Identify and remove systemic and institutionalized racism and discrimination.
Incorporate equity, diversity and inclusion principles in the City’s organizational practices and decision-making processes.
Steward the organization’s shift to a one-City approach towards decolonization and reconciliation.
Establishing the department’s vision, objectives, and priorities.
Leading the development and implementation of organizational strategies, action plans, policies, guidelines, systems, processes, and procedures, while tracking outcomes to ensure desired impact is achieved.
Building partnerships and integrating work across the organization to collectively address systemic barriers and dismantle inequity.
Provides leadership, guidance, and mentorship ensuring the team is equipped with the right skills, tools, supports and perspectives necessary to support the organization’s long-term strategies.
Leading the development and collection of ongoing client/stakeholder/rightsholder feedback, the analysis, the reporting, and mechanisms to integrate findings.
Provides leadership in the areas of Reconciliation, Inclusion, Equity and Diversity that contributes perspective, insights, and knowledge, and takes a balanced consultative and systematic approach to enable the organization to achieve meaningful and sustainable outcomes.
Managing ongoing research, evaluation, implementation and/or adaptation of industry best practices, trends, and existing or changing legislative and regulatory requirements.
Fosters organizational alignment and accountability to ensure the achievement of long term REDI objectives. Ensures systems and processes are streamlined and user friendly.
Defining key performance indicators based on metrics for Inclusion, Equity and Diversity programs and processes, aligned with business and organizational objectives.
Writing or overseeing the preparation of various reports.
Developing annual and/or multi-year forecasts for capital, operating and indicative budgets, as appropriate, including identifying year-over-year budget pressures and preparing justifications.
Providing strategic guidance and advice to the Division Chief/General Manager, ELT and Members of Council on emerging issues, reports, programs, services, and projects.
Managing contracted services on an ongoing basis (professional/consultation services).
Developing and maintaining effective working relationships with other leaders, staff, community, and appropriate partners/contacts in other Levels of government, institutions/organizations and private industry.
Qualifications
Post-secondary education in a relevant discipline or an equivalent combination of education and experience in the EDI field. Educational and experience equivalences will be considered. An MBA or related master’s discipline would be considered an asset.
Directly related experience in leading organizational change in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), indigenous rights, or related field.
5+ years of leading and managing staff is preferred.
Demonstrable experience of creating an inclusive culture where all individuals feel supported to work at their best.
Experience in metrics, data analysis and translating trends into innovative practices that achieve the desired outcomes.
Project management background is preferred. Experience in designing strategies from scratch and translating strategies into actionable, measurable, and achievable plans would be considered an asset.
Experience developing and advancing anti-racism, Truth and Reconciliation initiatives, gender equity and 2SLGBTQ+ rights and initiatives.
Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Calls for Justice, United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, Black Lives Matter, Anti-Asian Hate, Islamophobia, gender equity, rights of 2SLGBTQ+ and Persons with Disabilities.
Ability to handle highly confidential and sensitive information.
Preference will be given to individuals from designated equity groups. Lived experience is considered an asset.