Location: all cities,MN, USA
Application Deadline: 10/16/2024
Salary: $81,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year
This is a full time position.
Duties
Founded in 1917, Wilder Research (WR) operates as an independent research unit of the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation. It helps communities thrive by turning information into impact. Through research and evaluation services, consulting, and training, Wilder Research works with nonprofits, community leaders, government agencies, foundations, and policymakers to measure and improve their effectiveness, identify needs and solutions, make data-informed decisions and drive action to improve lives and communities.
Wilder Research seeks a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Manager to provide coordination and leadership to Wilder Research's diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. This role will collaborate with WR staff to build and manage a strategy to improve and integrate DEI efforts into our department's functioning. While DEI work is everyone's responsibility, this role will coordinate efforts and help facilitate moving the work forward.
This position will coordinate and/or oversee efforts Wilder Research is taking to infuse DEI principles across all staff, policies, and practices. This will include centering DEI principles in: contributing to process and continuous improvement efforts; participating in management meetings and decision-making; consulting with, mentoring, and coaching staff department-wide to build capacity; improving hiring and promotion practices; and consulting on research projects.
In addition, this role will require a high level of collaboration, including with the following groups: WR leaders and staff to identify challenges, opportunities, and recommendations; WR communications staff to create a plan for internal and external communication about our DEI goals and efforts to build buy-in; the broader Wilder Foundation DEI Manager; external committees or task forces; the Wilder Research DEI workgroup, a group of staff focused on building and addressing our DEI vision and approaches; and the WR Community Engagement and Partnership Manager to align strategic and operational efforts.
The position will also involve creating meaningful approaches to measure our efforts and ensure departmental accountability. In addition to this internal evaluative focus, we also anticipate this role will spend about 20% of their time conducting direct research with fellow team members and community partners.
When you work at Wilder, you will join a diverse community of passionate individuals who are committed to the Wilder mission and dedicated to serving whole families.
Wilder's workplace diversity strengthens our mission and contributes to our vision of individuals and families thriving in St. Paul and beyond. We offer a dynamic Total Rewards package, which includes competitive compensation and benefits - health, dental, employer-matched 401(k), PTO, paid family, medical and caregiver leave, life insurance, disability insurance, flexible spending accounts and employee wellness programs.
In addition, you will have access to professional development opportunities, including development funding, tuition discounts, career development, and training opportunities. You will also have access to Wilder's inclusion, diversity and equity (WIDE) council, employee resource groups, and other DEI development opportunities available to all employees. Eligible federal loans may also qualify for deferment through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF).
Job Qualifications
A cover letter is required for all applications. Applications without a cover letter will be considered incomplete.
Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)-identified applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.
To fulfill these skills, we value a mix of education and hands-on experience in leading organizational DEI efforts. For this role, a bachelor's degree, ideally in a social science field, is required, and a master's degree is preferred. Because this is a manager position, our ideal candidate would have 7 years of DEI leadership experience with a bachelor's degree, 5 years with a master's, or 3 years with a PhD.
Additional qualifications include: applied research skills; creative strategic thinker; ability to recognize and address power dynamics to promote culture change; strong communication skills with a variety of audiences; change management or organizational change experience; comfort navigating difficult or sensitive topics; experience working with ethnically and culturally-diverse communities, American Indian communities, people with disabilities, and other communities that experience health inequities; experience with the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI), our guiding framework for DEI efforts Foundation-wide; and experience with contemporary diversity, equity, inclusion, and decentering whiteness theories and issues.
This position is currently a hybrid position with in-person presence needed for collaboration and some project-based work.
About Wilder
The Amherst H. Wilder Foundation is a nonprofit community organization that creates lasting, positive change rooted in people through direct services, research and community building. We combine knowledge, compassion and action to improve lives today and for generations to come.
Online Application Information
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Job offers will be contingent on the successful applicant's proof of authorization to work in the United States and the results of a background check related to the job requirements.
Wilder is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. It is the policy of the Amherst H Wilder foundation to provide an equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.