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Organizational Learning and Inclusion Manager
Seattle Aquarium
USD 94k-100k / year
Posted on Mar 5, 2026
Job Posting
Organizational Learning & Inclusion Manager
Department: People & Culture
Reports to: Senior Director, People & Culture
Status: Full-time, exempt, benefitted position
Hours of Work: Standard Monday–Friday workweek, 8am–5pm. Occasional need for weekend or after-hours work as related to events and other projects.
Position Overview
The Seattle Aquarium, a leading marine conservation organization, is looking for an Organizational Learning Manager to support the Aquarium’s mission by fostering a culture of continuous learning, growth, and inclusion, grounded in our SALISH values. Reporting to the Senior Director of People & Culture, this role leads the organization’s equity and inclusion learning efforts and provides strategic direction for overall organizational development.
The Learning Manager has a direct impact on how the Aquarium lives its values by designing and facilitating learning experiences that help staff in all levels build shared understanding, develop skills, and grow together. Partnering closely with the Equity Team, managers, and staff across the organization, this role combines inclusive learning design principles with strong facilitation and strategic planning to support individual, team, and organizational effectiveness. This role collaborates with administrative support, and is responsible for setting learning strategies, priorities, and direction as well as overseeing day-to-day tasks.
Essential Functions
Equity & Inclusion Learning
- Partner with the Aquarium’s Executive Team and Equity Team to achieve specific equity and inclusion learning across the organization that is outcomes focused.
- Partner with the Aquarium’s staff to foster a culture that promotes trust, welcomes and respects team members from different walks of life, and enhances the sense of belonging.
- Design, build, and facilitate programmatic curriculum for the staff members of the Equity Team, that empowers their shared understanding, skill-building, and sustained engagement.
- Coordinate and facilitate organization-wide equity learning through a variety of formats, including facilitated training, workshops, book clubs, informal learning opportunities, and other educational experiences.
- Assess learning outcomes and identify gaps to determine the effectiveness of learning opportunities provided across the organization and adjust outcomes accordingly for improved efficacy.
- Provide ongoing support for leaders and teams to integrate equity learning into their everyday work systems and practices.
- Support long-term engagement and momentum around equity learning by reinforcing key concepts and adapting approaches as organizational needs evolve.
- Continuously build knowledge of equity, inclusion, and adult learning practices and apply them in ways that are relevant and accessible to a diverse group.
- Develop methods for measuring organizational effectiveness of equity, inclusion, accessibility and belonging initiatives and practices.
- Stay updated and informed on professional developments and advances in the field of DEI, through participation in local professional groups and/or other channels.
Organizational Learning & Development
- Provide strategic leadership for the Aquarium’s organizational learning approach, ensuring learning and development efforts are aligned with organizational priorities, values, and long-term goals.
- Guide the effective use of the organizational learning system (LMS, currently in our ADP HRIS), including establishing standards, priorities, and success measures, while partnering with content creators and administrative support on system maintenance and tracking.
- Partner with leaders, managers, and teams to assess learning needs, identify gaps, and co-create learning strategies that support individual, team, and organizational effectiveness.
- Support the development of managers as people leaders, with an emphasis on inclusive leadership and equitable decision-making by helping shape learning pathways, tools, and experiences that strengthen leadership capability.
- Enable teams and subject matter experts to contribute learning content by providing guidance on instructional design, learning objectives, and effective delivery methods.
- Use data, feedback, and organizational insight to evaluate learning impact and continuously improve learning strategies and offerings.
- Act as a thought partner to People & Culture and organizational leaders on learning, change, and capacity-building.
- All Aquarium staff and volunteers are expected to participate in advancing and integrating into their work Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Regenerative practices in alignment with our S.A.L.I.S.H. Values.
- Other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: The skills and abilities listed below may be demonstrated through a combination of relevant cultural and community programs, jobs, internships, volunteer experience, and/or formal or informal education. If you meet some of the requirements and you are passionate about our mission and our ocean, we encourage you to apply and look forward to learning more about you.
