Equity and Justice Director
TWIN CITIES, Saint Paul, MN, US
Salary Range: $80,000.00 To $80,000.00 Annually
The Arc Minnesota wants you! We are seeking someone who is connected and engaged in their community and enjoys building relationships with people of all backgrounds and experiences.
Are you passionate about Social Justice? Are you someone who naturally draws others into your vision for a brighter future? Are you excited about how advancing Disability Justice can create a better world for everyone?
The Arc Minnesota believes in a world where all people with disabilities are valued, respected, and thriving. We are looking to grow our team with visionary, talented and creative staff members who can help us achieve our mission.
If you value bringing people together around a cause, building relationships, and working with a high degree of purpose, this could be the role for you! You would work alongside a passionate team, dedicated to building a welcoming world where people with disabilities have the power to change systems and society, communities are centered in justice, and all people have belonging and freedom.
If you’re excited about our mission and our work, review this job posting to learn how YOU can be a part of it!
Organization & Position Summary:
The Arc Minnesota promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), actively supporting them and their families in a lifetime of full inclusion and participation in their communities.
The Director of Equity and Justice provides overall leadership and management of inclusion, diversity, equity, and justice efforts organization-wide. This position will:
- In partnership with The Arc Minnesota staff, members, volunteers, self-advocates, and the broader disability community, design, implement and evaluate strategies and goals promoting equity and belonging that specifically impact and promote disability justice, anti-racism, and anti-ableism.
- Directly engage, collaborate, and create strategies with leaders who have intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), with disability community members who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color and with people who have lived experiences in building just, anti-ableist and anti-racist organizations and communities.
- Consistently demonstrate and model the organization’s core values of Human and Civil Rights, Self-Advocacy and Self-Direction, Equity and Belonging, and Disability and Racial Justice.
Compensation & Benefits:
- Generous time off policies
- Remote work options
- Flexible schedules, because we understand the importance of your life OUTSIDE of the workplace
- Competitive annual salary of $80,000
- The Arc Minnesota offers health insurance through Blue Cross / Blue Shield with an employer funded HSA (depending on plan design)
- Affordable dental insurance for single or family coverage
- The opportunity to make a difference in YOUR community & in the lives of Minnesotans with Intellectual and Development Disabilities
Major Responsibilities:
- Plan and implement annual organizational Equity & Justice work plan, strategies, and goals in collaboration with the Executive Leadership Team and staff statewide.
- Provide overall direction, leadership and management of The Arc Minnesota’s board level Equity and Justice committee; includes coordination, facilitation, and training.
- Develop and promote training programs to enhance employee, volunteer and organizational members’ understanding and engagement on issues related to equity, justice, and intersectionality.
- Develop and lead coalition efforts relating to strategic imperatives that advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice.
- Build, maintain, and deepen relationships with culturally specific community leaders.
- Represent The Arc Minnesota in groups, coalitions, and partnerships related to The Arc’s DEIJ related work.
Qualifications:
- Must reside in the state of Minnesota
- At least five years’ experience leading inclusion, diversity, equity, and justice efforts required.
- Possess a deep understanding of intersectionality, preferably the intersection of race and disability.
- Demonstrate a commitment to and analysis of social, racial, and economic justice and their intersections.
- Understand and embrace the principles of Disability Justice.
- Developed a practice of confronting and deconstructing anti-Blackness and experience implementing anti-racist and anti-ableist practices.
- Experience in curriculum design, training, and program implementation.
- Experience in community engagement, outreach and/or organizing.
- Effective organizational skills.
- Effective communication skills.
- Knowledge of policies and systems issues that affect the lives of people who have IDD, especially those with intersecting identities preferred.
- Ability to work with all people, including but not limited to community partners, organizational leadership, staff, volunteers, and external stakeholders.
The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirement for the performance of this position. This job description should not be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements.
The Arc Minnesota is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request an accommodation, contact Human Resources by phone at (952) 683-7973 or by email at archr@arcminnesota.org.
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