Program Manager, Equity (Revised)

CityofOttawa • Ottawa, ON

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Anti-Racism, Women and Gender Equity unit leads the development, planning, and implementation of integrated corporate-equity frameworks at the City of Ottawa. The Program Manager will oversee the development and implementation of City-wide initiatives to promote equitable, inclusive, and sustainable service delivery for a diversity of residents. This role involves co-leading initiatives and strategies with equity-deserving groups, exercising cultural understanding to influence systemic and structural change within the organization and community. The position works within the organization, including with internal City departments and the community, to achieve racial and gender equity in municipal services, policies, and programs, thereby strengthening and advancing the City’s commitment to equality. The role is responsible for managing, evaluating, and improving Council and department-directed strategic programs, services, projects, partnerships, relationships, action plans, policies, guidelines, systems, processes, and procedures. This includes areas such as Anti-Racism, Women and Gender Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Older Adults, Youth and other equity-seeking groups, equity-based social research and policy planning/analysis, disaggregated data strategies, environmental scans, data gathering and analysis, community needs assessments, staff engagement, strategic planning, public engagement, stakeholder/partner outreach, community and internal partnership development, performance management, monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and innovative tools for knowledge exchange. The Program Manager is also responsible for managing the unit’s human (including contracted services) and financial resources, and stakeholder and partner relationships.

Requirements

• Completion of a 4 year university degree in social work, social sciences, business or public administration or other related field
• Minimum of 3 years of related experience in the public service environment, including municipal or community-based services with lived experience in relation to equity derserving groups
• Minimum of 2 years in the management of human and financial resources
• The City of Ottawa’s organizational, governance and administrative structures
• Legislation, regulations, policies, standards and guidelines relevant to the work
• Trends and developments in advancing Anti-Racism, equity and inclusion work within a corporate environment
• Business administration concepts, theories, principles and methodologies
• Corporate policies, guidelines and practices
• The various Collective Agreements in place at the City of Ottawa
• Understanding of the programs/services and operations of other City areas, and the inter-relationships between them and own work area
• Ability to exercise and demonstrate cultural understanding including a demonstrated understanding of intersectionality, namely how racism, gender, etc. intersects with other identities including gender identity, sex, religion, sexual orientation, ability/disability, family status, etc.
• Understanding and knowledge of the negative impacts of colonialism, racism, oppression, and other forms of discrimination on specific individuals and communities.
• Understanding of how racism and inequities have been mainstreamed within organizations.
• Ability to apply racial and gender lens in decision making process
• Must be familiar with applicable health and safety legislation, have knowledge of any potential or actual danger to health or safety in the workplace, and have knowledge of appropriate actions to be taken in order to ensure the health and safety of staff in accordance with applicable legislation and City policies and procedures
• English oral, reading, writing

Nice To Haves

• Experience and formal training combined with demonstrated performance and ability may substitute for stipulated academic requirements.

Responsibilities

• Leads the development, planning and implementation of an integrated corporate- equity framework
• Develops and lead City-wide initiatives on behalf of the service and department to promote equitable, inclusive and sustainable service delivery for a diversity of residents, and co-lead initiatives and strategies with Indigenous community stakeholders and equity-seeking groups
• Demonstrate cultural understanding to influence systemic and structural change in the organization and community
• Identifies and addresses anti-racism, equity and inclusion barriers related to municipal services, policies, and programs in order to strengthen and further advance the City’s commitment towards anti-racism, equity and inclusion.
• Stakeholder/partner outreach and relationship management and partnership development.
• Develops, implements and monitors the City’s Anti-Racism strategies
• Evaluates the progress of the Women and Gender Equity strategy within the City’s programs and plans
• Develops innovative tools to promote knowledge exchange with diverse populations
• Supports various projects and transformational strategies and initiatives for the City that relate to Anti-Racism, Women and Gender Equity

Benefits

• The City Ottawa promotes the principles of diversity and inclusion and adheres to the tenets of the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code.
• The City Ottawa provides accommodation to applicants during all parts of the hiring process, upon request.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager