Deputy Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer

Title: Deputy Chief Diversity Equity and Inclusion Officer

State Role Title:Special Assistant

Hiring Range: $120000 - $140000

Pay Band: UG

Agency: Office of the Governor

Location:Richmond E Broad St

Agency Website:

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

Provides second-line leadership to ensure the mission vision and core values of the administration are put into practice to drive an organizational strategy that advances access for all Virginians.

Manages competing priorities in a fast-past environment while collaborating across the administration to address organizational challenges to foster a sense of belonging among agencies and institutions of higher education.

Drives achievement of goals and objectives related to diversity equity and inclusion including key performance metrics to measure progress across agencies and institutions of higher education.

Motivates a high-performing team by demonstrating sound decision making fostering a success-oriented environment and providing mentoring as a cornerstone to career development among emerging professionals.

Represents the office among both internal and external audiences to include strategic engagement opportunities with hard-to-reach communities and meeting requests with constituents.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

To perform the job successfully following competencies should be demonstrated to perform the essential functions of this position.

Subject Matter Experience The candidate can demonstrate technical experience in the discipline of diversity equity and inclusion as well as human resources management to include experience with staying current with thought leadership.

Verbal and Written Communication The candidate can develop high-quality deliverables to communicate complex information to various audiences to include verbally via public speaking engagements as well as in writing to include a background in drafting strategic plans performance plans executive summaries annual reports testimonies policy position papers agendas memorandums standard operating procedures talking points press releases letters of recognition social media captions and briefing decks.

Research and Analytics The candidate can synthesize qualitative and quantitative data sources to inform decision making to include experience with developing dashboards with key performance metrics as well as conducting studies and administering surveys to measure employee and/or external stakeholder engagement.

Management and Supervision The candidate can supervise teams across a distributed work environment to include recruiting interviewing onboarding training coaching and appraising employees as well as mentoring emerging professionals.

Political Acumen The candidate can demonstrate familiarity with operations of state government to include working relationships with elected officials appointed officials and civilian employees as well as prior experience with the legislative policy-making process.

Budget Management The candidate can manage the annual budgeting process to include personnel and operational costs as well as the procurement process for contractual engagements with consultants and other vendors to include small women and minority-owned businesses.

Program Management The candidate can execute programs to commemorate cultural heritage celebrations and special observances to include collaborating with employee resource groups and community stakeholder groups.

Training and Development The candidate can develop and deploy developmental learning opportunities to include in-person and/or virtual asynchronous training courses.

Additional Considerations

Provides day-to-day management of emerging professionals and carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the Commonwealths policies and applicable laws.

Recruits interviews and trains employees; directs and delegates work assignments among employees; and helps to appraise employee performance to include rewards and disciplinary actions.

Special Instructions

This position is not telework eligible.

This is an At-Will position appointed by the Governor of Virginia. Selected applicant will need to successfully pass a criminal background check. Limited travel may be required. This position is based in Richmond Virginia.

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to Your Application in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Contact Information

Name: Office of Diversity Equity and Inclusion

Phone: none

Email:

In support of the Commonwealths commitment to inclusion we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS) or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation if applicable to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at .

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1 2022- February 29 2024 can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.