Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer

Primary Objective

The Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer serves as a senior member of the organization, partnering with other executive and senior leaders to develop and drive forward the key strategies of the organization and leads our commitment and strategy to be a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization.

First round interviews anticipated to take place the week of November 11

Second round interviews anticipated to take place the week of November 18

Anticipated Hiring Range: $1 20 , 711 – $139,927 Annually

Full 2024 Pay Range: $120,711 - $160,928 Annually

CITY VALUES & EXPECTATIONS

• Develops, supports, and models a positive and productive workplace culture based on respect, dignity, honesty, and integrity. Allows staff to grow and succeed by providing opportunities for increased responsibility and creating a positive work culture
• Supports and advances organizational development efforts such as developing a high performing organization, employee engagement, workforce development, inclusion and equity, and performance measurement efforts
• Works cooperatively with others; develops and maintains respectful and effective working relationships with diverse coworkers and community members; consistently brings a high level of self-awareness and empathy to all personal interactions
• Proactively resolves conflicts and misunderstandings in order to ensure a respectful and inclusive workplace
• Seeks to understand the legacy of structural racism, and its impact on employees and the residents we serve; identifies any implications and adverse equity impacts when developing or reviewing policies, projects, activities and interactions with stakeholders
• Embraces the City's shared values and contributes towards accomplishing the City's vision and goals by being creative, innovative, continuously learning, and communicating clearly.
  
  

Examples of Duties

• Develop and implement strategies at the organizational and community level to advance racial equity, inclusion, and outreach for the City of Bloomington
• Provide strategic cross-city leadership, coordination, and supervision of division staff
• Assign responsibilities, work schedules, and delegate work to ensure efficient and high-quality service delivery
• Lead and develop outreach programs, education and support as needed or directed
• Review and evaluate performance on a regular basis, commend or pursue corrective action as necessary Encourage employee development and training
• Serve as citywide consultant on racial equity, inclusion, and outreach matters
• Facilitate, convene, and work with staff on the development, deployment, and progress measurements of racial equity policies, procedures, and programs
• Develop ongoing training, education, and learning programs for staff or partners
• Make recommendations to city leadership on overall race equity programs, policies, training, learning and other areas as needed
• Develop tools and performance measures and provide outcome reporting on regular basis. Conduct surveys, focus groups, or perform other methods of data collection to create metrics for and track outcomes for initiatives
• Develop analytical tools to support all departments in identifying the racial equity impacts of policies and decisions
• Collaborate with others and establish relationships with culturally specific organizations and educational institutions
• Provide support, direction and management to commissions or committees as needed for advancement of racial equity and inclusion
• Act as a resource and referral agent for city information and services
• Represent City in State, Regional and National discussions related to equity and inclusiveness
• Serve as a change agent and a resource within the organization to fellow City staff and officials in identifying and removing structural bias and inequities in City policies, programs and services
• Help develop, support and model a positive and productive workplace culture and customer service emphasis based on equity, respect and inclusion
• Actively pursue education, networking and learning opportunities to stay abreast of new and emerging issues in the field of equity and inclusion. Actively encourage other City leaders to do likewise
• Develop and maintain effective professional relationships with other race and equity practitioners, particularly in the public sector and around Minnesota. Proactively share new information through all levels of the organization
• Project management
• Assist in managing community driven racial equity initiatives that develop from City of Bloomington Racial Equity Strategic
• Manage and facilitate projects aimed at achieving the City's racial equity goals
• Monitor and analyze program benchmarks using an analytical framework to show the impact and outcome of projects
• Manage and maintain strong relationships with a broad set of stakeholders, including senior government officials and other stakeholders of City services
• Ability to bridge communications across diverse stakeholder groups to advance the work and foster trust
  
  

• Training
• Develop and provide trainings to increase capacity of City staff and residents to collaborate in achieving more racially equitable City services and policies through training and create training tools and other resources to enable City leaders, staff and Bloomington residents in understanding the history of systemic oppression in government policy
• Assists individual staff members, teams and work groups in understanding and applying trainings to their day-to-day work
• Perform other related duties as apparent or assigned
  
