Specialist, Medical Education Initiatives

The Association of American Medical Colleges is a not-for-profit association dedicated to transforming health care by supporting the entire spectrum of medical education, medical research, and patient care conducted by our member institutions. We are dedicated to the communities we serve and steadfast in our goal to improve the health of all.

At the AAMC, we are committed to supporting our employees with a comprehensive benefits package designed to promote well-being, professional growth, and work-life balance. Highlights include:

• Remote Work – Fully remote work available for most positions 

• Retirement Savings – Generous 403(b) employer contributions and financial wellness resources, including professional financial advising. 

• Health & Wellness Perks – Fitness and bicycle subsidies, on-site and virtual wellness programs (live yoga, meditation, mental health webinars, flu shot clinics, and more) 

• Support & Family Care – Employer paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and back-up care options for children, adults, elders, and even pets 

Additional information can be found on our website.

Why us, why now?

The Medical Education Initiatives Specialist 1 provides administrative support for a wide variety of programs and projects administered by the Medical Education Initiatives portfolio. This role supports matrixed teams including the Medical Education Research Certificate (MERC) program, the LSL scholarly calls for submission, and the AAMC Virtual Specialty Fair with note taking, information management, website administration, and other administrative tasks. The Specialist serves as a community manager for multiple virtual communities.

How you will make an impact

Manage the MERC program

• Manage end-to-end administration of MERC including the scheduling and delivery of workshops, managing the inbox, and all associated tasks including facilitator and site management.

Implement and manage new virtual community audiences

• Work with portfolio colleagues to devise and support a sustainable plan for continued virtual connection for virtual communities of scholars, advisors, and financial aid leaders.

Support administration of the annual virtual specialty fair

• Work with portfolio colleagues to support the annual virtual specialty fair including managing specialty communication and inbox, platform design, and day-of-event administration.

Support existing work and create new tools and resources

• Work with portfolio colleagues to support the organization and management of mission-aligned work products including resource collections (such as the Equity in Learning Collection), white papers such as Department of Medical Education/Office of Medical Education project, and other scholarly offerings such as the scholarly-disengaged AAMC member institutions project.
• Duties include but are not limited to managing meetings and …