Professional Development Coordinator - Olympia

Location:

Olympia, WA - This position is flexible/hybrid and can be done remotely; however, you must be willing to report to the office if needed to support business needs.

Closes:
Thursday, October 22nd, 2026

Salary: $71,136 - $95,676 Annually

Our vision is to ensure that “Washington state’s children and youth grow up safe and healthy, thriving physically, emotionally, and educationally, nurtured by family and community.”

The Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) is seeking a relationship-builder and skilled curriculum developer to join our Early Learning Division as a Professional Development Coordinator. We’re looking for someone experienced in adult learning, committed to high-quality early learning professional development, and passionate about elevating community voices. In this role, you’ll partner closely with state and community organizations to ensure training reflects the needs of educators across different regions, cultures, and languages.

If you enjoy building connections, supporting diverse communities, and strengthening professional learning statewide, we’d love to connect with you.

This position plays a key role in advancing DCYF’s mission to work alongside Washington’s vulnerable children, youth, and families to foster safety, stability, and better outcomes by strengthening opportunities, connections, and community. As a Professional Development Coordinator, you will lead the coordination and implementation of professional learning content development and delivery, following established policies and procedures in partnership with state and community agencies.

You will implement strategies that ensure professional learning content is community informed and responsive to geographically, culturally, and linguistically diverse communities. This position supports the design of new learning solutions and drafts proposals and reports that inform business decisions necessary to advance an enduring, comprehensive, and interconnected statewide professional learning system supporting early learning providers, families, and the workforce.

• Apply outcome analysis and evaluation to inform content development and develop recommendations.
• Coordinate the implementation of deliverables related to professional learning content development and instructional design.
• Coordinate the content development process and partner with contractors and stakeholders to ensure the development of instructionally sound, interactive, and engaging course components that meet the needs of linguistically and culturally diverse learners.
• Develop processes to ensure content development is implemented with quality standards to meet workforce needs, including language access, LMS format, and adult learning principles.
• Manage professional development delivery-related contracts, including supporting and drafting contract scopes of work, training plans, and deliverables.
• Monitor contractor content delivery and compliance with contract terms.
• Coordinate stakeholders on instructional design and content development, working in collaboration with subject matter experts as well as internal and external partners.
• Coordinate implementation efforts across professional development contractors.
• Develop business processes, forms, communications, and presentations.
• Create and deliver presentations.
• Provide project management for curriculum-related projects.
• Coordinate work groups, engage stakeholders with diverse interests, document feedback and recommendations, and document strategies related to professional development and content needs to advance outcomes.
• Support efforts to engage professionals and gather input from internal and external partners,…