  

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES REQUIRED

• Knowledge of program planning, including evaluation, communication methods and techniques
• Ability to partner at all levels of an organization with a capacity to influence a broad group of stakeholders, partners, and senior leaders without direct authority
• Demonstrated experience working effectively with and across diverse communities, including specific expertise with people of color, underrepresented groups, and new immigrant populations; American Indians and other indigenous peoples; people with both apparent and non-apparent disabilities; women; people of various gender and sexual identities and expressions; and first-generation students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds
• Knowledge of adult learning methods and group facilitation techniques
• Ability to plan and deliver effective and engaging presentations and/or trainings to a variety of audiences.
• Ability to work independently, self-motivate, and prioritize tasks appropriately
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to maintain effective working relationships with a wide variety of City staff and members of the public
• Ability to gain cooperation from others through formal and informal authority
• Ability to accurately analyze and effectively resolve problems and conflicts, often involving sensitive and emotionally-charged situations
• Ability to demonstrate respect and discretion and maintain confidentiality when dealing with sensitive or private information
• Knowledge of organizational development and project management principles
• Knowledge of program planning, including evaluation, communication methods and techniques
• Ability to create comprehensive plans that identify all tasks, resources and deliverables required to achieve the desired results
• Knowledge of performance and effectiveness measures
• Working knowledge of computer operations, applications and software
• Experience leading institutional change in racial equity
• Experience developing and implementing sound community organizing strategies and community leadership development with the goal of advancing racial equity policy in local, regional, state or national government institutions
• Knowledge of institutional and structural racism, specifically the impact of the historic role of government policies and practices
• Understanding of income, racial and place-based inequities and related current dialogue locally, regionally, nationally and internationally
• Experience participating in developing and implementing policy measures for municipal governments
• Ability to thoughtfully communicate with and respectfully engage diverse stakeholders around a shared vision for achieving results
• Good human relations skills and strong cultural agility
• Experience developing multi-cultural and multi-racial teams to achieve racial equity through collective action
• Team-building experience and skills
• Problem-solving and conflict resolution skills
• Strong skills in community organizing principles and coalition-building
• Bilingual skills in Spanish, Somali, Amharic, Oromo, Hmong, Vietnamese and/or Lao
  
  

Minimum/Desirable Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Five (5) years in the public sector performing diversity/equity/inclusion project management duties and/or designing and delivering anti-racism training; OR an equivalent combination of Bachelor’s degree and two (2) years of experience closely related to the duties of the position
• Demonstrated senior level experience articulating a vision, translating it into executable strategy, and driving cross-functional teams to deliver against a plan
• Experience with organizational change, with the ability to lead multiple multi-layered projects with stakeholders at different levels of an organization
  
  

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in human services, social work, business or public administration, education, or other related field
• Experience in providing direct supervision preferred
• Demonstrated examples of professional successes from implementation of specific policy/project/program that resulted in advancing equitable or inclusive organizational/community change
• Knowledge of municipal services, departments and practices
• Experience working with advisory and/or decision-making boards
• Experience coordinating and communicating with diverse groups, interests and staff
• Previous experience living or working with diverse populations
• Fluency in Spanish, Hmong, Russian, Somali, Vietnamese or other non-English language(s) commonly found in the community
  
  

Supplemental Information

Supervision Of Others

This position supervises the Equity and Inclusion Program Specialist

Anticipated Hiring Range: $1 20 , 711 – $139,927 Annually

Full 2024 Pay Range: $120,711 - $160,928 Annually

First round interviews anticipated to take place the week of November 11

Second round interviews anticipated to take place the week of November 18

Full-Time; Exempt; Non-Union; Benefits Eligible

The City of Bloomington is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve. Applicants who are black, indigenous or persons of color are encouraged to apply. We also encourage women, veterans, members of the LGBTQIA community, and individuals with disabilities to apply.

