Description

The Professional Development Assistant serves as a trusted operational, communication, and event coordination team member in a fast-changing, relationship-driven, and increasingly AI-informed environment. This role goes beyond traditional clerical support. It helps create clarity, protect time and attention, support sound decision-making, strengthen stakeholder relationships, and coordinate

high-quality professional learning operations. The position requires strong judgment, exceptional organization, responsiveness, discretion, and the ability to manage complex logistics, contracts, communications, and documentation with a high level of accuracy and professionalism.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent

Consistently exhibits a positive, solution-oriented attitude and professional demeanor

Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, including business writing, letter formatting, grammar, punctuation, phone etiquette, and professional correspondence

Ability to establish effective working relationships, maintain confidentiality, contribute to a team environment, and help others succeed

Strong organization and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple details, priorities, projects, events, or programs accurately and efficiently

Knowledge of writing and editing fundamentals, publication production, digital content maintenance, communications workflows, and expense reconciliation

Accuracy with detailed information, data, records, and reports

Experience using Microsoft Office programs, including Outlook, Word, and Excel, and Google Documents, and AI tools

Minimum of three years of experience developing and/or coordinating professional training/programs or equivalent events

Knowledge of basic relational database concepts

Experience supporting communications workflows, maintaining digital content, and coordinating logistics across multiple projects