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Learning & Development Operations Specialist (For contingent workers)

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senior
Location

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Work Type

Onsite

Seniority

senior

Posted

July 18, 2026


Total Compensation
€175,000
Yearly Savings (Comfortable)
€87,000
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Job Description

As a Learning & Development Operations Specialist, you will play a pivotal role in delivering a seamless, high-quality learning experience for our colleagues. As part of the People Operations – Talent team, you will be responsible for the operational delivery of our learning programmes, ensuring they are planned, coordinated, and executed efficiently from end to end.

Working closely with Learning & Development, People teams, business stakeholders, and external facilitators, you will coordinate instructor-led and virtual learning sessions, administer learning systems, maintain accurate learning data, and provide reporting and operational insights that support informed decision-making.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys creating structure, improving processes, and delivering operational excellence. You'll combine strong organisational skills with a data-driven mindset to optimise learning operations, enhance the learner experience, and help scale learning programmes that enable our people to grow and succeed.

Responsibility

  • Manage the end-to-end operational delivery of learning and development programmes, ensuring seamless planning, execution, and continuous improvement.
  • Administer and maintain the Learning Management System (LMS), including course set up, learner enrolment, content management, user support, and data integrity.
  • Produce and analyse learning metrics, dashboards, and reports to monitor programme performance, learner engagement, and business impact.
  • Coordinate instructor-led and virtual learning sessions, managing scheduling, logistics, learner communications, attendance, and post-session administration.
  • Partner with Learning & Development, People Operations, HR, Technology, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, high-quality learning solutions while ensuring operational excellence..
  • Work closely with the Global Onboarding team to ensure the coordination of the onboarding process for new starters to the business is effective and as seamless as possible.
  • Identify opportunities to streamline processes, standardise workflows, and implement automation to improve operational efficiency and learner experience.
  • Onboard, collaborate and provide ongoing support to our external learning providers and facilitators by coordinating operational requirements, system access, and session setup.
  • Support the implementation, testing, and optimisation of learning technologies, system enhancements, and new operational processes.
  • Develop and maintain operational documentation, standard operating procedures, and knowledge resources to support consistency and scalability.
  • Provide operational support for learning projects, change initiatives, and continuous improvement activities, ensuring timely delivery against agreed objectives.
  • Act as the first point of contact for learning operations queries, resolving system and programme issues while delivering a high standard of support to learners, facilitators, and stakeholders.

Requirements Of Special Knowledge/skills

  • 3+ years' experience in Learning & Development Operations, Talent Development, HR Operations, or a related People function, with hands-on experience supporting learning programmes and learning technologies.

Must Have Knowledge In/significant Exposure To

  • Learning Operations
  • E2E programme management; Learning administration, event scheduling and logistics
  • Operational excellence; Process improvement, documentation, attention to detail & problem solving
  • Learning lifecycle management
  • Learning Systems
  • Learning Management System (LMS) administration; User management, course & content creation
  • Troubleshooting LMS issues
  • Data quality management
  • Data & Reporting
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel
  • Learning reporting
  • Data analysis
  • KPI tracking
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Strong stakeholder communication & expectation management
  • Managing competing priorities
  • Customer service mindset
  • Preferred hands on experience in a fast paced commercial, international environment where business requirements are frequently driven by change. Show understanding of key business drivers and strong business acumen.
  • Demonstrable experience of dealing with and prioritising complex business requirements.

The payrate for independent contractors is 15-55 EUR/hr.

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