Diversity Inclusion Jobs in Fort Mill, SC (NOW HIRING)

Company Description

ProSidian is looking for "Great People Who Lead" at all levels in the organization.  Are you a talented professional ready to deliver real value to clients in a fast-paced, challenging environment?  ProSidian Consulting is looking for professionals who share our commitment to integrity, quality, and value.

ProSidian is a management and operations consulting firm with a reputation for its strong national practice spanning six solution areas including Risk Management, Energy & Sustainability, Compliance, Business Process, IT Effectiveness, and Talent Management.  We help clients improve their operations.   

Linking strategy to execution, ProSidian assists client leaders in maximizing company return on investment capital through design and execution of operations core to delivering value to customers.  Visit www.ProSidian.com or follow the company on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ProSidian for more information.

Job Description

ProSidian Consulting seeks a Practice Leader | Equity, Diversity & Inclusion who will be responsible for helping forward-thinking clients solve problems and improve operations by developing knowledge, portfolio, and reputation for developing leaders and organizations to be more equitable, diverse and inclusive. The Practice Lead | Equity, Diversity and Inclusion plays an integral role in successfully designing, planning and executing client engagements and building the firm's reputation for quality service. This includes researching, pursuing, and documenting possible business opportunities; supporting and managing our proposal development process; managing client relationships and deliverables, and developing teams while communicating with appropriate stakeholders. Practice Lead | Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion will lead and support design, development and delivery of client solutions for Management and Operations Consulting Practice.

This person will be responsible for refining a unique contribution to this work by leveraging our historical approach and building on our core strengths. The Practice Lead will also be responsible for connecting and communicating globally with other Equity, Diversity and Inclusion professionals to build a network of partners and expand our capabilities. This role will serve both our clients and our internal organization to build welcoming and inclusive cultures. The Practice Lead | Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion position will develop and execute strategically diversified consulting Business Development.

This position will identify solutions to important client challenges/opportunities, produce results for engagement team deliverables and internal firm initiatives, drive change and impact client outcomes, develop and execute quality solution focused client presentations, and enhance relationships between The Firm and the clients in the markets we serve. This position will produce results, drive change and impact client outcomes nationally/Internationally (CONUS/OCONUS) to complete a wide variety of engagements for Private Companies, Fortune 1,000 Enterprises, and Government Agencies of all sizes. As an executive of the firm, you will also provide oversight and management of Professional Consultants to insure consistent, high-quality service delivery in a cost-effective manner. 

Practice Leader | Equity, Diversity & Inclusion is responsible for business development, client engagement management, thought leadership, market presence, and team-building/leadership of Management Consultants. Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to, working with other consultant practices and company business units to develop or support business opportunities. Develop, coach and lead the Consulting Practice team. 

• Industry: Energy, Manufacturing, Chemical, Retail, Healthcare, Telecommunications, Hospitality, Pharmaceuticals, Banking & Financial Services, Transportation, Federal, State, & Local Government Agencies
• Manages Others: Manages a business portfolio based on strategically diversified services offered by ProSidian Consulting. 
• Job Type: Executive Management Consultant, administration, business development, practice leadership
• Organization: Management Consulting

Requirements | Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead and support multidisciplinary teams who bring together the talents of engagement team professionals for services deployed across the enterprise, target drivers of economic profit (growth, margin, and efficiency), and are aligned at the intersections of assets, processes, policies and people delivering value.
• Conduct thorough needs assessment and create a vision and roadmap that fosters change, create dialog, builds excitement, and creates a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion strategies and solutions.
• Develop, benchmark, track, and analyze key metrics to measure the effectiveness of equity, diversity and inclusion efforts.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with external stakeholders and leaders within the equity, diversity and inclusion area of practice to further our efforts and become recognized and sought out for our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion expertise in the leadership arena.
• Embed equity, diversity, and inclusion into our current content, product, and service offerings where appropriate.
• Create new product and service offerings that build on the expertise and incorporate cutting-edge approaches to equity, diversity, and inclusion (e.g., neuroscience, cognitive bias, artificial intelligence, social sciences)
• Interface with key client accounts to contribute to diversity efforts within existing leadership solutions.
• Forge new relationships with key stakeholders to bring ProSidian into new diversity markets and new client organizations.
• Create alignment between our clients' equity, diversity and inclusion goals, business strategy, and key stakeholders to ensure the robust implementation of our overall leadership development approach and equity, diversity and inclusion interventions.
• Attend various equity, diversity and inclusion conferences throughout the year to further build ProSidian's visibility within the equity, diversity and inclusion space.

