Specialist II, Inclusion

The Inclusion Specialist is pivotal in advancing the organization's inclusion initiatives across both sites and business unit levels, fostering a culture of belonging and respect. This position is responsible for developing and implementing inclusive programs that promote a diverse and inclusive work environment. The specialist leads awareness campaigns, team member engagement efforts, and strategic development initiatives to drive inclusivity. Collaborating closely with key stakeholders, the Inclusion Specialist ensures all efforts align with organizational policies, values, and goals. By executing high-impact programs and maintaining strong partnerships, this role contributes to shaping the company's culture and supporting its mission to be an Extraordinary Place to Work.

Key Responsibilities
* Provide strategic advice and recommendations on complex inclusion matters to management and leaders, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and values while acting as a change agent by leading organization-wide inclusion initiatives and facilitating the smooth adoption of new policies, processes, and practices.
* Lead the analysis and optimization of inclusion initiatives by leveraging advanced P&C systems, metrics, and team member feedback to assess program effectiveness, identify trends, and provide data-driven recommendations for continuous improvement, ensuring that inclusion programs evolve to meet organizational needs and foster a culture of inclusion.
* Develops and manages comprehensive reports and dashboards to track the effectiveness of inclusion initiatives across teams. Provides actionable insights to leadership, enabling data-informed decisions that enhance program outcomes and align with organizational goals for diversity and inclusion.
* Leads the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of inclusive programs and initiatives, leveraging best practices to drive organizational change and recommending new initiatives that address evolving organizational needs and team member feedback.
* Collaborates with multiple Centers of Excellence, and internal and external partners to ensure inclusion practices are integrated across all facets of the organization, including talent acquisition, training, and retention strategies.
* Builds and nurtures relationships with both internal and external partners to promote, support, and integrate inclusion efforts across the organization, driving sustained impact and fostering collaboration.
* Oversee collaboration with external partners that provide collaborative opportunities to enhance community engagement, and drive talent recruitment, while measuring and maximizing ROI through these partnerships to support the company's diversity and inclusion goals.
* Develops and executes targeted marketing strategies to communicate key inclusion-related information, driving awareness, engagement, and participation in events and initiatives for both functional and operations team members.
* Manages logistics for inclusion events, training sessions, and workshops, ensuring seamless execution and alignment with company goals.

Skill Type Skill: Proficiency Level
Behavioral Stakeholder Engagement and Relationship Building: Advanced
Behavioral Strategic Thinking: Advanced
Behavioral Conflict Resolution: Intermediate
Behavioral Change Management: Intermediate
Technical Data Analysis and Interpretation: Intermediate
Technical Project Management: Intermediate
Technical Communication & Design: Advanced
Behavioral Advisement and Influence: Intermediate
Technical Risk Management and Compliance: Intermediate
Technical Training and Development: Intermediate

Competencies
Action Oriented: Readily takes action on challenges, without unnecessary planning; Identifies and seizes new opportunities; Displays a can-do attitude in good and bad times; Steps up to handle tough issues.
Plans & Aligns: Sets objectives to align with broader organizational goals; Breaks down objectives into appropriate initiatives and actions; Stages activities with relevant milestones and schedules; Anticipates and adjusts effective contingency plans.
Customer Focus: Gains insight into customer needs; Identifies opportunities that benefit the customer; Builds and delivers solutions that meet customer expectations; Establishes and maintains effective customer relationships.
Balances Stakeholders: Asks the right questions to accurately analyze situations; Acquires data from multiple and diverse sources when solving problems; Uncovers root causes to difficult problems; Evaluates pros and cons, risks and benefits of different solution options.
Collaborates: Works cooperatively with others across the organization to achieve shared objectives; represents own interests while being fair to others and their areas; partners with others to get work done; credits others for their contributions and accomplishments; gains the trust and support of others.
Nimble Learning: Learns quickly when facing new situations; Experiments to find new solutions; Takes on the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; Extracts lessons learned from failures and mistakes.

Required Education and Experience
Minimum Education Level: Bachelor's Degree
Years of Experience: 2-4 years

Preferred Years of Experience: 5-7 years

Does this role Manage Southwire Team Members: No
Travel: Domestic % of Time: Up to 25%