Sr Specialist - EEO & Workplace Culture

Overview

The Office of EEO & Workplace Culture seeks a forward-thinking and dynamic professional to advance the corporate Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) strategy and implementation plans across the organization. This individual must have the ability to support large scale corporate culture change through training, education and awareness forums. The ideal candidate must be a committed advocate for equity, diversity and inclusion and must possess a keen understanding of the nuances and sensitivities related to advancing diversity and inclusion This individual must also possess a high regard for the company's mission and values.The Senior Specialist of the Office of EEO & Workplace Culture must demonstrate strong communication skills - verbal and written, in addition to outstanding presentation and facilitation skills with a focus on delivering enhanced customer experiences. Must be able to adeptly interact with and engage a broad audience at various levels. Must demonstrate discretion in highly sensitive or confidential matters, sound judgment and decision making are critical. Must also possess strategic and conceptual thinking, ability to integrate analytics, along with strong consulting and influencing skills.

- Use experiential background and knowledge of diversity and inclusion concepts to help build cultural competencies to drive culture change.

- Design, deliver and facilitate diversity and inclusion/ culture change programs and initiatives.

- Create, design and execute against corporate strategies and programs, training materials and job aids.

- Maintain a thorough understanding of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) laws and ensure compliance in all employment practices and decisions.

- Facilitate sessions and engage audience in dialogue of sensitive topics.

- Provide recommendations to strengthen vision, mission and goals of the Office of Workplace Culture across the workforce.

- Partner with Learning & Inclusion colleagues to enhance the education and efforts in improving the Workplace Culture, including the development of new workshops, training, tools and resources to develop and enhance leadership and management and further professional development and skills consistent with our EEO & Workplace Culture goals and expected behaviors.

- Model proven leadership skills, the ability to coach, motivate, develop and direct the activities of teams through use of influence skills

- Identify trends and tools to enable managers to integrate the Workplace Culture strategy, through use of Manager Toolkits, Quarterly Workplace Culture Topic Kits and a library of Workplace Culture resources.

- Identify and cultivate relationships with key external organizations and vendors.

- Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required Education/Experience

- Bachelor's Degree and 3 years of related work experience, or

- Associate's Degree and 5 years of related work experience, or

- High School Diploma/GED and 7 years of related work experience.

Preferred Education/Experience

- Bachelor's Degree in Education, Human Resources, Organizational Development (OD), Business Management, Psychology, or a related field and a minimum of 3 years of related work experience.

Relevant Work Experience

- Minimum of 3 years of related work experience within a corporate environment or educational organization, required.

- Knowledge in training and development, educational field, OD facilitation & consultation, required.

- Proven ability to design and deliver course curriculum, training materials and job aids, required.

- Knowledge of cultural competency skill development, diversity and inclusion concepts, required.

- Broad experience in the development and implementation of education, cultural and/or social programs designed to improve the quality of the workplace experience, required.

- Demonstrate proven leadership skills, the ability to coach, motivate, develop and direct the activities of teams through use of influence skills, required.

- Demonstrate ability to work independently and exercise discretion and sound judgment while providing quality customer service, required.

- Understanding of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) laws, required.

- Excellent presentation, facilitation, and oral and written communication skills, required.

- Demonstrate ability to understand and integrate data analytics, required.

- Strong hands-on experience and proficiency with Microsoft Office applications Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word, required.

- Ability to learn and navigate virtual meeting platforms Microsoft Teams, Zoom, WebEx, etc., required.

- Demonstrate flexibility and the ability to handle multiple tasks and assignments while working under aggressive timelines, required.

- Demonstrate professional demeanor, confidence dealing with all levels of management/ union personnel and the ability to work with sensitive and confidential information, required.

- Ability to manage and facilitate difficult conversations, required.

Licenses and Certifications

- Driver's License Required

Additional Physical Demands

- The selected candidate will be assigned a System Emergency Assignment (i.e., an emergency response role) and will be expected to work non-business hours during emergencies, which may include nights, weekends, and holidays.

- Ability to travel to different locations as needed.