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YMCA of the USA

Specialist, Learning and Development - Training Operations - National Office (Remote)

🇺🇸 Remote - Chicago, IL 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $61K - $73K 💻 Learning & Development 🗓️ July 3rd, 2026

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YMCA of the USA is hiring a Specialist, Learning and Development - Training Operations to coordinate and execute administrative, logistical, and operational processes supporting their training and learning delivery system. The role manages course scheduling, registration processing, trainer support, and event logistics to ensure smooth and consistent implementation of training activities across the YMCA network.

Highlights
  • Manage administrative workflows for course scheduling, trainer communications, and training logistics.
  • Process registrations, payments, refunds, and reimbursements in partnership with finance and registration teams.
  • Coordinate data entry, documentation, and record maintenance to support reporting and learning delivery.
  • Provide logistical support for national training events including contracts, travel, materials, and post-event processing.
  • Assist with instructor and trainer certification administration and status communication.
  • Collaborate with Learning Centers and internal partners to ensure accurate and timely information flow and consistent service delivery.
  • Identify and recommend improvements to enhance training operations within established governance.
  • Provide general administrative support such as meeting coordination and scheduling.
  • Required qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree, 2-4 years of experience, and intermediate functional skills.
  • Offered salary range is $61,000 to $73,000 annually, with a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, retirement plans, and paid time off.

Specialist, Learning and Development - Training Operations - National Office (Remote) Full Description

Overview: 
The Specialist, Learning & Development – Training Operations is responsible for coordinating and executing the administrative, logistical, and operational processes that support YUSA’s training and learning delivery system. This role ensures accurate scheduling support, registration processing, refunds, reimbursements, and event related administration in partnership with Learning Centers and internal YUSA teams. The Specialist plays a key role in maintaining reliable back office operations, supporting trainer and faculty coordination, and ensuring training activities are implemented consistently and efficiently. Operating within established processes and governance, this role helps enable high quality learning experiences across the YMCA network. This role ensures accurate scheduling support, registration processing, refunds, reimbursements, and event-related administration in partnership with Learning Centers and internal Y-USA teams. The Specialist plays a key role in maintaining reliable back-office operations, supporting trainer and faculty coordination, and ensuring training activities are implemented consistently and efficiently. Operating within established processes and governance, this role helps enable high-quality learning experiences across the YMCA network.
 
The Learning & Development (L&D) team drives organizational capability by designing and delivering learning experiences that build skills, strengthen leadership, and support career growth. We partner closely with business leaders to understand talent needs and develop programs that improve performance, engagement, and readiness for the future. Our work spans training strategy, instructional design, program management, facilitation, technology-enabled learning, and continuous improvement of our talent development ecosystem. 
 
YMCA of the USA (Y-USA) embraces a remote-first working environment which means most employees work remotely from a home office within the continental United States.

Responsibilities: 
  • Support training coordination and operational execution by managing administrative workflows related to course scheduling support, trainer and faculty communications, and training logistics in alignment with approved plans and defined governance standards.
  • Process registrations, payments, refunds, and reimbursements accurately and on time, partnering with finance, registration, and internal systems teams to ensure compliance with established policies and procedures.
  • Coordinate back office training operations including data entry, documentation, communications, and record maintenance to support accurate reporting and smooth delivery of learning activities.
  • Provide logistical and administrative support for national training events, including contract request coordination, travel and lodging support, materials fulfillment, registration monitoring, and post event processing. 
  • Support instructor, trainer and faculty certification administration by assisting with application processing, tracking required retraining, maintaining records, and communicating routine status updates to trainers, faculty, and stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with Learning Centers and internal Y-USA partners to ensure accurate information flow, timely processing, and consistent service delivery across training operations.
  • Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and consistency within established training operations, processes, recommending enhancements while operating within defined standards and governance.
  • Provide general administrative and operational support to the Learning Centers function, including meeting coordination, scheduling, and other routine support activities as needed. 

Qualifications: 
A successful candidate will possess a majority of the following professional attributes and competencies: 
  • Bachelor’s degree required in a relevant field such as Business, or related disciplines required. 
  • 2-4 years of experience required.
  • Intermediate functional skills.
  • Some industry knowledge and experience.
  • Routine and advanced functional tasks.
  • Internal and external communication.

Benefits: 
We offer a full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, defined benefit plan (retirement savings), defined contribution plan (403(b) plan, life and disability insurances, technology stipend, and generous paid time off, all in a work from anywhere within the continental U.S. workplace.
 Posted Salary Range: USD $61,000.00 - USD $73,000.00 /Yr.