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Operations Specialist

Job in Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, 60087, USA
Listing for: Covista
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-09-22
Job specializations:
  • Business
    Business Administration, Office Administrator/ Coordinator
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 50000 - 70000 USD Yearly USD 50000.00 70000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

About Covista

Covista (NYSE: CVSA) is America's largest healthcare educator, serving 100,000 students and supported by a community of 400,000 alumni across five accredited institutions. Through personalized, tech-enabled education powered by 10,000 faculty and colleagues, Covista expands access to healthcare careers and addresses the U.S. healthcare workforce shortage ista is the parent company of American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Chamberlain University, Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine and Walden University.

Our colleagues come from a wide range of backgrounds, business, academia, healthcare, government and nonprofits, and are part of a culture where doing exceptional work and making a meaningful difference for students and society aren't separate goals—they're one and the same. This means creating an environment where colleagues can develop new skills, build careers that match their ambitions and see the tangible impact of their work on healthcare education and workforce development.

Colleagues who deliver results and embrace new tools to work smarter are valued for their contributions. But what makes working at Covista distinctive is our impact. Our faculty and colleagues don't just support healthcare education—they shape it. This isn't abstract purpose work. It's solving real problems for real people in real communities while advancing careers.

We operate on a hybrid schedule with four in-office days per week (Monday–Thursday). This approach enhances creativity, innovation, communication, and relationship-building, fostering a dynamic and collaborative work environment.

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Job Description Opportunity at a Glance

The Campus Expansion team is seeking an Operations Specialist to support the successful planning, coordination, and execution of campus launches. In this role, you will work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to develop processes, manage project activities, and drive operational readiness across a growing portfolio of organizational growth initiatives.

This is a generalist role that is highly collaborative, providing operational support for our campus implementation, real estate, and project management teams. This position requires someone who is highly organized, adaptable, action-oriented, and capable of navigating competing priorities while maintaining focus on key milestones and deliverables.

Responsibilities
  • Provide administrative and operational support to the campus expansion team.
  • Maintain and update centralized project repositories and trackers, and ensure documentation is current, accurate, and readily accessible to stakeholders.
  • Support the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of operational processes, tools, templates, and project governance practices that support campus expansions initiatives.
  • Assist campus expansion team with operational readiness activities, site visit planning and coordination, regulatory research, business license applications, procurement & purchase order management, and facility support.
  • Maintain project plans, trackers, timelines, and status reports to ensure milestones, dependencies, risks, and action items are accurately documented and communicated.
  • Leverage project management and reporting technologies, including AI-enabled tools, to improve operational efficiency.
  • Support the coordination of regulatory and licensing activities by tracking deadlines and submission statuses.
  • Develop and maintain key stakeholder relationships to support achievement of project objectives.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
  • Comply with all policies and procedures.
Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree…
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