Culture & Belonging Specialist

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Culture & Belonging Specialist

Salary

$56,028.00 - $85,116.00 Annually

Location

Denver, CO

Job Type

Full Time

Job Number

FAA00961-05/07/24

Department

Department of Public Health & Environment

Division

Administration Division

Opening Date

05/07/2024

Closing Date

5/21/2024 11:59 PM Mountain

FLSA

Determined by Position

Type of Announcement

This position is open only to Colorado state residents.

Primary Physical Work Address

4300 Cherry Creek Drive South Denver, CO 80246

FLSA Status

Exempt; position is not eligible for overtime compensation.

Department Contact Information

simmone.porter@state.co.us

Salary Note

Although the full salary range for this position is provided, appointments are typically made at or near the range minimum.

How To Apply

Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.

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Department Information

This position is only open to Colorado Residents.

Be BOLD and make a real difference . . .

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Our tobacco-free campus offers free parking and is conveniently located near RTD bus lines, Glendale City Set, and the Cherry Creek bike path. In addition to a great location and rewarding, meaningful work, we offer:

• Employee wellness programs and facilities

• Extensive internal professional development opportunities on a wide variety of subjects

• Bike to work programs, including access to storage lockers and bike racks

• Distinctive career advancement opportunities throughout the State system

• Strong, yet flexible retirement benefits (http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?c=Page%CF%87ldpagename=DPA-DHR%2FDHRLayout&cid=1213025229644&pagename=DHRWrapper) including a choice of the PERA Defined Benefit Plan or the PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus optional 401K and 457 plans

• Medical and dental health plans (http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/DPA-DHR/DHR/1236690495481)

• Paid life insurance

• Short- and long-term disability coverage

• 11 paid holidays per year plus generous personal time off

• Mentoring program with opportunities for mentors and mentees

• Tuition assistance for college-level courses including Masters degree programs

• Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, and

• A variety of employee resource groups

  Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more information, go to: https://studentloans.gov/myDirectLoan/pslfFlow.action#!/pslf/launch

Description of Job

About the Work Unit:

The Culture & Belonging Specialist will be housed within the Office of Human Resources and reporting to the Professional & Organizational Development (POD) Manager. With the guidance and support of the Director of Culture, Strategy, Equity, & Innovation (CSEI) and EDI Officer, the Director of Human Resources and the POD Manager, the Culture & Belonging Specialist provides department-level programming support around the work of culture and belonging to bridge divisional level work with the departmental IDEA strategy and performance reporting ensuring coordination and collaboration across work units.

The Office of Human Resources (OHR) provides strategic, tactical, and operational services to implement a comprehensive integrated departmental human resources (HR) program that maximizes productivity, diversity and inclusion, and a positive work environment while minimizing liability and risk in the department. Services include establishing and consulting on departmental talent management policies and processes (job evaluation, compensation practices, selection); interpreting and complying with the State Personnel System rules and policies as well as state and federal employment law; employee and labor relations (dispute resolution, performance management, discrimination complaints, and labor agreements); comprehensive talent acquisition (recruitment marketing, sourcing, recruitment, new employee experience), organizational development (workplace culture, inclusion, diversity, equity, & accessibility (IDEA), employee engagement, consulting), professional development (training, mentorships and career development, succession planning); time off and benefits administration; employee wellness and safety; and technical operational support (HR systems, onboarding/off boarding, transaction processing).

What you will be Doing:

The Culture & Belonging Specialist:

• Demonstrates passion and performance around inclusive excellence.

• Possesses a breadth of knowledge and experience applying learning and development solutions towards culture and belonging and inclusion, diversity, equity, and access (IDEA) work.

• Remains aware of trends surrounding IDEA at the local, state, and national level to help champion the IDEA strategy at the department level.

• Demonstrates experience in developing culture and belonging programming and training that has contributed to building this capacity across organizations of over 2000 people.

• Uses sound project management, change management, and performance management processes, practices towards effectively implementing new programs and training.

• Operates both strategically and operationally embracing open-mindedness, curiosity, and continuous improvement.

• Demonstrated experience with instructional design, group dynamics, applied adult learning theory, and effective small to large group facilitation skills.

• Demonstrates experience designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating organization-wide learning and development programs and has helped to manage vendor relationships.

• Demonstrates proficiency in creating partnerships and working in a collaborative environment.

• Experience balancing multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast paced and evolving environment.

• Demonstrates professional communication skills characterized by active listening, emotional intelligence, and conflict management, with an emphasis on self-awareness and timely results- oriented communication.

• Demonstrates excellent written and oral communication skills as demonstrated by the ability to articulate complex information and issues accurately and succinctly.

• Exercises sound judgment in consulting and advising around building an organizational culture inclusive of diverse backgrounds and perspectives with a deep understanding of the historical context of how diversity and inclusion has been shaped in organizations.

• Effective problem solving skills that involve taking the initiative to seek out additional information and the ability to establish and maintain productive working relationships with individuals from various backgrounds and interests.

