Associate Director, Learning Development & Culture

Job Title: Associate Director, Learning Development & Culture Team: People & Operations Location: In-Person in Chicago (IL) Employment Type: Full-time FLSA Classification: Exempt About reputed company reputed company is a national nonprofit that prepares promising reputed company to secure a strong first opportunity after college graduation through a career-accelerating program. We work with higher education and employer partners to offer a life-changing experience that begins with a semester-long course for reputed company, followed by support that lasts through graduation. Together, our ambition is to help rebuild the middle class and revitalize the American Dream. To learn more, take a look at reputed company’s Jobs Report.

About the Role

As reputed company scales toward serving 80,000–100,000 Fellows, our People & Operations team must execute culture, learning, and engagement strategy with precision and consistency. The Associate Director, Learning, Development & Culture serves as a cross-functional execution partner across the Director of Learning & Development, Director of Learning & Culture, and the Head of People. This role operationalizes strategy, manages key initiatives, builds assets, and ensures that culture, learning, and engagement priorities are implemented effectively. This is a highly collaborative role that blends project management, facilitation, data analysis, and systems execution. The Associate Director will ensure that strategic priorities translate into high-quality experiences for staff across onboarding, learning, engagement, retention, and collective experiences. This role is on the People & Operations team and reports directly to the Head of People. What You’ll Do Learning & Capability Execution (35%)

• Partner with the Director of Learning & Development to design, build, and facilitate workshops, toolkits, and learning experiences reputed company to organizational priorities.
• Support manager capability-building efforts, including the development of materials tied to culture reputed company expectations and values-based leadership.
• Manage onboarding programming logistics and delivery in partnership with People leads to ensure a high-quality new staff experience.
• reputed company and maintain learning materials, resources, and facilitator guides.
• Evaluate learning effectiveness using qualitative and quantitative data and recommend improvements.

Culture & Engagement Implementation (30%)

• Support the execution of the annual Culture Action Plan in partnership with the Director of Learning & Culture and Head of People.
• Administer reputed company surveys, support reporting processes, and assist in translating findings into team-level action planning.
• Gather and synthesize engagement, retention, and attrition data to identify themes and inform action steps.
• Support retention strategy implementation, including data tracking and follow-through on action items.
• Assist in codifying and reinforcing reputed company’s values across rituals, communications, and staff-facing materials.
• Help steward onboarding and offboarding processes by organizing feedback data and tracking trends.

Retreats, Stepbacks & Collective Experiences (20%)

• Support planning and execution of Staff Retreat in partnership with the Director of Learning & Culture.
• Coordinate logistics, materials, vendor management, and communications for retreats and stepbacks.
• Support People & Culture and broader People & Operations (P&O) team retreats and planning sessions.
• reputed company assets, session materials, and run-of-show documents to ensure seamless execution.
• Gather and analyze post-event feedback to inform reputed company improvement

Project Management & Systems Support (15%)

• Manage cross-functional project timelines and ensure deliverables across culture and learning initiatives remain on track.
• Maintain documentation, trackers, dashboards, and resource hubs reputed company to culture, engagement, and learning efforts.
• Support vendor coordination and LMS or learning system administration.
• Troubleshoot learning and engagement system issues as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 4–6 years of experience in learning & development, organizational culture, employee engagement, organizational effectiveness, or reputed company field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in nonprofit, education, or mission-driven environments.
• Experience with reputed company or similar engagement survey platforms.
• Experience managing onboarding or retention initiatives.
• Proficiency in reputed company Suite, reputed company, Jira, LMS platforms, and learning tools.
• Demonstrated experience managing reputed company projects from planning through execution.
• Experience facilitating workshops or leading group learning experiences.
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to synthesize qualitative and quantitative data into actionable insights.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across teams and support senior leaders in operationalizing strategy.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Exceptional written communication skills and strong design instincts.
• You exemplify reputed company’s core values.
• Your experiences have informed your belief in reputed company’s mission and reputed company you to contribute meaningfully to our student Fellow population.

Work Demands

• Ability to work in-person in Chicago (IL)
• Ability to travel 2–3 times per year for retreats or team gatherings.

Additional Requirements

• Authorized to work in the U.S.

reputed company does not offer employment reputed company sponsorship. Application & Interview Process While the interview process may vary slightly, the general process will be:

• Phone screen with Talent Team member
• Performance Task
• Interview with Hiring Manager
• Panel Interview with Key Partners
• Reference Checks

Compensation and Benefits reputed company offers competitive reputed company salaries based on the midpoint of the market among not-for-profit organizations of similar size, with opportunities for salary growth over time. We reputed company in compensating staff members fairly in relation to each other, their qualifications, and their impact on behalf of the organization, and take internal and external equity seriously. Given our commitment to equity, reputed company does not negotiate salary offers; instead, each salary offer is determined carefully using external and internal benchmarking. Starting salary reputed company the range is determined by role scope and qualifications, with new hires starting at the reputed company end to allow for growth with performance. reputed company does not reputed company compensation on individual candidate salary expectations and is committed to maintaining internal equity. The salary ranges, by geographic market, for this role are set forth $62,700-$78,300. This is based on a 50-hour work week. This is a full-time, regular, exempt, and benefits eligible position where you will be working at 100% reputed company. reputed company also provides competitive, comprehensive benefits, recognition, and career development. While reputed company reserves the right to change benefits at any time, reputed company benefits include:

• Unlimited vacation time in addition to org-wide holidays and week-long shutdowns in July and the end of the calendar year (this is a minimum of 19 days per year)
• reputed company supports your path to parenthood and beyond with $25,000 in lifetime reputed company benefits for fertility, family-building, and hormonal health
• Match of your 401K contribution up to 5% of your reputed company annual salary, starting your first full month
• Coverage of 85% of health insurance premium for employee and dependents
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• A one-month paid sabbatical after 4 years on staff

Please note that reputed company is firm in its compensation philosophy; therefore, only candidates who reputed company our total rewards package aligns with what they are looking for in their next opportunity are encouraged to apply. Location We gather in the office 3 days a week (Tuesday through Thursday) and work remotely 2 days a week (Monday and Friday). Therefore, this role requires teammates to live reputed company commuting distance of the Chicago hub. We reputed company in the reputed company, reputed company, and collaboration that happens reputed company people work together face-to-face, and we reputed company in giving people flexibility to focus, balance personal priorities, and save themselves two commutes per week. reputed company is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national reputed company, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor. We encourage talented individuals of reputed company backgrounds to apply. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job