Learning & Development Specialist

Who We Are

Health Corps is a national non‑profit committed to improving lives by addressing health challenges in communities through innovative programming for teens in education, leadership, and service learning. We partner with local colleges and universities to deploy college‑age mentors into schools, where they inspire students to become change agents.

This role bridges curriculum design and program delivery, ensuring what we build lands with the mentors who deliver it and the students they serve. As the Learning & Development Specialist, you’ll own the mentor training and development experience and collaborate across departments to keep it best‑in‑class.

• Design and deliver onboarding that prepares mentors for the range of settings they’ll work in and how to run a great session, engage students across ages, and handle the unexpected in both classroom and club settings.
• Build ongoing professional development that supports mentors’ ability to deliver the program with growing ease and mastery, including office hours, live monthly sessions, and coaching check‑ins.
• Develop practical, mentor‑ready resources—videos, how‑to guides, templates, quick‑reference sheets—built for how mentors work.

• Review new lesson plans and activities before rollout: are they clear, do mentors have the right supplies, and does it fit a 60‑minute period?
• Provide feedback that helps the curriculum team design for real‑world implementation.
• Translate curriculum into mentor‑ready training: turn the lesson plan into the “here’s how you actually run this” version.
• Work with Regional Program Managers who directly supervise mentors to provide training tools and local support.
• Collaborate with the data team to understand what’s working and what’s not, analyzing fidelity scores and mentor struggles.

• Design training that fits how college students consume content—short videos, push notifications, text‑based tips, interactive modules.
• Experiment with new formats, from a mentor training podcast to a quick‑tip video series to LMS modules.
• Stay current on what motivates and engages this generation of mentors; what worked five years ago may not work now.

• Spend roughly 10‑15% of your time observing mentors, talking with them about their experience, and using that information to make training more practical, useful, and responsive to their needs.

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience, plus 3+ years of hands‑on experience in education, instructional design, curriculum development, youth development, training and coaching, public health or a related field.
• Familiarity with instructional design frameworks and the ability to apply them to real‑world, time‑constrained training contexts.
• Demonstrated ability to work with young adults, especially college students, and meet them where they are.
• Experience working across varied learning environments or age groups is a plus.
• Tech‑savvy: comfortable with learning management systems (Learn Upon experience a plus), able to create and edit video, familiar with design tools such as Canva, and quick to pick up new platforms.
• Ability to travel nationally as needed (estimated 10‑15% of travel).

• Passion for youth development, health education, or addressing health disparities in community settings.
• Creative problem‑solver: when something isn’t working, you generate options rather than just observations.
• Apply instructional design principles practically: you understand how adults and young adults learn.
• Strong facilitation skills, with the ability to lead live training, host office hours, and keep people engaged—even over Zoom/Teams.
• Skilled at giving feedback that’s both honest and supportive; able to coach someone to improve without crushing confidence.
• Collaborative communicator who manages up and out effectively; knows when to check in, when to loop people in, and when to make the call.
• Thrives in build‑from‑scratch environments; energized rather than stressed by ambiguity.
• Growth mindset; models learning and…