Director Engagement Equity

5 months ago

Halifax, Canada Government of Nova Scotia Full time

**Competition #**: 42979

**Department**: Labour, Skills and Immigration

**Location**: HALIFAX

**Type of Employment**: Term

**Union Status**: Exclusion - Non Union - NSPG

**Closing Date**: 11-Jun-24 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)

Designation Status

This opportunity is designated to applicants that identify as Indigenous Person, African/Black Nova Scotian and/or other Racialized Persons, and Person with a Disability.

See the Nova Scotia Government's Employment Equity Policy for more information, including additional details on the designated groups.

About Us

The Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration (LSI) works as a trusted partner to grow the population, develop our current and future workforce, and foster inclusive, safe and fair workplaces. This includes welcoming people from across Canada and the world, helping people prepare for job opportunities and build the skills they need, promoting safe work environments and helping employers and employees know their rights and responsibilities. We work together to create a future where everyone has an opportunity to thrive.

The Engagement, Equity and Belonging Branch supports our people and the health of our organization in five different areas: Communications and Outreach, Learning and Development, Workforce Diversification, Accessible and Inclusive Workplace Environments, and Monitoring and Evaluation.

If you are interested in making a difference in the area of employee engagement, equity and inclusion and wish to join a strong team environment who strive to achieve success, we want to hear from you.

About Our Opportunity

Reporting to the Executive Director, Engagement, Equity and Belonging, as the Director, you will champion and lead the development of strategies and programs that promote Labour, Skills and Immigration as a place where individuals from diverse backgrounds, at all levels of the department, are respected and valued for their differences and contributions to the department.

As Director, you will have senior leadership accountability and be responsible to provide corporate leadership and strategic Equity, Diversity and Inclusion expertise in the areas of employment equity, barrier identification, action planning, measurement, and evaluation. The Director also works to establish and foster a systems-based approach, ensuring an equity, diversity and inclusion lens is applied in human resource and employee engagement strategies, programs and policies that will guide the department to be a welcoming and engaged public service space.

The Director will lead and manage a strong, diverse and dynamic team of professionals committed to making LSI a better place to work. You will adapt to and effectively implement emerging trends to build a healthier, equitable and welcoming culture across LSI. You will be focused on building a culture that positively supports employees and leaders, based on public service values, a skilled, nimble and adaptable public service and providing a quality work experience that will enable employees to bring their whole selves to work.

As the Director, you are accountable for the implementation of LSI's Near-Term Plan for Diversity and Inclusion, and Employment Equity Plan. The Director also represents the Branch on various steering committees, advisory groups, and interdepartmental forums including the Diversity & Inclusion Roundtable.

**What we are looking for**:
We are looking for a people centred leader who has demonstrated effective leadership experience, and leads with integrity, building success on the relationships established. You have vision and strategy experience with the ability to turn strategy into action through thorough and well-planned implementation. Your communication style includes the ability to read the audience and tailor responses to their needs. You are committed to continuous learning, with a lens that makes equity, inclusion, engagement and accessibility a priority. You work with controlled patience and come with the understanding that culture change takes awareness, strategy, relationships, collaboration and time.

Qualifications and Experience

You build effective collaborative working relationships at all levels of the organization in diverse communities, and with senior leaders, unions, external partners, and with a variety of stakeholders You have excellent verbal, written and presentation skills.

You have a strong working knowledge of issues impacting diverse communities. You leverage your lived experience and thorough understanding of bias, discrimination, equity, inclusion, privilege, and systemic barriers to effectively navigate and provide innovative solutions to highly complex and/or ambiguous problems.

You hold a post-secondary degree in a related field (or an acceptable equivalency) and have 3 years of progressive leadership experience. You have led major initiatives, policy or strategy development. You move fluidly between work at the indi

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