, and has made a focused commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in all forms, as a means to achieving thriving communities in which everyone has equal opportunity to live a safe, healthy and prosperous life.

Duties and responsibilities:

Chapter Administration and Support

• Serve as primary staff liaison to chapters and their officers, communicating the interests of chapters to staff and other member and leadership groups.
• Help as needed relative to all operations of the chapters including bylaws, budgets, elections, conferences, program development plans, newsletters and other communication tools, and officer development.
• Maintain electronic communications with the CPC, update chapters via electronic communications with news and developments from APA National.
• Update all data for chapter and section officers; ensuring a process is in place for all necessary changes to occur.
• Maintenance of archival information and reference files for chapters.
• Staff various CPC committees and task forces as needed including coordinating conference calls; ensuring project schedules are met; developing and mailing materials and correspondence; coordinating communication between committees and other members of leadership.
• Provide monthly membership rosters for chapters, including specially requested rosters.  
• Coordinate with other staff on APA/component annual elections.
• Support development and maintenance of chapter websites on APA’s web hosting platform.
• Support networks of members at the chapter level, including chapter legislative advocacy networks, and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion programs, among others.

Council Governance and Programs

• Coordination of meetings with the CPC Executive Committee, the CPC and the committees of the council.
• Coordination of the biennial election process in conjunction with the CPC Nominating Committee.
• Administer the annual grants and awards programs of the CPC.
• Support the orientation, training and leadership development of members of the council, and development of orientation materials.

Skills and Talents Needed:

• Comfortable with a variety of digital communication tools and platforms.
• Collaborative, energetic, engaged, team focused.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Customer Service focus.
• Strong organization skills with the ability to coordinate multiple projects simultaneously required.