The position description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change

Benefits

Benefits for regular, full-time employees of the City of Bloomington (with the exception of 24 hour firefighters and 24 hour fire fighter/paramedics) include the following:

• 10 days paid vacation per year
• 13 days paid personal leave per year
• 13 paid holidays per year
• 12 weeks paid parental leave
• Employee health and dental insurance
• Paid employee life insurance
• Paid employee disability insurance
• Employer/employee paid pension
• Deferred compensation
• Tuition assistance program
• Health club membership reimbursement
• Flexible spending account
• Employee Assistance Program
• Other optional benefits
• Great suburban location, on bus line
• Free employee parking
• (Union contracts may vary from the above list.)
  
  

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The City of Bloomington (City) is asking you to supply information (data) as part of your application for employment with the City. The Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (MGDPA) classifies this data as private data about you. The law does not require you to provide the data and there is no legal consequence for refusing to provide the data. However, if you do not provide the requested data, the City may not have enough information to consider your application and you may not move forward in the selection process. If you do provide the data, City employees and its agents may have access to your private data if their work assignments reasonably require access. The hiring manager or supervisor, human resources employees, and members of an interview panel, which may include non-City employees, will have access to some of your private data during the application and selection process. State or federal law or a court order may allow others to have access to your data also. The City will not disclose any of your private data to any member of the general public without your permission. The MGDPA classifies the following information as public data about applicants: veteran status, relevant test scores, rank on eligible list, job history, education and training, and work availability. If you are a finalist for the position, your name is also public. A "finalist" is a person the City selects for an interview. Do you agree to supply the data the City is requesting as part of your application for employment?

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Each applicant must complete this supplemental questionnaire as a part of the application screening process. The supplemental questionnaire will be used as a scored evaluation of your understanding of the position, knowledge, skills, and experience. Provide complete information for each question. Do not write "see resume" as it is not an acceptable answer. The experiences and quality of information you indicate in your responses will be reviewed and used to determine your eligibility to move forward in the selection process. Select "yes" if you have read and understand.

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Do you have Five (5) years in the public sector performing diversity/equity/inclusion project management duties and/or designing and delivering anti-racism training; OR an equivalent combination of Bachelor's degree and two (2) years of experience closely related to the duties of the position? ?

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Please list any degrees you have earned, including the name of the institution that granted the degree and the major. If you do not have a degree enter "N/A" in the space below.

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Please describe your experience leading racial equity, inclusion and belonging in an organization or community. Please provide a specific example or project of how you led this work across cross-functional teams to deliver against a strategic plan to advance racial equity, inclusion or belonging. Include in your answer where you gained this experience. Do not write "see resume" or "see application" as your answer. If you do not have experience in this area enter "N/A" in the space below..

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Please describe your experience working with and engaging diverse communities and addressing racial disparities. Please provide one example of how you have worked with community. Do not write "see resume" or "see application" for your answer to this question. If you do not have experience in this area enter "N/A" in the space below.

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Please describe your experience working in senior level positions and how you influence cross-functional teams without direct authority. What methods or strategies do you utilize to bring stakeholders (elected officials, senior leadership, community, and staff at all levels) to advance racial equity, inclusion and belonging in an organization? Please share a specific example.

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This Question Is To Determine Your Status As a Veteran Under The Veteran's Preference Statute, Minnesota Statutes, 43A.11. Please Check The Statement Below Which Best Describes Your Current Veteran's Status

• I am not a Veteran
• I am a Veteran who served more than 180 consecutive days and received an Honorable Discharge or Separation
• I am the spouse of a deceased Veteran who served more than 180 consecutive days and received an Honorable Discharge or Separation
• I am a disabled Veteran who served more than 180 consecutive days and received an Honorable Discharge or Separation
• I am the spouse of a disabled Veteran who served more than 180 consecutive days and received an Honorable Discharge or Separation and is unable to use the preference due to the disability
  
  

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If you are a Veteran and achieve the minimum passing rating, do you wish to apply your veteran's preference bonus points? If you answer yes, you MUST complete the City of Bloomington's Veteran Preference Questionnaire (

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