ADEA Hiring for Chief Diversity Officer at Washington, Washington DC Full Time

The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) is seeking to add an experienced Chief Diversity Officer (CDO)to our team of high-performing professionals.

In this position, you will be responsible for providing critical strategic direction and serving as the operational lead for the creation, development, and advancement of access, equity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives and resources in oral health education. You will make a major contribution to ADEA with your ability to serve as an advisor and subject matter expert in coaching the ADEA President/CEO, senior leadership, ADEA staff, ADEA members, and external stakeholders on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB). The CDO is a DEIB thought leader who advocates across all pillars of the mission. You will provide subject matter expertise and apply your strong writing, speaking and presentation skills frequently as you collaborate with leaders in academic oral health, health professions education, professional associations/societies, governmental entities, higher education institutions, corporate leaders, and other key organizations to advance and further DEIB, health equity, and embed inclusive excellence throughout oral health education.

As ADEA’s Chief Diversity Officer, you will be responsible for keeping abreast of contemporary national and international trends and best practices and maintain a nuanced understanding of the complexity of issues and strategies needed to create and sustain a welcoming, humanistic, and inclusive climate for all persons within oral health education and the academic health professions. You will assess and monitor policies, practices, and initiatives, leveraging data to develop proactive strategies that support the improved recruitment, retention, and leadership advancement of historically underrepresented and marginalized persons (e.g., students, faculty, staff, administrators, residents, and fellows) in oral health education. You will also use your expertise to develop resources, training opportunities, and educational resources for oral health education on topics such as inclusive pedagogy, well-being/resiliency, health equity, providing culturally responsive care, structural competency, cultural competency, and advancing inclusive language to prepare academic oral health stakeholders to address the oral health and overall health care needs of an increasingly diverse dynamic world. The Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) reports to the ADEA President/CEO and supervises ADEA’s Access, Diversity and Inclusion team, consisting of two direct reports and three indirect reports.

Primary Responsibilities

• Supports the recruitment, leadership development, and retention of a diverse faculty, staff, students and residents through the development of resources, tools, programs, and training with a focus on historically underrepresented and marginalized faculty;
• Develops DEIB strategic activities and goals in support of the ADEA Strategic Framework, provides updates, and related monitoring;
• Evaluates and tracks changes in federal and state laws and regulations, and trends within higher education, healthcare, the academic health professions, and other areas for DEIB impact on oral health education to ensure the integration of best practices, training, and compliance, and partners with ADEA Advocacy and Government Relations as needed;
• Identifies areas of DEIB strategic investment and writes grants to fund related initiatives and develops sponsorship proposals to fund the ADEA ADI portfolio and partners with ADEA Corporate Relations, as needed;
• Leads efforts to develop ADEA resources to help member schools and programs meet the Commission on Dental Accreditation Standards related to diversity and a humanistic environment;
• Writes brief, reports, articles, and presents at national and international conferences on topics related to DEIB;
• Serves as the liaison to the ADEA Board of Directors Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee;
• Provides subject-matter expertise related to emerging national and international inclusion, health equity, belonging, cultural competence, social determinants of health, structural competency, wellbeing, and diversity issues and provides related training and education to advance the knowledge and skills of stakeholders in oral health education, the academic health professions, oral health community, and health care;
• Creates, develops, and implements programming for the annual ADEA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Workshop;
• Develops programs, surveys, and initiatives to promote gender equity, inclusive excellence, non-discrimination, and anti-harassment to ensure a welcoming, inclusive, and safe climate and humanistic culture throughout oral health education;
• Tracks and monitors diversity-related data and metrics on faculty, staff, students, residents, fellows, and patients in oral health education and the oral health workforce to advance equitable outcomes;
• Works collaboratively with ADEA Educational Pathways, schools, programs, and external organizations to strengthen pathways and improve the recruitment and retention of historically underrepresented and marginalized students;
• Develops the ADI budget in alignment with ADEA strategic directions and provides budget oversight, monitoring and reporting;
• Oversees the activities of the ADEA Council of Students, Residents, and Fellows and ADEA activities to support ADEA Chapters and other programs focused on increasing interest in academic and research oral health careers;
• Plans and implements DEIB programs for the ADEA Annual Session and Exhibition and other DEIB activities;
• Creates tools, assessments, and strategies that foster a humanistic climate in oral health education;
• Assesses the effectiveness of ADEA DEIB programs and strategic initiatives to provide recommendations and establish priorities;
• Monitors the environment and well-being of internal ADEA staff to gauge the pulse of the team to advise the ADEA President/CEO, ADEA Chief of Staff, and the ADEA Senior Vice President for Human Resources on strategies for improvement, as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

The ADEA Chief Diversity Officer must bring extensive knowledge of DEIB, health equity, and related practices sufficient to participate in conversations at the highest levels within ADEA, with oral health educators, and with stakeholders. In addition, this person will bring many of the following professional and personal experiences, qualifications, and characteristics:

• A bachelor’s degree in diversity and inclusion, social justice, higher education, the health professions, or related field with 15 years of extensive experience working in a higher education setting, health care, or the academic health professions on a wide range of complex DEIB issues at the Senior Vice President/VP, C-Suite or equivalent level required

or

• 13 years of significant experience, plus a graduate degree in diversity and inclusion, social justice, higher education, the health professions, or related field and substantive experience working on complex DEIB issues at the Senior Vice President/VP or C-Suite or equivalent level, with a doctorate preferred;
• Extensive knowledge in the field of diversity science, including an understanding of unconscious bias, micro and macro aggressions, social justice and building inclusive, humanistic climates;
• Strong ability to analyze and interpret federal, state, and international laws and statutes that impact equal opportunity and diversity and inclusion;
• Keen understanding of intersectionality in approaching diversity and inclusion, with specific knowledge of how multiple statuses (such as race/ethnicity, language, generational, geography, immigrant status, class, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, nationality, religion, ability status, etc.) intersect to affect the experiences of staff, faculty, residents, fellows, and students;
• Excellent interpersonal and public communication skills, including effective messaging to multiple and diverse audiences, through a variety of media formats and presentation techniques (including oral presentation, written communication, digital communications, etc.);
• Effective problem-solving skills to include the ability to effectively anticipate, and assess, gather pertinent information, and develop solution-focused recommendations to resolve problems and critical issues;
• Analytical skills and data-driven focus; ability to use data and leverage analytics to drive strategic diversity and inclusion planning and change management;
• Creative and innovative approach to program development, coupled with strong implementation skills;
• Agile, solution-focused, yet decisive style of management;
• A strategic, collaborative leadership style; the ability to capitalize upon ADEA’s highly team-oriented culture and ability to build positive relationships with a wide range of constituencies and stakeholders; including the capacity to navigate and build stakeholder confidence;
• Discretion, good judgement, excellent diplomacy, and the ability to handle sensitive and confidential information;
• Demonstrated ability to articulate a compelling vision, supported by skills in effective strategic planning, curriculum and resource development, and evaluation/assessment administration;
• Strong and savvy communication skills in order to listen, share, inspire, inform and report;

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