• Oversee staff and working groups assigned to implement recommendations of the strategy, to ensure they have support and resources to accomplish their goals and outcomes
• Apply project management skills to ensure work progresses and milestones are achieved.When needed, assist chairs of the working groups to develop meeting agendas and/or effectively facilitate meetings. Keep well-documented records of the process and outcomes of this work
• Utilize a change management approach to ensure strategy implementation supports staff to adopt and apply new knowledge and processes to their day-to-day work
• Ensure implementation stays within scope and purpose of the initial strategy recommendations. Align and leverage the work with other department initiatives to ensure optimal efficiency and effectiveness
• Utilize problem-solving when barriers to implementation present themselves and engage the appropriate stakeholders to negotiate resolution and next steps
• Work closely with other members of senior management to draft any agreed-upon EDI-R policies and procedures related to programs, services and initiatives that support strategy implementation
• Provide regular progress updates to the leadership team and senior management team
• Where appropriate, advise and/or participate in CW recruitment activities to ensure EDI-R strategy principles and recommendations are applied throughout the process
• Oversee planned spending assigned to this work

• In partnership with the communication project manager, lead the development of an outreach strategy to ensure all staff within the department stay informed and engaged in the work. This may include sending out regular staff emails or providing updates at team meetings and all-staff department meetings
• In partnership with the education working group, assess, recommend, and implement events, trainings and programs to promote an EDI-R culture and build staff competency

• Collaborates closely with the Office of Indigenous Initiatives, Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism, as well as the President’s Anti-Racism Taskforce (PART) to form partnerships and advance EDI-R principles, practices, and strategies
• Ensure student needs and outcomes remain at the forefront of this work. This may include regularly consulting with CW’s Student Advisory Committee, WUSA, GSA, RAISE, UWBASE, GLOW, WISC, and other equity-deserving students and student groups
• Stay up to date on University equity, diversity, inclusion and anti-racism strategy and initiatives in order to align and coordinate the work within Campus Wellness (e.g. UW’s Strategic Plan, PART recommendations). This may involve regular meetings with those working in other University EDI-R roles across campus
• Create and support a CW department EDI-R Community of Practice to ensure staff who work in this space have an appropriate mechanism to connect, learn from and support each other

• Engage in regular consultation with staff that have been assigned as department subject matter experts, to ensure strategy recommendations are implemented in alignment with lived experience and EDI-R best-practices and current legislation. Provide support to these staff members to achieve ongoing knowledge and training for their roles
• In partnership with the quality assurance and program evaluation committee, identify, implement, and collect key performance indicators related to EDI-R. This may include developing quantitative and qualitative data collection strategies and tools. Ensure that indicators and tools are aligned to the University’s EDI-R data collection strategy and benchmarks within the health care sector

• Masters’ degree required in relevant discipline (e.g. Social Work, Psychology, Political Science, Public Health, Human Rights, Sociology), or equivalent education and experience
• Experience with leading large-scale strategies with specific deliverables and outcomes
• Experience managing and facilitating committees or working groups, where priority-setting, negotiation, problem solving and conflict resolution may arise
• Experience employing anti-oppressive, anti-racist, anti-discriminatory, trauma-informed, and restorative justice approaches to addressing disclosure
• Excellent organization skills, easily able to manage multiple tasks, meet deadlines and negotiate changes in priorities
• Extensive knowledge of concepts related to race and anti-racism, equity, intersectionality, decolonization
• Strong mediation and facilitation skills grounded in anti-racist practices
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, including the ability to deal with issues of a sensitive and confidential nature
• Effective report writing, presentation, and training skills
• Ability to work under pressure and effectively handle potentially emotionally charged situations
• Excellent judgement supported by strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), SharePoint and/or other data content management systems, quantitative and qualitative research design, and methodologies
• Manage own time well and work collaboratively with colleagues

We encourage the applications from candidates who have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized, including applicants who identify as First Nations, Métis and/or Inuit, Black, racialized, a person with a disability, women and/or 2SLGBTQ+.