L&I Enterprise Inclusion Manager

About the role

The Enterprise Inclusion Manager is essential to L&I’s vision to create a diverse culture of equity and belonging in all business areas across the enterprise. This position brings together equity, inclusion and belonging activities to support agency leadership and employees at every level to create an intentional work environment where inclusion is evident, employees thrive, and their unique perspectives and identities are valued.

Responsibilities

• Create and implement the agency’s DEI Strategic Plan and reports on progress to the Director, agency leadership team, operations leadership team, and DEIB Employee Advisory Committee.
• Lead, manage and influence agency planning efforts to transform both internal and external service delivery with an equity lens.
• Makes recommendations on goal setting, performance targets, and creation of a comprehensive plan to support, track and report on all agency equity-related work; leads quarterly reviews of agency DEI goals and develops strategies to maintain progress.
• Partner with agency divisions in the implementation strategies of the language access plan.
• Partners with the Office of Human Resources to identify DEI training needs to support statewide and agency goals, and help establish effective creation and implementation of meaningful DEI training programs.
• Serve as an active member on the Workforce Empowerment Collaborative and serve on other statewide workgroups that advance DEI for state government, speaking on behalf of the agency and sharing knowledge and resources.
• And much more!

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience leading a large organization’s DEIs efforts.
• Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and disability justice, anti-poverty policy, addressing health disparities, social justice, cultural humility or working with historically marginalized groups.
• Demonstrated experience in: Managing DEI best practices for policy development, organizational and curriculum development, organizational culture shifts and communications where actions significantly affect the overall operation and strategic purpose of an agency.
• Cultural competencies in the areas of race, religion, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, language comprehension, socio-economic status, physical ability and others.
• A bachelor’s degree in social or organizational behavioral sciences, human resources, public administration, business administration, organizational development, or related field.

Desired

• A master’s degree in social or organizational behavioral sciences, human resources, public administration, business administration, organizational development, or related field.
• Certification or other extensive training in the area of DEI.
• Experience in: Organizational development, strategic planning, goal setting, performance measurement and change management.
• Systems thinking to address root causes of systemic inequities and social determinants of health.