Assistant Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The Assistant Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion helps advance the diversity, equity and inclusion goals and values of the Southern New England Conference by ensuring all programs, resources, and initiatives of the Center for Transformational Leadership and beyond reflect these priorities.

Job Posting

Position Title: Assistant Director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Reports to: Director, Center for Transformational Leadership

Department: Center for Transformational Leadership

FLSA: Exempt

Salary Grade: 6

Annual Salary: $71,400

Hours: Full-time

Location: Hybrid (CT/MA/RI)

Position Summary

The Assistant Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion helps advance the diversity, equity and inclusion goals and values of the Southern New England Conference by ensuring all programs, resources, and initiatives of the Center for Transformational Leadership and beyond reflect these priorities. This role manages programs and trainings, develops strategies, researches best practices, nurtures internal and external partnerships, and curates resources to support and empower churches, pastors, leaders, and volunteers in cultivating radically inclusive church communities.

• Uses an expansive definition of diversity to include race, age, ethnicity, ability, socioeconomic status, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, etc.
• Works with the Director to ensure all aspects of the work of the Center for Transformational Leadership (CTL) are in alignment with DEI best practices and the values and goals of SNEUCC.
• Remains knowledgeable on current and relevant research, processes, best practices, and emerging trends in DEI within denominational, religious, faith-based and secular non-profits.
• Researches and recommends best practices for implementation related to DEI in recruitment, development and retention of volunteers, program leaders, presenters, consultants, etc.
• Identifies and makes recommendations for addressing issues of unconscious bias and microaggressions in programming and resourcing.
• Creates, curates, manages and provides DEI resources, processes, and best practices for churches and church leaders as they seek to create a culture of equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging.
• Researches, reviews, and shares resources and program opportunities offered or provided by covenant partners and other external organizations.
• Serves as liaison with covenant partners and external organizations to promote, endorse, market or collaborate on DEI focused programs and resources.

• Manages and leads a range of DEI programs and initiatives that deepen and strengthen awareness, provide skill development, and empower leaders on topics such as anti-racism, cultural awareness and competency, gender equity and differences, disability justice, and building a climate of equity and inclusion.
• Develops and updates racial justice trainings for authorized ministers and for other church staff and church leaders, as well as identifies, recruits, equips, trains and empowers facilitators for these trainings.
• Develops and conducts workshops, trainings and presentations, for various internal audiences via regional gatherings, association meetings and gatherings, Conference events, etc. about justice topics and topics related to DEI.
• Leads trainings for ecumenical partners in the region, other Conferences, covenantal partners and/or external organizations/partners as appropriate and as assigned by the Director.

• Provides point of contact for SNEUCC justice focused Task Teams and groups as assigned, helping to maintain covenantal relationships while providing collaboration and ensuring alignment with established conference priorities.
• Responsible for identification, recruitment, formation, and development of leaders for the various Task Teams.
• Holds Task Teams accountable for following the parameters and meeting the metrics established for Task Teams and Round Tables.

• Engages churches and their leaders at all stages of their diversity journey and help bring them along with their goals, vision and values as well as those of SNEUCC.
• Advises ACMs, authorized ministers, committees on ministry and church leaders about DEI trainings as they relate to learning goals, ministerial standing requirements, continuing education expectations and requirements for official certificates of completion, etc.
• Represents the Southern New England Conference of the United Church of Christ (UCC) in various UCC, ecumenical, and interfaith settings as appropriate and assigned by the Director.
• Tends to the covenantal relationships with the ethnic and multi-lingual churches in SNEUCC as needed.
• Works with the Director to identify and build relationships with covenant partners and external organizations and communities to support DEI goals.
• Supports DEI budget planning and implementation by tracking income and expenses related to programs/trainings…