Chief diversity officer job description

Essential Functions:

· Collaborate across SFPUC's Enterprises and Bureaus to lead the development and implementation of its Racial Equity Plans (“Plans”), integrate these Plans into SFPUC's strategic and business plans, report on SFPUC's progress towards goals, provide updates to the SPFUC Commission, and represent the SFPUC in related matters.

· Work within a matrix organization and collaborate with the General Manager, Executive Management, Racial Equity Leaders within each Enterprise and Bureau, staff at all levels of the organization, as well as other internal and external stakeholders in partnership with the AGM of EA, to lead SFPUC's agile transformation to a more adaptive organization that is responsive to employee, customer, and community needs. The CDEIO will document SFPUC's existing equity successes and scale them methodically.

· Lead a cross-functional change management effort to design and implement solutions that shift personal behavior on the issues of racial justice and equity to deliver sustainable performance improvements over time. This agile collaboration will enable SFPUC to adjust the design and implementation of its Plans to make complex, bureaucratic systems and opportunities accessible to everyone, while building a more dynamic, and adaptive culture from within that is able to deliver focused and sustainable systemic business and cultural change.

· Develop workforce equity strategies, policies, trainings, and investments that address historical and current harms to employees of color and create systems that support a just workplace environment. The CDEIO will center and adapt to frontline employee and community needs, to support Executive Management to unleash SFPUC's talent, identify next generation leaders, foster effective mentorship, and build the systems, services, capabilities, and capacity that support transformative performance. The CDEIO will lead to improve SFPUC's equity culture and enhance resilience to keep employees engaged, motivated, and inspired.

· Support SFPUC to become a more analytics-driven organization that achieves better performance through data. The CDEIO will help develop and augment systems and tools that capture and analyze the most valuable and meaningful trends and insights from data and translate them into actions that equip leaders and teams to drive cutting-edge solutions that lead to sustainable organizational transformation. By harnessing research, analytics, synthesis, and ideation to produce insights, SFPUC will strengthen both short-term performance, long-term organizational health, and equitable and inclusive outcomes.

· Oversee, collaborate with and support SFPUC's Enterprises and Bureaus to ensure fair and consistent management of consultants and employees across the organization. The CDEIO will work with SFPUC leaders to establish best practices to achieve racial equity commitments. The CDEIO will set priorities to focus areas to address racial and equity disparities within the workforce.

· Direct the allocation of resources and staffing to achieve timely outcomes and measurable goals within budget. The CDEIO will propose adjustments to the budget to meet emerging or new racial equity programs, while continuing to address major departmental priorities in racial equity. The CDEIO will participate in budget development to implement racial equity initiatives.

· Manage DEI consultants and contracts established to support the objectives of the CDEIO to ensure impactful organizational racial equity and DEI efforts. The CDEIO will manage these contracts, task orders, invoices, and associated deliverables.

· Class 0941 Manager VI performs other related duties as required.

TITLE:
Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer


Firm X, a law firm with 170+ attorneys and offices in the New Jersey-New York metropolitan area, Delaware, Florida, Maryland and Dallas, seeks a dynamic, imaginative, and innovative Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Officer to lead the firm in its ongoing and future DEI initiatives.

Since mid-2020 Firm X has utilized an outside consultant to help coordinate the firm’s multiple DEI initiatives. The firm has now decided to solidify its work around DEI by creating the role of Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer who will be able to engage with leadership and colleagues on a day-to-day basis. This first-of-its-kind role will be a supported position, and the firm’s goal is for the Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer to have a direct and lasting impact on the firm’s recruiting, hiring and retention of diverse attorneys (as broadly defined) and other team members.

Candidates with diverse lived experiences are especially encouraged to apply. The successful candidate can be located in the NY-NJ metro area or in another city in which the firm has a presence. If located outside of the NY-NJ metro area, some travel will be required.

