Sr Organizational Culture & Inclusion Coordin

About the role

The Senior Organizational Culture & Inclusion Coordinator serves as a key organizational resource responsible for advancing, strengthening, and sustaining Rising Ground’s workplace culture. The primary focus of this position is Organizational Culture & Inclusion (OCI). Working across all levels of the organization, the Senior OCI Coordinator develops and implements initiatives that strengthen inclusion, cultural awareness, employee experience, respectful workplace practices, and organizational connection. The Senior OCI Coordinator partners with executives, senior leaders, managers, and employees to translate Rising Ground’s values into meaningful workplace practices and leadership behaviors. The position develops and facilitates organization-wide learning experiences, advises leaders on workplace culture and team dynamics, identifies trends affecting employee experience and belonging, and creates opportunities to strengthen connection across Rising Ground’s diverse workforce and locations. The successful candidate will combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution and possess the confidence and credibility to facilitate complex conversations, introduce new perspectives, respectfully challenge conventional thinking, and help leaders translate organizational values into everyday behaviors and decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate organization-wide OCI strategies, initiatives, programs, and activities that strengthen workplace culture, inclusion, cultural awareness, fairness, connection, and respectful workplace practices.
• Partner with executive and senior leadership to translate Rising Ground’s values into leadership practices, workplace behaviors, and organizational action.
• Help embed OCI principles into organizational practices, employee experiences, leadership expectations, and decision-making.
• Serve as a trusted resource to employees and leaders on workplace culture, inclusion, belonging, cultural awareness, and organizational dynamics.
• Identify workplace practices or barriers that may affect inclusion, fairness, access, trust, engagement, or belonging and recommend practical solutions.
• Facilitate thoughtful dialogue around complex workplace, cultural, and societal issues while creating space for differing perspectives to be explored respectfully.
• Monitor emerging workforce, cultural, and societal trends and recommend appropriate organizational responses.
• Develop initiatives that strengthen employee connection, engagement, belonging, and overall workplace experience.
• Create opportunities for employees across programs, departments, roles, backgrounds, and locations to build relationships and connections to the broader Rising Ground community.
• Use employee feedback, surveys, listening sessions, workforce information, and organizational observations to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Develop mechanisms that elevate employee voice and incorporate employee perspectives into organizational culture initiatives.
• Partner with HR and organizational leaders on recognition, engagement, wellness, retention, and other initiatives that contribute to a positive employee experience.
• Support efforts that recognize and celebrate the diverse experiences, perspectives, backgrounds, and contributions represented throughout Rising Ground.
• Coach leaders on communication, team culture, employee engagement, conflict navigation, cultural awareness, and leadership behaviors.
• Provide practical guidance and tools for navigating sensitive conversations and managing teams with differing experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds.