Equity Director

The Equity Director plays a critical leadership role in advancing the Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) mission in providing strategic planning and expert guidance to Executive Leadership team and staff on equity centered practices.

• Providing consultation and technical advisement to leadership and staff on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) best practices.
• Create, implement and monitor the Equity Strategic Plan
• Develop policies, proposals, and recommend resolutions to support language accessibility and other equity-centered strategies and priorities.
• Design training initiatives on various equity-related topics to increase awareness and support of our equity and inclusion values while maintaining compliance with applicable laws.
• Participates with agency and statewide enterprise level equity and inclusion collaborations on behalf of the agency.
• Provides leadership and technical expertise serving as a resource on equity, diversity, and disproportionalities for the workforce.
• Provides consultation and guidance in policy reviews for a pro-equity and anti-racist lens.
• Develops strategies to promote a shared understanding of equity and approaches supporting the organization’s environment; ensuring we foster a culture that is inclusive, innovative, and willing to take risks.
• Serves as a change agent to provide solutions and resources, and coordinates outreach relationships with community organizations, and collaborative partnership with the Tribes.
• Provides support to internal employee resource groups by partnering with team members to develop strategies and goals to support their work.

• Bachelor’s degree from an institution that can demonstrate accreditation recognized by either the US Dept. of Education, the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), or a foreign equivalent in the social sciences, human resources, business or related disciplines, and two years working experience leading, developing, coordinating or implementing projects or programs that focus on diversity and inclusion, equity, employment disparities, social justice, community engagement and/or working with historically marginalized communities or Tribes.
• OR At least six years’ working experience leading, developing, coordinating or implementing projects or programs that focus on diversity and inclusion, equity, employment disparities, social justice, etc.

• Depends on Qualifications
• Benefits
• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
• Enrollment into the state retirement programs
• Deferred compensation plan
• Paid holidays and one paid personal holiday per calendar year
• Sick leave
• Vacation (Annual Leave)
• Military Leave
• Bereavement Leave
• Additional Leave

The Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) is a state agency that regulates the rates, services, and practices of private or investor-owned utilities and transportation companies to ensure they are safe, equitable, available, reliable, and fairly priced.