- At least three (3) years of experience in a corporate, nonprofit and/or educational setting.
- Demonstrated experience designing and facilitating learning in equity and inclusion specifically, as well as organizational change, systems thinking and workplace cultural development
- Proficiency in instructional design and curriculum development, including creating engaging learning experiences for adult learners.
- Experience working with Learning Management Systems (LMS) or similar learning platforms.
- Strong facilitation and communication skills, with the ability to engage groups with diverse roles, perspectives, and levels of experience. Multilingual and multicultural communication skills and experience are a plus.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills, including emotional intelligence, to promote a workplace culture with a strong sense of inclusivity, fairness and belonging.
- Experience supporting or contributing to organizational change, including helping individuals and teams adopt new practices or ways of thinking.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating closely with cross-functional partners.
- Demonstrated commitment to the Aquarium’s mission, values, and dedication to equity and inclusion.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting manager or leadership development.
- Familiarity with organizational development and adult learning theories.
- Experience evaluating learning effectiveness and using insights to improve programs.
Working Conditions:
- This is a hybrid role, that requires at least 3 days a week of in-person presence at the Seattle Aquarium campus on the Seattle Waterfront.
- This position works primarily in an office and Aquarium setting and may include occasional facilitation or meetings outside of standard business hours.
- This role involves regular computer-based work.
- Some exposure to elements. On-site employee workstations are located within a campus environment with multiple buildings, as well as outdoor, and semi-covered areas.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the role.
Salary and benefits: Dependent on experience. $94,000 - $100,000. Please include salary expectations in your application materials. Full-time staff are eligible for the Seattle Aquarium’s comprehensive benefits package to include medical, vision, dental, an employer-funded health reimbursement account, medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts, life insurance, long-term disability, 403b retirement fund with employer match, access to a subsidized ORCA pass, a Seattle Aquarium Family Plus membership and generous paid time off.
How to apply: The Seattle Aquarium is committed to expanding a diverse, equitable, and inclusive conservation movement. We are invested in building an Aquarium with a wide variety of backgrounds, identities, languages, cultural ways of knowing, and life experiences. We know research shows that society has conditioned communities of color, trans and gender non-conforming people, immigrants, people with disabilities, and other marginalized candidates to more frequently not apply to a job because they don’t feel that they meet all of the qualifications listed even if they are qualified. If you meet some of the requirements and you are passionate about our mission and our ocean, we encourage you to apply and look forward to learning more about you.
Interested candidates should upload a résumé to our online application to be considered. Application review will begin immediately.
Please let us know if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for this job by emailing us at jobs@seattleaquarium.org.
Note: If offered the position, candidates must pass a background check. Conviction record is not an automatic disqualifier; we are a second chance employer.
About the Seattle Aquarium: The Seattle Aquarium is a respected authority on Puget Sound, the Salish Sea and the world’s one ocean. Our team increases awareness and drives the change needed to preserve and protect our marine environment by providing excellent care and wellbeing for over 5,000 animals to create an inspiring visitor experience, offer engaging daytime and evening events, conservation education programs for people of all ages and backgrounds, community outreach to marginalized populations, research that advances understanding of animals in our care and their counterparts in the wild, advocacy and policy work, an award-winning volunteer program, high-impact marketing and communications, and more.
Our values, developed in conjunction with our staff, include commitments to adopting and promoting sustainable practices, creating awe-inspiring experiences, constantly learning and improving, fostering an inclusive community, maintaining scientific credibility through evidence-based practices and honoring our unique place by using our location and history as a lens for larger understanding.
Proudly accredited by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums, we’re among the top 10 aquariums in the U.S. by attendance, and we welcome over 1 million people each year guided by our mission of Inspiring Conservation of Our Marine Environment. Learn more at SeattleAquarium.org.