Senior Manager, DEI Programs & Engagement- (Remote)

Job Overview

The Director of DEI Programs and Engagement is responsible for supporting teams and leaders in the achievement of their diversity, equity, and inclusion goals by bringing expertise and innovative ideas related to the changing nature of work that creates engagement while driving high performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Create, organize, and implement employee engagement programs and events which build culture, community, purpose, and belonging.
• Develop and execute company-wide strategy and roadmap of programs and initiatives designed to enhance DEI, culture, engagement, and employee experience.
• Leverage relevant tools and resources to plan, monitor, and measure progress of employee engagement and culture.
• Establish and execute the strategy for gathering employee feedback, analyzing, and translating results into actionable insights.
• In partnership with the business, collaborate with HR to establish DEI targets that drive action and accountability for diverse representation objectives.
• Provides metrics to support efforts and engagement by markets, teams and L10 accountability.
• Works collaboratively with the Communication Team to enhance and keep current the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) content on intranet and other internal social media, by proposing new content, newsfeeds and educational opportunities.
• Completes and submits local and national Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) surveys as well as award application entries.
• Create data driven (quantitative) approach to facilitating company-wide action planning in response to employee feedback.
• In collaboration with the Chief DEI Officer, coordinates organizational DEI related events to include external executive level speakers, trainings, etc.
• Represent DEI by serving on various committees, attending related meetings and activities, as necessary
• May perform other duties as assigned

Characteristics of a successful candidate

Experience and Skills

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• Experience in managing DEI programs, leading employee engagement events from strategy to execution, organizational development, or learning and development required.
• Three plus (3+) years of progressive experience in developing solutions and implementing DEI strategies with focus on cross-cultural resource efforts with diverse constituencies required.
• Minimum of 3 years with communications or marketing experience preferred.
• Ability to lead initiatives and programs with influence across an organization and within teams preferred.
• Ability to work effectively and cohesively with people at all levels of an organization preferred.
• Must be culturally competent, self-motivated, self-managed, with little supervision needed.
• Experience with creating innovative presentations and excellent writing skills.
• Proficient in technology use (MS Office).
• Expert in communications/marketing tools such as CANVA, Adobe.
• Expert in creating presentations through PowerPoint.
• Requires up to 50% travel

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Communications, or related field, or equivalent education and experience required

Preferred Qualifications

• At least two years of managing a team

Environment

Physical Demands & Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the individual is:

• Regularly required to sit, talk, and hear; reach with hands and arms
• Occasionally stand and walk; stoop, kneel, or crouch.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close and color vision.
• May be required to lift or move up to ten (10) pounds occasionally
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions

The pay for this position begins at $86,100 annually. Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience. Our comprehensive compensation includes salary, benefits, and an annual bonus.

What we offer our employees:

• A positive impact on Your Future:
• 401(k)/Roth plan with immediate eligibility and employer match up to 6%
• Employee stock ownership plan
• 1% employee home loan
• Credit and housing counseling as well as free financial education tools available to customers and employees

Benefits to improve your health:

• No deductible medical insurance plan
• Dental and vision insurance
• Employer paid life and long-term disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts

The opportunity to nurture your well-being:

• Paid holidays for full-time staff
• Bonus plan for all full-time staff
• Opportunity for merit raises
• Employee reward and recognition programs
• Community service opportunities

Southern is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

As a Community Development Financial Institution, Southern Bancorp desires for its workforce to reflect the diversity of the customers and communities that we serve. Racial and ethnic minorities, people from working class backgrounds, women and LGBTQ people are often underrepresented in many financial service industry professions. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.