Equity And Culture Manager

About NARAL Pro-Choice America

For more than 50 years, NARAL Pro-Choice America has fought to protect and advance reproductive freedom at the federal and state levels—including access to abortion care, birth control, pregnancy and postpartum care, and paid family leave—for everybody. We are powered by our more than 4 million members from every state and congressional district in the country, representing the 8 in 10 Americans who believe every person should have the freedom to make the best decision for themselves about if, when, and how to raise a family.

NARAL Pro-Choice America centers diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in our organization and our work. Continuously learning from our history, we hold ourselves accountable to achieve reproductive freedom with equitable access for every body. As the oldest and largest national membership organization primarily focused on advocating for abortion access, we organize and mobilize, galvanizing millions of people to take action to defend reproductive freedom, and shining a spotlight of accountability on bad actors who work to impose their ideological agenda on others. We also work to elect champions for reproductive freedom and advance state and federal legislation to safeguard it. For more information on NARAL Pro-Choice America, please visit our website.

About the Role

Reporting to the Director of Equity and Culture (“Director”), the Equity and Culture Manager (“Manager”) will serve a critical role in supporting the implementation of diversity and inclusion efforts across the organization and supporting the Department’s goal of maintaining an equitable and inclusive organization, including our work to center anti-racism and other diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) successful practices both internally and externally. Leading with our values of collaboration, equity, excellence, inclusion, and transparency, the incumbent will support the implementation of the organization’s vision for the DEI work envisioned in the Board of Director’s Road Map to Equity, and as strategically constructed by the Chief of Equity, Culture, and Talent (“Chief”).

Specifically, the Manager will partner with the Director to implement processes, protocols, programs, and initiatives to build the organization’s infrastructure and to ensure staff wellness, engagement, and sense of belonging.

This is an ideal role for someone who is strong in communication skills, is creative, and has strong project management and organization skills. The job responsibilities, described below, do not reflect other responsibilities that may be delegated.

Location: Washington, DC

Reports To: Director, Equity and Culture

Positions Reporting to this Position: None

Works Closely with: Talent Specialist

This Position is: Exempt, Confidential

Job Responsibilities:

• In collaboration with the Director, lead in staff engagement and wellness programs, to include workshops and heritage month celebrations
• Manage the implementation of annual anti-harassment/discrimination training for staff and Board members
• Review applicant pools for hiring managers to ensure a diverse pool of applicants
• Support the implementation of DEI training, to include foundational training during staff onboarding, annual refresher training, and deep-dive training series
• In collaboration with the Director, support employee working groups to help inform the work of the Equity, Culture, and Talent Department.
• Maintain and track the system by which demographic information is responsibly collected and maintained for purposes of ensuring the organization lives its values;
• Identify, create, and maintain opportunities for staff, Board, and member learning and development
• Implement projects and initiatives that create a strong organizational infrastructure.
• Support the implementation of tools that assess the cultural health of the organization
• Ensure Staff Wellness, Engagement, and Sense of Belonging
• In collaboration with Department Directors, collaborate on relevant DEI training for members, volunteers, and organizers, to include unconscious bias and working with diverse communities
• Support the creation/revision of internal processes and protocols that allow for equity through transparency and consistency across the organization, to include
• In collaboration with the Talent Specialist, manage the Intern and Fellow Programs
• Collaborate across departments to ensure an equitable and transparent contracting/procurement process;
• Monitor and update as necessary internal norms and other documents to provide transparency and clarity for the internal work; and
• Support the process for investigating internal allegations of violations of the organization’s policies.

Experience or Proven Ability:

• Clear-thinker and solutions-oriented, with excellent judgment and collaborative ways to overcome obstacles and execute on initiatives.
• Excellent communicator, both written and oral. Must be able to draft policies, protocols, and review documents that create the foundation of the organization’s infrastructure. Has a strong ability to communicate in writing and in person.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively and with transparency, building trust, credibility, and strengthening relationships with organization staff across lines of race, sexuality, gender and other identities.
• An implementer who works with urgency. Proven experience of supporting a vision by executing its action steps from strategic planning goals. Has an appreciation for sequencing to ensure the right things are done at the right times; high standards for success and a healthy impatience for progress. Knows how to keep projects moving while supporting the work of others.
• Experience with supporting workplace culture. Demonstrated knowledge of diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and justice principles and demonstrated ability or experience having implemented operational aspects of an organization.

What you will bring:

• A commitment to furthering DEI principles in a workplace environment in which diversity is valued and supported.
• Experience in or demonstrated skill at successful conflict resolution.
• Strong interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to build trust and credibility among staff and peers.
• Experience creating, implementing, or directly supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in organizational settings.
• Demonstrated ability to support curricula for professional development and learning.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• Experience in non-profit and/or reproductive rights is a plus.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented with the ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects and responsibilities.
• A personal passion and commitment to the organization’s mission and an understanding of the reproductive freedom issue.
• A minimum of 4 years of professional experience.
• The successful candidate for this position will be an energetic, innovative, positive, and outgoing professional with many of the following attributes:
• Varied experience with or the demonstrated ability to learn organizational systems, like Monday.com, Lever, and other project management and automated tracking systems.

To apply for this position, please send a resume and a substantive cover letter to:

Email:[email protected]

Subject line: Equity and Culture Manager

NARAL Pro-Choice America does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or political affiliation.

Candidates with backgrounds, identities, and experiences that are historically underrepresented in reproductive freedom non-profits are encouraged to apply.