Senior Manager Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Initiatives in Hamilton

The Faculty of Health Sciences has over 2500 staff members, 920 full-time faculty and 3000 part-time faculty members. The Faculty thrives on its interprofessional and collaborative approach to healthcare and learning. The Faculty’s pioneering approaches to education and reputation for world-class research has consistently placed McMaster among the top 50 universities in the world for health and medicine. The Faculty enjoys close relationships with its academic hospital partners, as well as strong collaborations with researchers in Canada and around the world.

Equity and inclusion is an actively growing foundational portfolio within the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS). The Faculty has a strategic commitment to equity, inclusion and anti-oppression, and is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment by highlighting the importance of cultural humility and safety, accountability, integrity, and respect.

The Senior Manager will be a dynamic leader with experience and accomplishments in advancing diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-oppression (EDI and AO) in a complex organization, both strategically and operationally. Utilizing their academic, professional, and/or lived experiences, they confidently influence, connect, and partner across and beyond the organization to align leaders around EDI and AO objectives. The role calls for a leader with strong skills to translate big picture thinking into operational details in order to advance the mission and vision of the Office and Faculty.

Experience translating strategic plans and goals into initiatives and projects will be essential. The successful candidate will have superior facilitation skills, and be able to engage leaders, faculty, staff and learners in complex dialogue with confidence and trust. Conflict resolution, mediation, and/or facilitation experience within the context of contentious local, national, and global social issues will be essential. The successful candidate will be comfortable dealing with ambiguity in a complex environment, where they are required to expertly navigate competing priorities independently with multiple interested partners.

Extensive experience with policy review and development, climate surveys, data interpretation, presenting to senior leaders, in the context of large complex organizations will be critical for the role. The Senior Manager will be the primary contact for FHS equity initiatives, will support committees and working groups and will provide information and advice to internal and external partners, as directed by the Associate Dean, Equity & Inclusion, FHS. The Senior Manager will work closely with members of the University's central Equity and Inclusion Office and other key partners, including those across the Faculty, University and affiliated hospitals.

Accountabilities:

• Strategic Leadership: Responsible for leading the design and delivery of the Faculty’s EDI and AO strategic priorities in support of the Associate Dean’s vision for the Faculty.
• Partner Engagement and Communication: Provides comprehensive communication and community collaboration through the co-leadership and management of several sub-committees, task forces and working groups.