Job opening: ODNI Chief DEIA Officer
Salary: $139 395 - 191 900 per year
Published at: Mar 22 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) Chief Operating Officer (COO) administers the Director of National Intelligence (DNI's) vision and direction to the ODNI enterprise. This includes synchronizing policy, plans, procedures, and cross-functional issues. The COO oversees all ODNI business operations, including such areas as human resources, diversity & inclusion, finance and budget, information technology, security, facilities, and information management.
Duties
Lead and expand ODNI's DEIA efforts, working closely with the IC DEIA Office, ODNI's Executive Diversity Council, diversity program managers in ODNI's Directorates/Centers/Offices (DCOs), and the ODNI Employee Resource Groups to develop a culture that recognizes the mission impact of a diverse and inclusive workforce.
Lead a team of professional staff and assess performance, collaborate, and oversee goal setting, and provide feedback on personal development. - Leverage data to develop and assess strategies and plans to increase under-represented communities' presence in the overall ODNI workforce. Propose standards and metrics to assess progress against these objectives.
For internal-to-ODNI DEIA matters, ensure that corporate policy, guidance, process improvements, standard operating procedures, and internal training align to DEIA principles; develop recommendations for improvement, assessing the impact of these proposals; and work with DCOs to support implementation. Maintain awareness of external trends, laws, policies, and/or other factors that ODNI should consider incorporating into its existing efforts.
Cultivate and maintain productive relationships with key ODNI stakeholders, including the IC DEIA Office, Human Resources Management, the Reasonable Accommodations Team, and other ODNI customers and leaders.
Co-chair monthly meetings of ODNI's Executive Diversity Council with the COO, partnering with ODNI Governance to develop a programming roadmap for each quarter and to ensure meetings are used not just to inform but to drive actionable progress on DEIA initiatives internal to ODNI.
Work across ODNI to provide timely, accurate, data-driven, and comprehensive responses to annual reporting requirements, data calls, and taskings. Coordinate across ODNI to provide consolidated responses on behalf of ODNI when IC DEIA is collecting information from across the community.
Identify opportunities to access and enhance accessibility, for ODNI employees, employees of other federal agencies, ODNI customers, and the general public to facilities, information and products generated by the agency.
Develop proposals and monitor implementation of approved training programs to generate an environment that yields measurable outcomes in workforce composition, decreases loss rates, and improves career opportunities for employee. Serve as ODNI's lead for internal DEIA learning, training, and education in meetings, working groups, and conferences.
Collaborate, plan, develop, and implement ODNI's DEIA Strategy and Implementation Plan, as appropriate, linking major goals, objectives, and measures to IC-level strategies.
Oversee and lead the planning, development, and presentation of written and oral briefings to ODNI senior-level customers on significant and complex DEIA issues; ensure alignment with customer needs, including ODNI senior leadership and the workforce.
Provide guidance and advice to members of the ODNI Employee Resource Groups and the workforce on DEIA issues.
Qualifications
Mandatory Requirements:
Expert knowledge and experience in DEIA program functions and understanding of the nature and causes of institutional barriers to diversity.
Superior ability to work cooperatively across organizational boundaries and to convince individuals or organizations with different perspectives to work together to advance challenging goals.
Superior experience managing a professional staff of government and contractor employees.
Superior ability to direct taskings, assess and manage performance, collaborate on goal setting, and support personal and professional development of all levels of personnel.
Superior track record of providing innovative, timely, accurate, and comprehensive responses to taskings; leading the production of strategic and tactical projects; planning and executing program management activities; and providing project status updates to an executive audience.
Ability to thoughtfully establish controls to track and monitor benchmarks of performance for DEIA efforts, continually improving the associated data and analytics; and to manage information in compliance with regulations.
Experience overseeing, developing, assessing, and managing complex DEIA projects or programs, such as policy development, outreach, strategy design and implementation, and data analysis and metrics.
Ability to serve as a senior advisor to the COO and ODNI senior leaders, and to provide advice on the development, implementation, and management of complex DEIA programs and activities.
Ability to serve as a trusted confidant for employees and managers who have concerns about the culture or work environment.
Familiarization with or experience analyzing and reporting demographic data.
Desired:
Expert knowledge of IC and ODNI administrative policies, procedures, and authorities.
Expert knowledge of Federal DEIA laws, regulations, polices, and practices as well as a demonstrated understanding of US Government Diversity and Management Directives (MD-110, and MD-715) and best practices; demonstrated ability to research and interpret legislation and guidance affecting DEIA in the ODNI.
Expert program management and analytic skills, including demonstrated ability to conduct program assessments, identify needs and requirements, and develop recommendations for the successful implementation of DEIA programs.
Superior ability to work effectively across the ODNI and/or the IC with cross-IC DEIA teams; build and sustain professional relationships; and exert influence effectively at all levels within and across organizations.
Education
Bachelor's Degree.
Contacts
- Address DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION GROUP
Director Of National Intelligence
Washington, DC 20511
US
- Name: Vacancy Team ODNI
- Email: [email protected]
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