About the Role
The New York Botanical Garden is seeking an organized, dependable, and mission-driven Learning and Development Coordinator to support staff learning and professional development. This role helps coordinate training programs, onboarding activities, workshops, learning materials, and related projects, ensuring learning programs run smoothly.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate logistics for trainings, workshops, and learning programs, including scheduling, registration, room setup, technology, materials, and participant communication.
- Support onboarding and orientation activities by helping manage calendars, materials, and coordination across departments.
- Maintain project trackers, timelines, files, and shared learning resources.
- Assist with the development and editing of presentations, handouts, guides, and other training materials.
- Track attendance, feedback, and follow-up items for learning programs.
- Help prepare surveys, interview guides, and focus group materials used to gather staff feedback and assess learning needs.
- Organize notes, responses, and other information to support reporting and planning.
- Assist with summarizing findings and preparing slides, documents, and other materials for internal use.
- Support digital learning efforts, including online resources, microlearning, and basic staff technology upskilling.
- Communicate professionally with staff and partners across the organization.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in learning and development, education, human resources, communications, or a related field.
- 1-3 years of relevant experience in program coordination, training support, learning and development, education, HR, or a related area.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines with consistency and care.
- Ability to work professionally with sensitive or confidential information.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Teams.
- Experience supporting training, workshops, onboarding, or staff programs preferred.
- Experience in a nonprofit, cultural, educational, or mission-driven organization preferred.
- Interest in workplace learning, staff development, and digital tools preferred.
- Driver's license preferred.
Skills
- Organizational skills
- Attention to detail
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Task management
- Deadline management
- Professionalism
- Microsoft Office proficiency (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams)
Location
- New York Botanical Garden's campus
Work Type
- Part-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 1-3 years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
Salary/Compensations
- $30 per hour
- 21 hours per week
About the Company
- The New York Botanical Garden is a mission-based organization.
Equal Opportunity
- EOE/BIPOC/F/Persons with disabilities/Veterans
