Title: Senior Advisor to the Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer (Chief of Staff)

State Role Title: Special Assistant

Hiring Range: $100,000 - $120,000

Pay Band: UG

Agency: Office of the Governor

Location: Richmond, E Broad St

Agency Website: www.diversity.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

Provides advisory leadership to ensure the mission, vision, and core values of the administration are put into practice to drive an organizational strategy that advances access for all Virginians.

Assist in management of competing priorities in a fast-past environment while collaborating across the administration to address organizational challenges to foster a sense of belonging among agencies and institutions of higher education.

Advise on strategies to drive achievement of goals and objectives related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, including key performance metrics to measure progress across agencies and institutions of higher education.

Performs other duties as assigned, to include administrative tasks.

Minimum Qualifications

To perform the job successfully, the following competencies should be demonstrated to perform the essential functions of this position.

• Subject Matter Experience — The candidate can demonstrate familiarity with the discipline of diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as human resources management.

• Executive Advisement — The candidate can demonstrate a capacity to serve as an aide to c-suite executives, to include managing shared inboxes, calendars and voicemails, preparing daily briefing binders, drafting responses to stakeholder and/or speaking requests, managing customer relationship and legislative action management systems, and managing office-wide expenditures and travel arrangements.

• Verbal and Written Communication — The candidate can develop high-quality deliverables to communicate complex information to various audiences, to include verbally via public speaking engagements, as well as in writing to include a background in drafting strategic plans, performance plans, executive summaries, annual reports, testimonies, policy position papers, agendas, meeting minutes, memorandums, standard operating procedures, talking points, press releases, letters of recognition, social media captions, and briefing decks.

• Research and Analytics — The candidate can synthesize qualitative and quantitative data sources to help inform decision making to include experience with maintaining dashboards with key performance metrics, as well as helping to conduct studies and administer surveys to measure employee and/or external stakeholder engagement.

• Political Acumen — The candidate can demonstrate familiarity with operations of state government, to include working relationships with elected officials, appointed officials, and civilian employees, as well as prior experience with the legislative policy-making process.

• Program Management — The candidate can help to execute programs to commemorate cultural heritage celebrations and special observances, to include collaborating with employee resource groups and community stakeholder groups.

Additional Considerations

This position is not telework eligible.

This is an At-Will position appointed by the Governor of Virginia. Selected applicant will need to successfully pass a criminal background check. Limited travel may be required. This position is based in Richmond, Virginia.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Contact Information

Name: Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Phone: none

Email: diversity@governor.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.