Director of Equity Initiatives
Location: Detroit, MI (this is not a remote position; SCP employees work in our physical SCP office and will often travel to various local locations for partner meetings, events, etc.)
Employee Category: Full-time Employee
Positions Hiring: 1
Start Date: Immediately
Salary Range: $65,000-$100,000 (dependent on credentials and experience)
Reports to: CEO
Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision insurance; No Days PTO/Vacation Days Model; Monthly Self-Care Stipend; robust company holiday calendar; quarterly shutdown week; annual end-of-year shutdown; professional development budget.
About Strategic Community Partners
SCP is a national firm that works with organizations by advising, designing, and managing projects and initiatives that advance equity with and for communities. We partner with organizations to build capacity by pairing strategy with community and cultural context to drive forward powerful and equitable missions.
We are passionate about and focus on capacity building in the following areas:
Community-Grounded Research and Evaluation
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Education (Early Childhood, K-12, and Higher Education)
Project Management and Systems Building
Recruitment, Retention, and Overall Talent Management
Strategic Planning
Youth- and Community-Based Initiatives and Events
Elevator Pitch
We are looking for a passionate leader with strong vision, relationship-building skills, exemplary organization and planning skills, as well as deep experience working with youth and community. This leader will work directly with our leadership cohorts and equity partnerships—leading work in communities, with professionals, youth, and community members. This leader will support the creation and facilitation of curriculum for our equity initiatives and foster spaces for youth and community that are strategic and impactful—both from a youth/community perspective, as well as our partners who we engage in this work with. We are looking for an exceptionally organized and visionary leader who can convene and collaborate across multiple organizations while also producing exemplary results. This person will have experience in facilitation and design, school and/or community events and partnerships, and planning and coordinating projects across multiple partner organizations.
A day in the life of our Director of Equity Initiatives may look like:
Creating and facilitating a curriculum for a 9-month leadership cohort of mid-level professionals
Having check-in conversations with equity initiatives alumni in order to plan a scope for alumni engagement events
Facilitating quarterly or monthly convenings with cohorts of individuals or organizations
Collaborating with partners to further equitable opportunities in our communities
Building relationships and securing speakers and facilitators for workshops or sessions to support our participants and partners
Identifying opportunities to collaborate with local and national organizations to further equity
Education
Bachelor’s Degree required
Core Responsibilities
Managing and supporting the implementation of all internal equity initiatives
Collaborating with a team of facilitators, coaches, and consultants supporting the implementation of the equity initiatives curriculum
Creating goals and milestones and managing timelines to meet objectives
Managing engagement and fulfillment of contract/MOUs/expectations for equity initiative programming
Leading partnerships with equity-based projects or events
Experience Required
At least five years of work experience with evidence of an exemplary proven track record of results
At least one year of experience leading education and community initiatives with exemplary results—including designing, organizing, planning, and executing education and community initiatives
At least one year of experience serving as the lead contact, organizer, and point-person for an education/community initiative, including crisis management, working directly with school administrators and/or partner organization senior leadership, and facilitating high-stakes meetings with stakeholders
At least three years of experience working in a mission-driven organization committed to education, equity, and/or justice
Experience managing partners across a project plan, as well as executing toward a project plan
Proven track record of exemplary decision-making and judgment while leading education/community initiatives
Additional Skillsets
Compelling and influential communicator
Strong relationship-builder
Creative and innovative
Strong organization and planning habits overall, including:
Project plan design
Curriculum and event design
Partner and participant engagement and communication
Ability to manage several priorities and partners at once while also working at a fast pace
Exemplary decision-making and judgment
Strong problem-solving skills, including, yet not limited to, ability to proactively identify crisis management concerns and mitigate during organizing and planning phases
Ability to be flexible and jump into any role necessary
Mindsets
You believe it is necessary to pair strategy with community and cultural context to partner with communities.
You do this work with and alongside communities.
You are passionate about the work you do.
You believe in delivering nothing less than excellence—process, presentation, and communication are all equally important.
An unwavering commitment to integrity is a non-negotiable.
You are intrinsically motivated.
You view working in gray space as an opportunity for innovation and exploration to best serve our communities and partners. You thrive with the autonomy and opportunity to create with little direction or no precedent.
In complex, time-sensitive, and perhaps even crisis, situations, you are further fueled by the opportunity to partner, lead, and serve.
Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
Strategic Community Partners provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
We look forward to reviewing your application! Thank you for your commitment to mission-driven work!