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Position Summary

The Associate Director of Organizational Development and Employment Equity will manage projects and initiatives to nurture a culture of inclusion and belonging across the employee experience. This individual will serve on a cross-functional leadership team focused on community engagement, manage employee resource groups, provide training and programming to promote equity and belonging and analyze existing infrastructure to enhance equity.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the Engaged Pluralism Leadership Team, a cross functional team focused on building communities that emphasize belonging.

• Manage the design, logistics, and delivery of virtual, in-person, and asynchronous training via a Learning Management System (LMS) to promote a culture of ongoing learning and procedural transparency.

• Facilitate and assess new employee onboarding and orientation programming to ensure a welcoming and effective experience.

• Manage Employee Resource Groups to facilitate and support a robust and inclusive employment community.

• Coordinate the development of the Human Resources newsletter and other employee communications.

• Collaborate with campus partners to design, develop, and deliver a wide variety of training content that aligns with adult learning best practices and institutional design guidelines.

• Plan and participate in touchstone events and experiences for employees.

Required knowledge, skills and abilities

• Bachelors degree and three years of experience working in Human Resources or related field or equivalent combination.

• Experience designing and delivering training, onboarding, or other programming.

• Experience evaluating policies and processes from an equity and belonging lens.

• Comfort with using technological tools to create data for analysis and interpretation.

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills to collaborate effectively across a diverse campus community.

Preferred knowledge, skills and abilities

• Experience working in a higher education institution.

• Experience with designing human resources processes.

• Experience making on-demand training content.

• Experience working with a Learning Management System (LMS)

• Experience working with a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) System to communicate with target audiences

• Experience working with software to create e-learning content such as Articulate.

Compensation

The compensation for this position is $78,850 -$90,000(USD) per year.

When extending an offer, Vassar College considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidates work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, budget, and other market and organizational considerations. The starting salary range represents the Colleges good faith and reasonable estimate at the time of posting.