Nursing Professional Development Specialist

American Nurses Association ANA • Silver Spring, MD

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The American Nurses Enterprise (ANE) is seeking an innovative, collaborative Nursing Professional Development Specialist to advance high-quality learning and professional development opportunities for nurses. The specialist assesses needs and designs, implements, manages, and evaluates professional development products and educational content supporting ANE and its subsidiaries. Guided by ANE’s strategic priorities, the role contributes to credentialing and program initiatives, with particular focus on developing and advancing micro-credentialing programs that recognize targeted knowledge and skills. The specialist serves as the primary lead for assigned educational products and services and partners with colleagues across the enterprise to deliver relevant, high-quality learning experiences for nurses and other stakeholders.

ANE is a family of nonprofit organizations comprising the American Nurses Association (ANA), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and the American Nurses Foundation (ANF). Founded in 1896, it works to elevate nursing globally, evolve nursing practice to improve health, health care, and health equity, and ensure nurses’ professional success. Its core values are Trusted, Inclusive, Innovative, and Empowered. The role is based at ANE headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, and hybrid employees must work in the office at least 20% of the time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN).
• NPD-BC or equivalent advanced certification, or eligibility to obtain certification within one year of employment.
• Unencumbered registered nurse (RN) license.
• At least 2 years of experience in nursing professional development or education.
• At least 1 year of experience managing and leading a cross-functional project team to meet aggressive goals, exercising sound judgment in product prioritization and development.
• Experience with educational content development or programming in health care, nursing continuing education programs, or consulting services.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, and willingness to learn new technologies.
• Ability to understand and discuss technical platform concepts related to content delivery, including learning management systems (LMS).
• Knowledge of content distribution modes, web-accessible and mobile applications, LMS platforms, and evolving customer needs.

Nice To Haves

• Master of Science in Nursing (MSN).
• Three or more years of experience in nursing professional development or education.
• Micro-credentialing experience.

Responsibilities

• Systematically collect and analyze educational and product data aligned with organizational priorities.
• Analyze assessment data to identify practice gaps, collaborate with stakeholders to validate them, and prioritize gaps in alignment with organizational goals.
• Identify desired outcomes for education plans, define and document measurable outcomes, and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
• Lead the design of plans to address practice gaps; assess learner communication needs and apply adult learning concepts.
• Design inclusive and culturally sensitive nursing professional development activities, establish collaborative plans for achieving outcomes, and plan for potential implementation barriers.
• Implement plans using sound judgment and innovative solutions, engage learners in educational activities, and evaluate the effectiveness of strategies.
• Create processes for stakeholder involvement in evaluation, use valid methods to measure behavior change and impact, and apply evaluation results to research and process improvement.
• Collaborate with ANCC staff, under the guidance of the ANA Accredited Provider (Accreditation and Continuing Nursing Education), to develop high-quality educational programs, products, and services.
• Facilitate enterprise teamwork, use negotiation skills to support collaborative partnerships and resource acquisition, and continuously assess and improve communication skills.
• Represent the division at national conferences and trade shows.
• Develop and deliver presentations at relevant local, state, regional, and national meetings.
• Engage in continuous professional development, acquire specialty-area knowledge and skills, and use environmental scanning to identify personal development needs.

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements.
• Generous paid time off, including the week off between December 25 and January 1 and additional personal days off.
• 11 paid holidays.
• 401(k) retirement contributions of up to 7%.
• Health and medical benefits.
• Career development and advancement through internal and external learning and development programs.
• Modern office spaces designed to foster collaboration and creativity.

What This Job Offers

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