City of Redwood City · 1 month ago
Equity & Inclusion Officer #25A-98 (20691813)
Redwood City, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expCity of Redwood City is seeking an Equity and Inclusion Officer responsible for formulating and implementing the IDEAL RWC Division’s goals, budget, training, and policies. The role focuses on ensuring equitable services, fostering community engagement, and developing workforce belonging initiatives.
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Responsibilities
Formulation and implementation of the IDEAL RWC Division’s overall goals, budget, training, policies, outreach, program deliverables and outcomes
Provide highly responsible and complex support of the vision, goals, and values of the organization and the policy direction as set by the City Council
Implement the mission of the Division with a commitment to collaboration, problem solving, community interests and continuous improvement
Help the organization actualize its commitment to equity, turning the Foundational Guiding Principle into action in all parts of the City’s work
Support departments to ensure fair and equitable services, bolster partnership and community engagement strategies across the community, and develop and implement workforce belonging initiatives
Facilitate meetings and difficult conversations, perspective-taking, empathetic communication across differences, vision to imagine new possibilities, and discernment and flexibility to recognize where and how to leverage fresh opportunities as they arise
Qualification
Required
A minimum of five years of increasingly responsible professional level experience in community building or advocacy, public health or welfare, economic mobility, organizational development, facilitation, training, coaching, or similar sociological or anthropological field
Education equivalent to a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
Preferred
Experience with strategic planning, results-based accountability, and/or organizational development
Experience applying the Government Alliance on Race and Equity's Visualize-Normalize-Organize-Operationalize framework
Experience leading without authority, especially on projects or teams outside of the candidate's expertise
Fluency or conversational ability in Spanish
Company
City of Redwood City
City of Redwood City is a San Francisco Bay Area community located in the heart of Silicon Valley.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Michael Liang
IT Mgr & CTO
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