Job Overview
Location
Remote
Job Type
Full-time
Category
HR & Recruiting
Date Posted
May 2, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • The Learning & Development Instructional Program Specialist supports the design, delivery, and coordination of high-quality learning experiences across Best Friends Animal Society, playing a key role in advancing employee growth and organizational effectiveness.
- • Day to day, the person will design and develop learning experiences using adult learning principles, facilitate virtual and instructor-led sessions, create eLearning content with tools like Articulate 360, coordinate program delivery, manage the LMS, and collaborate with subject matter experts to refine training based on feedback and data.
- • The Learning & Development team at Best Friends Animal Society is mission-driven, values kindness, compassion, diversity, and inclusion, and fosters a culture of trust, open communication, and continuous improvement aligned with the organization’s guiding principles.
- • In this role, the person can deepen expertise in instructional design, gain hands-on experience with LMS administration and eLearning authoring tools, build facilitation and program management skills, and contribute to scalable, accessible learning initiatives that support workforce development in a mission-focused nonprofit.
🎯 Requirements
- • 3–4 years of experience supporting instructional design, learning facilitation, or training programs
- • Experience coordinating multi-session learning programs or recurring development initiatives
- • Working knowledge of learning management systems; Workday Learning experience preferred
- • Experience using eLearning authoring tools such as Articulate 360
- • Strong communication, organization, and collaboration skills
- • Ability to manage multiple initiatives in a remote work environment
🏖️ Benefits
- • Hiring range of $59,000 - $63,000 depending on experience
- • Great benefits package
- • Fully remote work arrangement
- • Opportunity to contribute to an animal welfare mission-driven organization
- • Culture rooted in kindness, compassion, diversity, inclusion, and well-being
- • Professional growth in learning and development within a supportive team
Skills & Technologies
About Best Friends Animal Society
Best Friends Animal Society is a leading national animal welfare nonprofit founded in 1984 to end the killing of dogs and cats in U.S. shelters. Operating the country’s largest no-kill sanctuary in Kanab, Utah, and lifesaving programs in Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, and Houston, it partners with over 3,600 rescue groups and shelters to promote spay/neuter, adoption, and community-based support. Through advocacy, education, and hands-on rescue, Best Friends advances no-kill policies nationwide, saving millions of animals and working toward its goal of making every shelter and community no-kill by 2025.
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