Coordinator, Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

POSITION: Coordinator, Canadian Cardiovascular Society Continuing Professional Development (CPD),

REPORTS TO: Director, Continuing Professional Development

START DATE: August 17, 2026 or sooner

SALARY RANGE: 51,800 - 64,800

POSITION TYPE: New position, permanent

LOCATION: Remote (Ottawa-based, preferred)

Position summary

The Coordinator, Canadian Cardiovascular Society Continuing Professional Development (CPD), provides administrative and operational support for a growing portfolio of continuing professional development activities at the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS). This role supports the coordination of educational programming, assists with faculty and committee workflows, helps maintain accurate systems and records, and contributes to the timely, high-quality delivery of webinars, online learning, committee-supported initiatives, and accreditation-related activities.

The position plays a key role in strengthening internal capacity as CCS CPD continues to expand in volume, scope, and complexity, with a strong focus on process consistency, stakeholder service, and attention to detail.

Key responsibilities

• Support the coordination of CPD programming from proposal development through delivery and post-program follow-up.
• Assist with timelines, task tracking, and cross-functional workflows to help ensure deliverables are completed accurately and on schedule.
• Provide committee support, including agenda preparation, minutes, scheduling polls, member records, and committee-related correspondence.
• Coordinate faculty invitations, confirmations, reminders, scheduling, and related program communications.
• Support accreditation processes, including documentation tracking, application preparation, credit notifications, and record organization for internal and external programs.
• Help maintain data integrity across CPD systems and platforms, including survey tools, iMIS, learning platforms, tracking spreadsheets, and shared folders.
• Support webinar and online course delivery by coordinating event/course set-up, surveys, certificates, attendee records, email communications, and post-event reporting.
• Assist in preparing evaluation reports, dashboards, and summaries for sponsors, partners, committees, and internal planning purposes.
• Support marketing and communications coordination, including templated content, timelines, slide preparation, and brand-aligned design assets.
• Respond to routine learner, faculty, and partner inquiries and escalate more complex issues to the appropriate team member.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by helping refine templates, standard operating procedures, trackers, and workflow processes.

Core competencies

• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills and comfort coordinating with multiple stakeholders.
• Comfort working across digital platforms and administrative systems.
• Willingness to identify process gaps and support practical improvements.

Qualifications

• Postsecondary education in health administration, education, event management, communications, project management, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• One year of experience in continuing professional development, medical education, event coordination, or program administration (or relevant internship/co-op experience).
• Familiarity with committee support, online learning platforms, survey tools, and content/document management systems is an asset.
• Experience maintaining records, coordinating logistics, or supporting multiple stakeholders simultaneously.
• Knowledge of accreditation processes, educational program workflows, or healthcare professional education is an asset.
• Bilingualism (English/French) is considered an asset.

Working relationships

This role works closely with CPD staff, committee chairs, faculty, communications staff, accreditation partners, finance, and other internal stakeholders at the Canadian Cardiovascular Society. The Coordinator is expected to build rapport with members and faculty while supporting operational follow-through, clarity, and consistency across activities, under the guidance of the CPD team.

Performance focus

Success in this role will be measured by timely and accurate execution of administrative tasks, responsiveness to stakeholders, strong data and document integrity, and reliable support of day-to-day CPD program operations.

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