Learning & Development Content Specialist

Yoga Alliance • Arlington, VA

21d • $55,000 - $60,000 • Remote

About The Position

Reporting to the Program Manager, Learning & Development, Yoga Alliance is seeking a Learning & Development Content Specialist to join its team. The Learning and Development (L&D) Content Specialist supports the design, curation, and project management of educational resources that serve Yoga Alliance’s diverse member community. Reporting to the Learning and Development Program Manager, this role ensures that members have access to high-quality, engaging, and relevant professional development content. The Content Specialist will play a hands-on role in organizing and maintaining our content library, coordinating with subject matter experts, and supporting the delivery of impactful learning experiences.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in education, instructional design, or related field, or equivalent number of years of professional work experience (four years).
• 2+ years of experience in learning and development, instructional content, or content management.
• 2+ years of experience using Learning Management Systems (LMS) or digital content tools.
• Strength in the following core competencies and skills:
• Collaboration: Is inclusive, highly engaged team player, proactively seeks and provides thought partnership, assistance, and/or resources with/to colleagues.
• Communications: Understands, conveys, and shares information effectively through listening, inquiring, writing, editing, and speaking. Ability to read a room and adapt style, content, and tone. Ability to manage expectations, understand who the stakeholders are.
• Critical Thinking & Sound Judgment: Ability to look at a variety of situations in a manner that understands and identify connections between disparate ideas and/or facts. Ability to escalate and address concerns/challenges appropriately and in a timely manner. Seeks diversity and differences in opinions to inform and refine decision-making.
• Solutions Oriented: Enjoys troubleshooting and surfacing creative solutions to achieve desired outcomes.
• Project Management: Tracks, drives, prioritizes, reports, and engages the necessary stakeholders, tools, resources, and information to produce desired results; ability to move nimbly among a variety of projects with varying timelines.
• Strategic Thinking: Knows where to look for and is able to take disparate pieces of information and effectively synthesize to produce insights and desired outcomes. Is able to map out and execute a sound plan to achieve long-term goals.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proficiency in editing and formatting educational content.
• Strong technology skills with an aptitude to learn quickly to ramp up on new platforms or technology: Microsoft Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint); project management platforms (e.g., Monday).
• Analytical skills to track engagement data, interpret feedback, and suggest content improvements.
• Proven track record of contributing to work environments committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging.
• Ability to attend in-person work-related events, work on-site at the Arlington, VA office as needed, and travel occasionally nationwide (15 – 20%).

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of accessibility standards and inclusive learning design.
• Experience with Salesforce, content management systems, or marketing automation tools.
• Experience with Absorb LMS.
• Understanding of adult learning theory or instructional design best practices.
• We encourage individuals to apply even if they do not have any of the desired qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Support the Program Manager in developing self-paced courses and live learning events by providing research, content editing, and logistical coordination.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts and instructors to source, review, and prepare learning content and practice-ready resources for members.
• Lead and ensure follow-through on the logistical execution of live learning experiences (e.g., webinars and virtual workshops), including scheduling, platform setup, registration tracking, and post-session follow-up.
• Upload, organize, and track content in the Learning Management System (LMS) and other platforms.
• Assist with quality assurance checks to ensure learning resources meet standards for accuracy, accessibility, and user experience.
• Monitor member engagement and collect feedback to inform content improvements and new resource development.
• Coordinate with the marketing team to help promote professional development offerings to members.
• Curate and maintain the L&D content library, ensuring resources are accurate, up to date, and accessible.
• Stay current with trends in online education, yoga studies, and adult learning to recommend new formats or topics.

Benefits

• Yoga Alliance provides excellent employee benefits including comprehensive health insurance plan offerings that are 100% employer paid for employees and 65% paid for dependents, a 401K plan, a generous paid-leave policy, and reimbursement for professional development opportunities.
• Employees enjoy a casual dress code so they can arrive to work as their most authentic selves.
• Our office culture is supportive and collaborative with conscious attention to body and mind health.
• It is common for the office staff to participate in group meditation, quiet time, and group yoga.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level