2023-20 Equity Diversity Inclusion Specialist (Contract)

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Posting #: 2023-20

EDI SPECIALIST (Full-Time, Permanent)

THE OPPORTUNITY

Join one of theTop 100 Charity Organizations_ today! Since 2010, Charity Intelligence has awarded Eva’s with the highest rating available based on financial transparency, accountability to donors and cost-efficiency._

Eva’s Turns Youth Homelessness into Home

Youth experiencing homelessness who are Black, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQ+, racialized, or newcomers are overrepresented in the population of youth experiencing homelessness. In Canada, racism, specifically anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism, permeates society, creating social and health inequities.

To respond to the needs of homeless youth and decrease social and health inequities experienced by Black, Indigenous and racialized youth, culturally responsive supports and services must be provided. These supports center the identities and cultures of young people and affirm their holistic identity, taking into consideration the barriers they navigate in their daily lives. This ensures that services respond to the specific needs of youth instead of compounding the barriers they are already facing.

Eva’s was founded in 1989 by Eva Smith, a Jamaican immigrant, advocate, and activist. You can learn more about her legacy here: Home - Eva’s Initiatives for Homeless Youth (wpengine.com).

Eva’s provides shelter, transitional housing, and health and well-being programming to help youth experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Toronto. Join our expert staff help young people reach their potential and lead fulfilling, healthy lives.

At Eva’s, we help young people move from crisis to stability with the ultimate goal of moving to independence. We work with each young person to develop an achievable action plan, attain their goals, and build strong community connections.

ROLE OVERVIEW

This position reports to the Sr. Director of Equity is located at Eva’s Administrative Officeat 401 Richmond St. W, Suite 245, Toronto ON.

RESPONSIBILITIES

You will build and deliver employee programs, policies, and services to help Eva’s work to build out it’s equity programming for the organization.

Work collaboratively, with all departments, programs, and other stakeholders, to participate in and support ongoing initiatives across all aspects of the employee experience to foster a more diverse and inclusive workplace and make recommendations to address gaps.

Organize and facilitate internal culture-building programming, events and heritage and history month planning, including internal speaking series, quarterly DEI summits and company-wide DEI events.

With guidance and direction from the Sr. Manager, lead the Organization in an ongoing process to identify and make recommendations to eliminate systemic barriers and inequities in our employment systems and services.

Facilitate an employee working group, and coordinates reporting and measurement of outcomes.

Lead the development, sourcing and/or facilitation of employee and leader training programs related to equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Provide project management support and coordinate with action owners to ensure initiatives have clear objectives, delivery timelines, and resources.

Collect, analyse, and evaluate data to report on progress and make recommendations for improving employee programs, policies and practices including workforce census data reports; interpret data compared to labour market data.

Develop evaluation tools to measure and monitor the effectiveness of programs and initiatives.

Work to build strong relationships and trust with staff, community members, groups and organizations involved in this work.

Represent the organization in external forums, such as municipal diversity and inclusion communities of practice, Learning and Organizational Development Network, and serve as a subject matter expert at conferences, professional associations, and meetings.

Other duties as assigned by management in support of organizational goals.

QUALIFICATIONS

University degree or equivalent experience.

3-7 years of progressive experience in a relevant field.

Able to lead tactical projects or processes, setting goals and objectives for cross-functional teams and tracking progress.

Demonstrated ability in the analysis of systemic oppression and how it operates between and across systems, particularly within the organizational culture.

Working Knowledge of the human rights code, occupational health and safety act.

Working knowledge of Anti-Black racism, Anti- Indigenous racism and Critical Disability studies and Critical Race theory.

High level of interpersonal skills and integrity; ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion.

Experience in conflict mediation, and resolution processes.

Self-starter with a growth mindset and a demonstrated ability to think outside the box to solve problems.

Ability to achieve results quickly in a fast-paced organization; thrives in a high intensity environment with multiple and competing priorities.

Professional demeanor; embraces a collaborative team environment; solid team player.

Good communication, presentation and negotiation skills.

Ability to distill ideas and key concepts and communicate them effectively to team members and staff.

Ability to make logical, balanced decisions on the basis of available information; can adapt to change.

Unquestionable business and personal integrity and values congruent with those of the organization.

APPLY

Submit a cover letter and resume in one PDF document by February 24, 2023

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

The City of Toronto has put in place a mandatory vaccination directive for City-funded shelters, and Eva’s is obligated to comply with this legislation as per our funding agreement. In view of this, new Eva’s employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of hire. New Eva’s employees will be required to provide proof of full vaccination status to the People and Culture team via an upload in ADP upon been granted access. This information will remain confidential and will not be disclosed to Eva’s staff or management. New Eva’s employees will be entitled to reasonable accommodation in accordance with human rights legislation.

Please note that as a condition of employment, the successful applicant must complete a Vulnerable Sector Screening Police Reference Check. Eva’s would like to thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. In keeping with our ongoing efforts to represent the diversity of our community, we strongly encourage people from diverse groups to apply. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), Eva’s provides accommodation, accessible formats, and communication supports for the interview upon request.

Eva’s is strongly committed to a workforce that reflects the diversity of the populations we serve. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals including applicants from all cultures, racialized communities, abilities, diverse sexual and gender identities, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. We are committed to a selection process and work environment that is inclusive and barrier free.

Eva’s has taken active steps to reduce the risk of transmission within our shelters, click here to learn what we are doing: https://www.evas.ca/blog/covid-19-update/.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We acknowledge the land we occupy is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississauga’s of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississauga’s of the Credit and the Williams Treaty signed with multiple Mississauga’s and Chippewa bands.

We also acknowledge all Treaty peoples – including those who came here as settlers – as migrants either in this generation or in generations past - and those of us who came here involuntarily, particularly forcibly dis-planted Africans, brought here as a result of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and Slavery.

LOOKING TO LEARN AND GROW WITH US?
Check out all our employment opportunities on our website at https://www.evas.ca/employment/

Job Type: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Employee assistance program
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• RRSP match
• Vision care
• Wellness program

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree (required)

Experience:

• Equity: 3 years (required)

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 2023-02-24