Associate Director, Ethics Operations

Posting Date: 12/03/2025

Location: Rockville, MD

Cluster/Team: Standards and Ethics Cluster

Coach: Senior Director of Ethics

Salary Range (Non-Negotiable): $81,373– $90,414

FLSA Exemption Status: Exempt

Description

This position provides administerial and technical support to maintain and enhance the work of the ethics program and the ASHA Board of Ethics, including their adjudication, education, outreach, and senior administrative needs.

Responsibilities

1. Serve as primary liaison between ASHA Ethics Office and ASHA Business Analysts on technical projects and oversee best practices of legal document management.
2. Work independently to analyze complaint data, create customized spreadsheets, charts and reports and research historical complaint data.
3. Organize and provide all administrative and technical support for Board of Ethics meetings, including the creation of agendas, templates, scheduling and recordings.
4. Prepare annual nomination materials and research for review with the senior director of ethics and the BOE Chairs.
5. Assist in the creation of ethics presentations, including research and creating PowerPoint slides.
6. Prepare form minutes that serve as the basis for all Board decisions. Proofread ethics materials and motions as requested.
7. Manage Board’s collaborative site and Community site to ensure posted materials are current and organized for easy Board and staff access.
8. Manage Ethics database on NetForum.
9. Act as liaison for special projects as requested by the senior director of ethics.

Qualifications

Knowledge Typically Acquired Through

• A bachelor’s degree, preferably in communications, English, ethics, justice, philosophy, political science, history, legal studies, pre-law, health studies, sociology/psychology, communications disorders or a related area, such as a paralegal certificate
• At least 5 years of responsible administrative experience managing a unit or project within a complex organization, preferably involving legal work
• Collaboration software and database management experience
• Experience working with and fostering cooperation among diverse constituencies

Skills

• Demonstrated writing and editing abilities
• Demonstrated ability in Word, NetForum, Excel and PowerPoint
• Demonstrated ability to work independently while also working collaboratively with a team to develop and carry out projects and duties
• Demonstrated ability to use software consistent with duties and responsibilities
• Demonstrated interest in learning a broad range of issues as applied to ethics, credentialing, and professional discipline
• Demonstrated ability to ensure the confidentiality of sensitive information/data
• Demonstrated ability to plan and implement logistics for meetings
• Demonstrated strong organizational and problem-solving skills to manage and track several projects simultaneously
• Demonstrated ability to recall, analyze, organize information, and make complex decisions
• Demonstrated ability to verbally communicate and to effectively interact with people in a positive manner