Assistant Vice President For Institutional Equity And Access

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Assistant Vice President For Institutional Equity And Access
The candidate will serve as the key strategist responsible for guiding efforts and creating opportunities to define, assess and promote diversity and inclusive excellence, educational and employment opportunity, and cultural proficiency. Lead institutional initiatives and build programs to promote diversity, inclusion and equity for UTSW staff. Assist with the development of policies and programs to attract, retain, and promote a diverse workforce. Plan, guide and advise executive leaders on diversity, equity, and affirmative action matters. Collaborate with members of management to create, implement and monitor programs designed to ensure fair and equitable treatment of faculty and staff. Develop, implements, and monitors programs promoting and ensuring compliance with affirmative action and equal opportunity goals and objectives for academic and non-academic staff. Direct the work of professional staff that assist with EO investigations as a result of discrimination and harassment complaints filed by students, faculty, and staff. Evaluate documentation provided and advise individuals and departments on appropriate action(s) to be taken. Oversee the collection and analysis data requested by state or federal equal opportunity investigative agencies or affirmative action compliance agencies and make recommendations for possible resolution of problem areas. Develop EO/affirmative action and harassment prevention training programs for managers and educate staff about EO matters. Prepare institutional reports to federal and state compliance and regulatory agencies. Ensure compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures. Maintain confidentiality as appropriate. Represent UTSW in professional organizations on issues dealing with diversity and EO matters. Maintain liaison relationships with protected class interest groups on and off campus. Responsible for design, execution, and effectiveness of system of internal controls, which provides reasonable assurance that operations are effective and efficient, assets are safeguarded, and financial information is reliable. Oversee budget development. Review and recommend budget proposals and administer expenditures of budget. Supervise professional/support staff. Hire, evaluate, train, discipline and recommend dismissal of staff as necessary. Determine and establish work priorities and staffing needs, including staff development and training. Perform other duties as assigned. Bachelor's degree and 5+ years progressively responsible experience in the area of equal opportunity/affirmative action, ADA Accommodations, and diversity and inclusion are required. Juris Doctorate preferred. Experience overseeing the staff and functions of institutional equal opportunity and diversity and inclusion efforts for a university, academic medical center, or corporation required. Experience managing Institutional affirmative action programs and efforts for a large corporation, academic health care entity, or university required. Experience leading equal opportunity and diversity initiatives in an academic health care setting preferred.

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