Internal Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with other ProSidian Engagement Team Members and Project Leaders to build upon Point of View on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the marketplace that is relevant and cutting edge across all sectors and regions of the globe.
• Partner with key leaders and business units to build impactful equity, diversity and inclusion plans.
• Align our global practices and policies to ensure agreed upon equity, diversity and inclusion outcomes.
• Provide Leadership Solutions Partners and Facilitators and Societal Advancement faculty with knowledge, skills, and abilities to facilitate best in class equity, diversity and inclusion subject matter to clients.
• Provide Strategic Business Partners with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to accurately represent our point-of-view, portfolio of offerings, and expected outcomes for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion work.
• Partner with the Global Research & Evaluation team and the Commercialization and Innovation team to ensure alignment across our research and evaluation approaches, projects, and our product and service offerings.
•   Collaborate as subject matter expert to Global Human Resources on sourcing, hiring, and retaining diverse candidates. Foster and develop initiatives to attract, retain, and promote a workforce with multiple levels of diversity. Ensure that Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion is core to our daily practices, values, and beliefs and is conveyed in our communication, on-boarding process, and expectations.

Qualifications

Education

• Master's Degree (Ph.D. preferred)
• Advanced study in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion research and practices preferred
• Experience/Work Background:  7-10 years of progressive experience within an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion leadership role (with documented results) | Experience working in various industries (Ideally within both the commercial for-profit and Government space)

Specific Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities Required

• Strategic and forward-thinking with strong business acumen and proven ability to identify and proactively address issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion within global organizations
• Ability to work both strategically and tactically to deliver results utilizing people, project and program management
• Ability to crate direction, alignment, and commitment across functional areas.
• Experience leading large scale change efforts that require global alignment while managing compliance and risk
• Proven record of increasing equity, diversity and inclusion metrics within global organizations

Additional Information

As a condition of employment, all employees are required to fulfill all requirements of the roles for which they are employed; establish, manage, pursue, and fulfill annual goals and objectives with at least three (3) Goals for each of the firms Eight Prosidian Global Competencies [1 - Personal Effectiveness | 2 - Continuous Learning | 3 - Leadership | 4 - Client Service | 5 - Business Management | 6 - Business Development | 7 - Technical Expertise | 8 - Innovation & Knowledge Sharing (Thought Leadership)]; and to support all business development and other efforts on behalf of ProSidian Consulting.  

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Teamwork - ability to foster teamwork collaboratively as a participant, and effectively as a team leader
• Leadership - ability to guide and lead colleagues on projects and initiatives
• Business Acumen - understanding and insight into how organizations perform, including business processes, data, systems, and people
• Communication - ability to effectively communicate to stakeholders of all levels orally and in writing
• Motivation - persistent in pursuit of quality and optimal client and company solutions
• Agility - ability to quickly understand and transition between different projects, concepts, initiatives, or work streams
• Judgment - exercises prudence and insight in decision-making process while mindful of other stakeholders and long-term ramifications
• Organization - ability to manage projects and activity, and prioritize tasks

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OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• Business Tools -  understanding and proficiency with business tools and technology, including Microsoft Office. The ideal candidate is advanced with Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word, and proficient with Adobe Acrobat, data analytic tools, and Visio with the ability to quickly learn other tools as necessary.
• Business Tools - understanding and proficiency with business tools and technology, including Microsoft Office. The ideal candidate is advanced with Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word, and proficient with Adobe Acrobat, data analytic tools, and Visio with the ability to quickly learn other tools as necessary.
• Commitment - to work with smart, interesting people with diverse backgrounds to solve the biggest challenges across private, public and social sectors
• Curiosity - the ideal candidate exhibits an inquisitive nature and the ability to question the status quo among a community of people they enjoy and teams that work well together
• Humility - exhibits grace in success and failure while doing meaningful work where skills have impact and make a difference
• Willingness - to constantly learn, share, and grow and to view the world as their classroom

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BENEFITS AND HIGHLIGHTS

ProSidian Employee Benefits and Highlights: Your good health and well-being are important to ProSidian Consulting. At ProSidian, we invest in our employees to help them stay healthy and achieve work-life balance. That's why we are also pleased to offer the Employee Benefits Program, designed to promote your health and personal welfare. Our growing list of benefits currently include the following for Full Time Employees:

• Competitive Compensation: Pay range begins in the competitive ranges with Group Health Benefits, Pre-tax Employee Benefits, and Performance Incentives. For medical and dental benefits, the Company contributes a fixed dollar amount each month towards the plan you elect. Contributions are deducted on a Pre-tax basis.
• Group Medical Health Insurance Benefits: ProSidian partners with BC/BS, to offer a range of medical plans, including high-deductible health plans or PPOs. ||| Group Dental Health Insurance Benefits: ProSidian dental carriers - Delta, Aetna, Guardian, and MetLife.
• Group Vision Health Insurance Benefits:ProSidian offers high/low vision plans through 2 carriers: Aetna and VSP.
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan: 401(k) Retirement Savings Plans help you save for your retirement for eligible employees. A range of investment options are available with a personal financial planner to assist you. The Plan is a pre-tax Safe Harbor 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with a company match.
• Vacation and Paid Time-Off (PTO) Benefits: Eligible employees use PTO for vacation, a doctor's appointment, or any number of events in your life. Currently these benefits include Vacation/Sick days - 2 weeks/3 days | Holidays - 10 ProSidian and Government Days are given.
• Pre-Tax Payment Programs: Pre-Tax Payment Programs currently exist in the form of a Premium Only Plan (POP). These Plans offer a full Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Plan and a tax benefit for eligible emp...