Director, Office of Equity and Racial Justice (OERJ)

Embrace Your Legacy: Lead the Way in Equity and Racial Justice Excellence.

The County of San Diego is seeking applications for the Director, Office of Equity and Racial Justice (OERJ) position. This executive management position will endeavor to connect with all the various communities in the County to ensure we are responding to each community appropriately and addressing their specific and diverse needs.

Please click here for a detailed announcement including the duties and requirements for this position.

The goal of this position is to collaborate with trusted community organizations and establish more equitable and accessible services, programs, and resources to all. This position requires a culturally competent leader who values and can leverage the County’s racial, cultural, and religious diversity to advance the County’s commitment to an equitable and inclusive region.

Key service areas will include:

• Plans, directs, and evaluates the overall activities of the Office of Equity and Racial Justice.
• Engages underserved communities and includes them in setting County department priorities and budget-making process.
• Administers the duties and responsibilities of the Human Relations Commission by providing staff support and facilitation of related meetings, activities, and membership.
• Advances racial and social equity and inclusion efforts by collaborating with internal and external stakeholders throughout the County to strategically align efforts to identify core priorities for process and policy improvement and program development.
• Ensures the involvement and participation of underrepresented groups in the contract source selection process.
• Collaborates with County departments that administers restorative justice programs to report mutual activities, align best practices, identify barriers and gaps to ensure robust restorative practices throughout the region.
• Works alongside other jurisdictions in the region that have similar entities to ensure cohesion and avoid duplication of efforts.
• Identifies state and federal grant opportunities to support the expansion of community-based restorative justice programs and activities, and in addition, sets aside County funds for this purpose.
• Creates and administers outreach and engagement strategies targeting underrepresented groups to ensure equitable application of County efforts.
• Acts as liaison with other public and private agencies and provides information to County departments, the public, and agency representatives on departmental activities.

The Ideal Candidate:

The ideal candidate will be an inclusive, results-oriented leader whose work is grounded by a commitment to equity, inclusion, empowerment, and people. A person who can transform strategy into operational goals and objectives and produce measurable outcomes. A proven, caring leader with a career history that demonstrates outstanding leadership and change management skills and the ability to embrace and celebrate the culture, ethnic diversity, and community values of the San Diego region. The ideal candidate will also have excellent coaching, communication, and leadership skills, a background in organizational development, and previous experience developing organizational culture, workforce planning, and customer service.

The ideal candidate will also possess the following leadership attributes and competencies:

• Strong knowledge of theories, principles and practices of effective management, public administration, and strategic planning process and techniques, including budgeting, purchasing, contracting, and maintenance of public records.
• Exceptional knowledge of social, political, and environmental issues influencing equity program development and implementation.
• Proven ability to perform policy analysis and development techniques and methods of formulating and advocating for public policies specific to equity issues.
• Excellent communication skills when interacting with the public, diverse stakeholder groups, and senior leaders.
• Visionary and strategic thinker that identifies and defines complex equity and human rights issues and develops sound conclusions and recommendations.
• Deftly identifies strategies and target resources to address root causes of inequities.
• Expertise in planning, organizing, managing and directing the implementation of equity programs. • Experience in preparing clear, concise, and comprehensive correspondence, reports, studies, and other written materials
• Strong background in social, political, and environmental issues influencing equity program development and implementation.
• Ability to exercise tact and diplomacy in dealing with highly sensitive, complex, and confidential issues and situations involving the Board of Supervisors’ impact on County policies and issues.
• Builds strong working relationships and networks with underrepresented groups, and organizations that serve them.
• Extensive knowledge of policies and practices that support diversity, inclusion, and cultural competency to advocate for more socially just working environments and communities.

Minimum Qualifications:

Five (5) years of management level experience that demonstrates the ability to perform the essential functions of the classification AND a bachelor's degree from an accredited U.S. college or university or certified foreign studies equivalency.

Please mention you found this employment opportunity on the CareersInGovernment.com job board.

1. Complete the online application at www.sandiegocounty.gov/hr, select Current Job Postings, Job Number 24214610UOERJ.
2. Attach your resume at the Attachment step of the application.
3. Attach a copy of your degree, transcripts, or certified foreign equivalency.

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• County of San Diego

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