Parks & Community Services Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program Administrator (LTE)

City of Bellevue • Bellevue, WA • $90.05k - $124.30k / year • 2w ago

Are you passionate about equity and ensuring that every resident has access to parks and community services? Are you a skilled project manager that can lead and excite a broad range of team members? Do you have experience meeting people where they are and collaborating to build understanding and skill in the areas of diversity, equity, and inclusion? Please consider joining the City of Bellevue Parks & Community Services team!

This position is a fully benefited Limited Term position with a 3-year term (36month).

City Council Vision Statement:
Bellevue welcomes the world. Our diversity is our strength. We embrace the future while respecting our past.

Bellevue Parks & Community Services Vision:
In Bellevue everyone can connect to each other and to nature through experiences that help them to live, grow, and thrive.

Bellevue Parks & Community Services Mission:
We build a healthy community through an integrated system of exceptional parks, natural areas, recreation, arts and culture, and a broad base of community services.

Bellevue Parks & Community Services Equity Statement: A System of Fairness
Equity acknowledges and removes disparities in opportunities, power, and resources so that everyone can reach their full potential to thrive. Bellevue Parks & Community Services practices equity, which is the responsibility of every individual in the department. Equitable access is a right, not a privilege, and is fundamental to our mission of serving all people. Through equitable policies and practices, we cultivate ties that connect people to the fabric of our community.

Oversee the ongoing development of the department’s diversity strategic plan and implementation via the department’s workplan.
Provide recommendations for policy updates to Parks & Community Services Diversity Strategic Plan and other department policies and plans, as they relate to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.
Serve as the department’s lead diversity liaison and facilitate dialogue and training for other department diversity liaisons.
Support managers and supervisors with ongoing skill development to support their leadership to their teams in areas of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.
Attend division/workgroup level meetings to support supervisors in their engagement with team members in dialogues and courageous conversations.
Collaborate with the City’s Diversity Advantage Team and represent the department on assigned city-wide efforts related to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.
Support the work of the department’s ADA and Title VI Core Teams.
Establish a knowledge base of best practices and available resources for cultural competence and equity, specific to the services provided by Parks & Community Services.
Assist Parks & Community Services divisions to enhance public outreach efforts to broaden public participation on varied department initiatives, planning, and programming.

Supervision Received and Exercised:

Works under general supervision of one of the department Assistant Directors.
Position requires the ability to exercise influence with positions and people where no formal supervisory relationship exists.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Competencies

Knowledge of organizational development strategies related to cultural competence, equity, inclusion, and outreach practices.
Understanding of how historic and systemic issues, including racism, have contributed to inequities in the Parks & Community Services system, including parks, open spaces, recreation, human services, youth development, and adult misdemeanant probation.
Skill and experience in public speaking and presentations, large group facilitation and public interaction.
Skill in providing analysis and recommendations to resolve diffcult issues, including those related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Skill in building teams with multiple stakeholders and interests.
Ability to work cooperatively and communicate with diverse individuals in a non-judgmental, open manner and utilize effective interpersonal skills.
Knowledge and skill in planning and project management.
Skill in providing comprehensive oversight over multiple projects, managing deadlines and supporting staff that contribute to the project’s success, using good judgment in prioritizing work assignments.
Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
Ability to attend evening and weekend events as required.

Education, Experience, and Other Requirements

Three or more years of professional related experience in project management or organizational development, with demonstrated experience managing projects with multiple stakeholders.
Three or more years of professional-level experience with diversity, equity, and inclusion work, including experience working with diverse communities.
City of Bellevue Parks & Community Services serves an increasingly diverse community. Data from the 2023-2024 Human Services Needs Update demonstrates that there remain substantial challenges to ensure all members of Bellevue’s diverse and growing community have the resources they need to thrive, with disparities noted for people of color, immigrants, individuals with disabilities, English language learners, and LGBTQIA2S+ community members. Thus, individuals who are bilingual, bicultural, immigrants, people of color, individuals with disabilities, and/or members of the LGBTQIA2S+ community hold a unique lived experience to inform our program and service delivery. To increase our ability for outreach, connection, and equity, we encourage these individuals to apply.
Must pass a criminal background check

Limited Term Employee (LTE): A fully benefited employee appointed to serve in a position scheduled to work a minimum of 30 hours a week for a specific project with a specific ending date which is anticipated to last more than five months but in no event longer than three consecutive years (36 months).

Physical Demands:
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position or that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work is performed in a normal City office environment, with meetings also occurring outside the office environment.
Travel to/from meetings and various locations.