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Chief Diversity Officer (Inst)

Job Group: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Job Subgroup: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity Services
Salary Range (Annual): 34: $225,600-460,900
Employee Category: Limited
Job Code: EI014
  • Job Summary:
    Leads the development and implementation of proactive diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in support of the university's strategic plan to create a learning and working environment where all have an opportunity to succeed.
  • Job Responsibilities:
    • Plans, guides, and advises the university's executive officers on diversity, equity, inclusion, and affirmative action matters. Collaborates with university management to create, implement, and monitor programs designed to ensure fair and equitable treatment of students, faculty, and staff
    • Leads the university in implementing strategic initiative including the creation of a culture for equity, diversity, and inclusion. Partners with campus leaders, faculty, students, staff, and internal and external constituencies to ensure programing supports the university's values and strategic goals
    • Provides strategic direction for training initiatives on cultural competency, gender differences, disability, and sexual harassment, building a climate of equity and inclusion, and other topics designed to increase awareness and support of equity and inclusion values, and maintaining compliance with applicable laws in collaboration with university stakeholders
    • Serves as a liaison between the university and enforcement agencies. Represents the university to external community, organizations, and agencies. Collaborates with external and internal constituency groups, including students and protected veterans, to promote and advance diversity, equity, and inclusion
    • Serves as the central resource for student, faculty, staff and the community on issues related to protected class discrimination, harassment, and Title IX
    • Manages the university's compliance with Affirmative Action including Affirmative Action for Protected Veterans, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Title IX, and other applicable regulations. Oversees EEO and Title IX investigations as a result of claims of discrimination, harassment, assault, and other complaints filed by students, faculty, staff and administrators. Ensures that investigatory process, notification, reporting, and documentation comply with Federal regulations and statutes
    • Assesses and monitors program effectiveness and keeps management informed of equal opportunity progress and issues through periodic reports
    • Provides analysis of legislation and regulations related to equity, affirmative action, and Title IX and makes recommendations to leadership on university policy and practice
    • Manages the department budget including developing budget proposals, justifying expenses, and monitoring accounts
    • Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees
  • Education:
    Bachelor's Degree Preferred Minimum
  • FLSA Status:
    Exempt
  • Institution Job:
    Yes
  • Required Supervisory Duty of at Least 2.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees:
    Yes
  • Employee Category:
    Limited
  • Scaled Job:
    No
  • Salary Range (Annual):
    • 34: $225,600-460,900
  • Job Code:
    • EI014: Chief Diversity Officer (Inst)
    • EI031: Chief Diversity Officer (Inst) (B)
    • EI032: Chief Diversity Officer (Inst) (C)
  • Link directly to this job title: https://hr.wisc.edu/standard-job-descriptions/?q=EI014

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