As a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) team member, implement the Agency’s DEI objectives, while coordinating DEI programs for all levels of staff.
Responsibilities:
- Participate in DEI Advisory meetings and provide on-going reporting to the DEI Advisory
- Coordinate and facilitate meetings
- Coordinate and implement tasks and duties related to DEI initiatives
- Track and report on DEI initiatives, staff learning and development, trainings and community events
- Coordinate and co-facilitate all agency event
- Create partnerships within the agency and community at large that promotes the Agency’s commitment to diversity
- Co-facilitate 3-4 Exploring Bias trainings per year
- Present DEI information at agency culture day sessions
Requirements:
- A combination of experience and education
- Two years’ experience in an administrative capacity
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong facilitation and presentation skills
- Strong organizational abilities
- Open to giving and receiving feedback as part of a team
- Motivated to work on culture changes for a human services agency
Structure:
- Part Time (20hrs/wk)
- Non-exempt
- Starting at $22.66 an hour
- We offer a competitive salary commensurate to experience
Benefits:
- Accrue 36 days of combined time off per year for full-time employees (and increasing with years of service); pro-rated for positions 16 hours or more
- Comprehensive health insurance with 80% agency-paid premium support for individuals, couples, and families (pro-rated for part time). This Point of Service Plan features no deductible.
- Two Dental options
- Vision Insurance
- Employer 401(k) contributions
- Employer Paid Life, AD&D, Short Term and Long Term Disability insurance
- Medical & Childcare Flexible Spending Account
- Childcare Stipend
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee referral program with financial payment
- Discounted online undergraduate/graduate courses through Champlain College truED
- Award-winning workplace wellness program including physical fitness groups for staff, financial wellness incentives, and ongoing workplace wellness advocacy and education
- Voluntary benefits from local/international businesses: discounted gym memberships, mobile phone service, ski/snowboard passes, auto/home insurance, and more!
- Employee referral bonus, subject to Howard Center policy
Our Values: Clients are at the heart of our decision making. We are committed to individual and collective well-being and success. We are responsible stewards of the resources entrusted to us. We are steadfast in our practice and pursuit of excellence.
Howard Center is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. The agency’s culture and service delivery is strengthened by the diversity of its workforce. Minorities, people of color, LGBTQIA+ and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. EOE/TTY. Visit “About Us” to review Howard Center’s EOE policy
Howard Center established the Diversity Coordinator position in 2006. In 2015, Howard Center contracted with Abundant Sun to help collect and analyze demographic data. The same year, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) was integrated into the overall Strategic Plan and became accountable to the Board of Directors. In 2017, DEI was formally recognized as a department. In 2022 the organization hired its first DEI director and now runs a department comprising the director, manager, and coordinator of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Today, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Department implements key initiatives both within and beyond the Howard Center community:
• Bi-monthly Roundtable discussions open to all Howard Center employees, including: neurodiversity, psychiatric survivors, destigmatizing houselessness, trans affirming care and cultural compassion.
• Bi-monthly toolkits on topics such as: Juneteenth, intersectionality, microaggressions.
• Mandatory staff training on unconscious bias, inclusive language, and racial and cultural competence.
• Contributions to our free and open to the public Community Education Series.
• Participation in the local Pride Parade and regional conferences.
• Collaborative work with community partners.
• Policy and systemic advocacy within the agency.
• Collaborations with HR to ensure inclusive hiring, retention, and accommodation support for staff.