Provides programmatic support and process-level decision making in the areas of culture and belonging. Provides programmatic, consultative, analytical and evaluative data support to the Director of CSEI/EDI Officer around the IDEA strategy. Tasked with carrying out developed IDEA strategies and programs and may assist in the development of internal policy and practice from inception to implementation. Partners with employees and mid-level leaders to carry out the comprehensive IDEA work to foster a workplace culture, where belonging is central.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Option 1: Experience

Six (6) years of full-time professional experience supporting Organizational EDI transformation initiatives. The experience listed must clearly demonstrate Workforce Equity, Diversity, And Inclusion Capacity Building

Option2: Combination of Education and Experience

A combination of related education in public health, social work, community health, political science, management, sociology, psychology, human relations, organization development, public or business administration, law, political science or similar program AND full time professional experience supporting Organizational EDI transformation initiatives (The experience listed must clearly demonstrate Workforce Equity, Diversity, And Inclusion Capacity Building) equal to 6 years.

Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis.

This experience must be substantiated within the work history section of the application. The words, "See Resume" will not be accepted. Part-time work will be pro- rated.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience in supporting EDI capacity across organizations.

• Proven knowledge of project management, change management, and performance management processes, practices and how to integrate them into the EDI capacity building strategy.

• Experience designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating organization-wide learning and development programs.

• Experience working in a complex organization with advanced skills in supporting the design, implementation and evaluative components of EDI initiatives and engagement.

• Demonstrated experienced contributing to teams, projects, or initiatives that have an agency or community wide impact.

• Experience researching and interpreting relevant federal, state, and local legislation and policies.

• Demonstrated skills in basic instructional design and learning management system operation.

• Demonstrated experience presenting and facilitating for both small and large audiences.

Conditions of Employment:

Pursuant to CDPHE policy, a background check is required for all positions at CDPHE.

APPEAL RIGHTS:

If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for the position or that as a result of no longer being considered, you were discriminated against, you may protest the action by filing an appeal with the State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director within 10 days from the date you receive notice of the elimination. Also, if you wish to challenge the selection and comparative analysis process, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director within 10 days from the receipt of notice or knowledge of the action you are challenging. If an applicant seeks to have an allegation of discrimination reviewed by the Board, that person must file an appeal (petition for hearing) within 10 days of the action or receipt of any final written selection decision. Refer to Chapters 4 and 8 of the State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, 4 CCR 801, for more information about the appeals process. The State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures are available at www.colorado.gov/spb. A standard appeal form is available at: www.colorado.gov/spb. If you appeal, your appeal must be submitted in writing on the official appeal form, signed by you or representative, and received at the following address within 10 days of your receipt of notice or knowledge of the action: Colorado State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director, Attn: Appeals Processing, 1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver, CO 80203. Fax: 303-866-5038. Phone: 303-866-3300. The ten-day deadline and these appeal procedures also apply to all charges

Supplemental Information

A Complete Application Must Include:

• A completed state of Colorado application

• If you are a veteran, a copy of your DD214 attached to your colorado.gov/jobs application.

  The Selection Process

• All applications that are received by the closing of this announcement will be reviewed against the Minimum Qualifications in this announcement. Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications proceed to the next step.

• Colorado Revised Statutes require that state employees are hired and promoted based on merit and fitness through a comparative analysis process.

• Part of, or all of, the comparative analysis for this position may be a structured application review, which involves a review of the information you submit in your application materials by Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) against the preferred qualifications.

• A top group, of up to six candidates, will be invited to schedule an interview with the hiring manager.

  E-Verify: CDPHE uses e-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States.. Learn more about E-Verify (http://www.dhs.gov/e-verify) , including your rights and responsibilities.

  You must be legally eligible to work in the United States to be appointed to this position. CDPHE does not sponsor non-residents of the United States.

  ADAAA Accommodations:

  The State of Colorado believes that equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our success, and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. Therefore, in all aspects of the employment process, we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, or military status (with preference given to military veterans), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, Dan McKenna, at daniel.mckenna@state.co.us or call 303-692-2060, option 5.

The State of Colorado offers permanent employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, as well as a comprehensive leave program. Please click the following link for detailed information: www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/benefits

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Are you willing to submit to a criminal background check?

• Yes

• No

  02

  Applicants for State of Colorado classified positions must be current residents of Colorado. Are you a current resident of the State of Colorado who can provide proof of Colorado residency?

• Yes

• No

  03

  Please describe how you have supported workforce and organizational capacity around racial equity, diversity, and inclusion. Describe the approach that was taken, your role, and how you measured success.

  04

  Please describe how your own lived experiences have informed and assisted you in addressing inequities by effectively and meaningfully engaging community into your past or present work. (Maximum of 2 paragraphs)

  05

  Describe a time where mobilizing equity, diversity, and inclusion programs, policies, and/ or practices was challenging. What was the approach that you took to navigate this challenge and what did you learn?

  06

  Please describe your work experience training, teaching, and/or educating employees within an organization, preferably in EDI.

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