The Deputy Director - Office of Diversity Inclusion and Civil Rights and Deputy Chief Diversity Officer is located in the Office of the Secretary of Interior at the Department of the Interior (Department) and reports to the Director, Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Civil Rights /Chief Diversity Officer. The incumbent will be responsible for direction over the staff in matters concerning all issues, policies, or problems of major concern that affect the substantive programs or interests of the office.
Specific Duties
The incumbent carries out the following specific responsibilities:
1. Oversees departmental functions and programs related to Equal Opportunity Program and Civil rights, and undertakes direction concerning all issues, policies or problems of major concern that affect the substantive programs or interests of the office.
2. Oversees the daily work and operations of four major departmental program areas: complaint processing and adjudication, affirmative employment program, special emphasis program, and civil rights program.
3. Develops policy, programs, and guidelines to ensure the proper implementation of laws, executive orders, and regulations relating to equal opportunity and civil rights across the Department.
4. Works collaboratively with key bureau officials to cultivate an environment that fosters innovation and inspires creative solutions to diversity and inclusion and equal employment challenges.
5. Develops and executes strategies for managing Department-wide diversity and inclusion programs that balance the expectations and needs of Interior, its employees, and all other stakeholders.