Equity Manager

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Job description

About the Position

The Equity Manager will serve as a trusted advisor to the County Administrator (CAO). You will be a leader and valued partner to all County departments and service offerings. Equity and Access plays a valuable role and is reflected in Lane County's values, strategic lenses, and in their strategic initiatives. This newly created position is the next clear step in providing a necessary investment in their equity work, ensuring they continue to move forward with their equity efforts.

If you are, or prefer:

• Establishing, leading, and managing a large program that is highly visible throughout the region.
• Supervising a small team of equity and access coordinators.
• Providing strategic leadership, enhanced focus and clarity and driving results in equity initiatives.
• Working within a highly diverse environment of customers and leaders.
• Being a part of a socially conscious organization.
• Being a Strategic Thinker who can create the strategic plan, vision, and drive an organization forward.

The Equity Manager may be the next rewarding step for you.

As the Equity Manager, you will work hand in hand with the County's leadership team - having strategic leadership, enhanced focus and clarity, and will drive results in their equity work. The role will work across the HR team to embed diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) practices in total rewards, talent management, learning and development, and talent acquisition processes and policies. The Equity Manager will also own the DE&I project team and lead and coordinate the DEI initiatives. This role will be empowered to improve and expand the DE&I roadmap and action plans.

This position will be dedicated to equity work and will be responsible for:

• Implementation of our equity lens in departments across the county.
• Implementation of our racial equity action plan.
• Providing strategic leadership around equity.
• Work directly with our County Administrator to plan and implement projects and programs.
• Working with county leadership (elected, appointed, as well as supervisory and managers) to ensure that communication about our equity work is clear and understood at all levels of the organization.
• Ensuring focus and alignment with external Equity and Access Advisory Board.

Integrate Equity throughout the organization

• Drive forward new innovations in community resilience, programs designed to enable communities and partners to flourish through strong relationships, meaningful programs, and deeper engagement tactics that drive systemic societal solutions.
• Partner with leaders to build and improve an inclusive environment at the organizational level, at the cluster level, and at the work team level.
• Promote leadership development and promotion/succession transparency within the organization.
• Collaborate with executives and leaders to craft their roles as champions and advocates for inclusion and belonging.
• Develop and execute a DE&I communications strategy and internal messaging for employees to connect with one another effectively.
• Lead employee DE&I sessions - providing overview of progress, next steps, and facilitate Q&A; may be called upon to lead focus groups at the organizational level and for clusters and work teams.
• Support the creation and plan oversight for effective employee resource groups (ERGs) that support employee development, mentoring, sense of community, well-being, and strategic objectives.

Program Management

• Manage new and existing programs
• Build and maintain measurement & evaluation processes, and tools
• Report on programs on a regular basis bringing forward cross-functional recommendations to adapt and/or scale

Review and expand the existing DE&I strategy and roadmap

• Establish and use well-defined metrics and goals, work with senior management to craft and implement DE&I infrastructure (tools, templates, databases, technology solutions, etc.).
• Identify and manage relationships with relevant DE&I partnerships, consultants, organizations, events, and vendors.
• Lead key diversity initiatives/special projects as needed.
• Keep current on DE&I developments, opportunities, and metrics/trends outside the association and use that knowledge to fine-tune our DEI goals and direction. Work with outside organizations (e.g., universities, associations, advocacy groups) to research and implement custom and effective DE&I initiatives.
• Partner with DE&I consultants to develop DE&I education strategy which includes recommended learning paths and content for employees and leaders at all levels.
• Collect, track, analyze, and maintain all data related to internal DE&I metrics and data points to provide proactive reporting to senior leadership and transparency to employees. Assess progress.
• Partner with the Communications, Talent Management, and Recruitment teams to create and disseminate a cohesive internal and external narrative

To apply for this position, please visit: Lane County Equity Manager Posting - Acumen

Requirements for this position include:

• Bachelor's degree or a combination of education and relevant work experience in DE&I, Human Resources, change management, organizational development/organizational effectiveness, or a related field.
• 5 years' experience in Equity including experience designing, developing, and leading the execution of measurable and scalable DE&I programs and initiatives.
• Excellent project management and collaboration skills.
• Strong communication, both oral and written, and facilitation skills. Promote organizational awareness of DE&I
• Collaborative work/leadership style. Demonstrated agility to adjust programs and initiatives as new research or metrics become available.
• Growth mindset with interest to learn and innovate.
• Strong change management and communications planning skills.
• Supervisory experience preferred.
• Conflict resolution experience preferred.

Notes:
This position is subject to a full criminal offender information record check. Offers of employment are contingent upon consenting to, and successfully passing, a drug screening test. Must have a valid Oregon Driver's License upon hire.

In accordance with state law, the incumbent of this position is required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or have an approved medical or religious exception, prior to starting work.

Job Requirements:
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Equal Employment Opportunity
Lane County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion as essential elements that create and foster a welcoming workplace. All qualified persons will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, political affiliation, disability or any other factor unrelated to the essential functions of the job.

If you wish to identify yourself as a qualified person with a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Amendment Act and would like to request an accommodation, you may request an accommodation during the online application process, or request an accommodation by contacting the Department of Human Resources prior to the recruitment close date at .

Strategic Plan
In alignment with Lane County's Strategic Plan, incumbent(s) will be expected to demonstrate the following core behaviors: Passion to Serve, Driven to Connect, and Focused on Solutions.

The 2 Strategic Plan focuses on the areas that Lane County will pursue as a way to deliver on our vision for the residents of Lane County. To meet these challenges, we know that the basis of our efforts lies in leveraging our people and partnerships to achieve our Strategic Priorities. We also recognize that the quality and commitment of our staff is essential to a shared future where Lane County is the best place in which to live, work, and play.

Veteran's Preference Points
Under Oregon law, armed forces veterans may be eligible for preference in employment or promotion, if you think you qualify please submit a copy of your DD214 or 215 (long form / Member Copy-4) that reflects your honorable separation status, and if disabled, a public employment preference letter from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. These documents must be electronically attached to your online job application, at the time of submittal, to receive preference. If we do not receive the necessary information as described, we will NOT be able to grant you veteran points/preference you request.

Tobacco Free Campus Policy
The Board of County Commissioners wants to help Lane County be the healthiest county in the state. Effective October 1, 2018, any tobacco use, including vaping devices, will not be allowed inside or on the grounds of properties owned or occupied by Lane County including: All outdoor areas, parking lots, County vehicles, and personal vehicles while on County property.