Responsibilities:
1. Designing and implementing a recruitment strategy and plan for finding, attracting, interviewing, hiring, and retaining attorneys, law clerks, paralegals, and support colleagues from diverse backgrounds and life experiences.
2. Supporting the firm’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee and related committees and groups.
3. Organizing, scheduling, and overseeing the firm’s DEI training and ensuring for CLE accreditation for such trainings.
4. Preparing responses to client DEI-oriented RFPs and assisting with RFIs that inquire about the firm’s DEI work and initiatives.
5. Building and maintaining networks to attract diverse attorneys and law students; this should include ongoing, personal relationships with law school educators/administrators and various law school affinity groups.
6. Creating and maintaining interview protocols for diverse candidates and teaching firm team members on best interviewing practices.
7. Creating and then overseeing the firm’s DEI-related mentoring programs.
8. Maintaining proficiency on legal profession DEI-related topics and developments.
9. Maintaining the effectiveness of the firm’s website related to DEI.
10. Assisting with the firm’s marketing strategies, which demonstrate that Firm X is a desirable law firm for clients that place particular emphasis on having diverse legal teams for their legal needs.
11. Creating, and then serving as the primary liaison to, employee resource groups, an ally network and other DEI subgroups.12. Creating content for, and ensuring for the successful production of, key marketing materials, including social media posts and articles.
13. Representing the firm in public settings and promoting Firm X as an extraordinarily inclusive workplace for team members of many diverse backgrounds.
14. Travel as required, given pandemic-related restrictions and protections. We always want our team members to be safe.

Qualifications:
1. A four-year degree in a field that demonstrates a solid foundation to engage in DEI-related work (this could include majors focusing on psychology, sociology, human resources, history, African American studies, women’s studies, LGBTQi2 studies, or the like), along with a demonstrable record of workplace leadership in the DEI field. Candidates with a two-year degree who have equivalent experience and a clear demonstrable record of workplace leadership in the DEI field are also encouraged to apply.
2. A proven/demonstrable ability to create, grow and maintain professional networks, which would directly lend to diverse attorney interest, recruitment, application, and hiring.
3. Proficiency in basic computer skills, including working with online platforms such as MS Teams and Zoom, and with Microsoft Word, Power Point, Outlook, Excel spreadsheets and internet resources and researching..
6. Employment-related references familiar with the candidate’s strengths and challenges.

• Doctoral degree in a relevant field
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in PA education or related field
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in leading, developing, and implementing EDI-related programs or initiatives
• Demonstrated track record of leadership in advancing EDI including race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and disability
• Deep content knowledge of the EDI research base and best practices for organizations striving to become more diverse, equitable, and inclusive
• Demonstrated competence in effective collaboration with diverse stakeholders to promote trust, collaboration, and partnership
• Demonstrated competence in strategy development and fiscal management
• Demonstrated track record in challenging and influencing peers to approach all work with an equity lens
• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to quickly establish credibility to develop and manage productive relationships with internal and external individuals and agencies.
• Strong management expertise: able to manage multiple projects and to move quickly from one to another.
• Ability to remain solution-focused and respectful in all interactions with staff, coworkers, vendors, and clients.

Preferred

• Experience working in a national nonprofit and/or association setting
• Ability to develop and monitor indicators of organizational culture and engage employees and senior leadership to create organizational change.
• Demonstrated ability to secure and manage extramural funding to support organizational goals
• Deep content knowledge of the medical education industry and best practices for organizations striving to become more diverse, equitable, and inclusive
• Proven track record of successfully engaging with communities of color and LGBTQ+ communities
• Strong background in managing change throughout distributed teams and stakeholders
• Ability to create/design adult learning and teaching of the content and skills associated with operating with an equity lens

Salary :

$140,000 - $160,000

ADA SPECIFICATIONS:

This position is largely sedentary in nature, however, one must possess the ability to speak, hear, and write as well as the ability to use a computer and related software programs. Ongoing travel periodically required.

COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION

PAEA is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion in all areas of its business activities, including employment, management, procurement and contracting. As such, it is the policy of PAEA to afford equal opportunity in employment and contracting without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religious preference, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, status as a parent, disability, veteran or any other status protected by applicable US law

Please submit all applications by November 4, 2022, at 11:59 pm eastern to meet the application review deadline .

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

Nonprofit HR is committed to fostering and maintaining a work environment where diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are fully integrated into everything we do for the benefit of our employees and the clients that we serve. To fully realize our goal, we prioritize our understanding of the complexities of DEI within our workforce to inform our approach to talent management. We believe that this guides how we do our work, advise our clients to operationalize DEI and position our content and educational opportunities help strengthen the talent management capacity of the social impact sector.

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