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The People team at Coursera is responsible for building our teams, retaining our amazing talent, and developing programs that create community and promote employee betterment. Currently, we are tackling projects aimed at helping Coursera to continue to scale as a top global company of high-performance teams. We are passionate about fulfilling our company’s mission to transform lives through learning.
We are seeking a team-oriented and collaborative leader with a consultative mind-set and a passion for diversity, equity and inclusion results.
Reporting to the Head of Employee Experiences, Inclusion and Development (EEID), this position will partner directly with business leaders and their teams to develop and implement function-level strategies and actions that advance our DE&I goals and impact business results. This position requires excellent partnership and alignment with our People & Places organization’s key stakeholders in Talent, People Development, Employee Experiences, HR People Partners, as well as our Employee Resource Groups.
Responsibilities:
- Act as a strategic partner, consultant, and coach to our leaders, People Partners, DE&I workgroups, and key stakeholders to scale our culture, integrate EEID initiatives and make progress on our strategic DE&I goals
- In collaboration with HR Centers of Excellence & Business Leaders, develop and implement specific enterprise objectives and action plans to align DE&I initiatives with business strategies & metrics focusing on the workforce, workforce and marketplace
- Provide relevant data, analysis and recommendations to guide decision-making related to strategic recruitment and retention efforts
- Partner with hiring managers and recruiting teammates to develop and implement short and long-term recruiting objectives and strategies to attract and hire diverse talent
- Define metrics for measuring the effectiveness of initiatives implemented, and report progress to stakeholders
- Use influence to drive engagement and accountability for the organization’s culture and EEID proposition
Basic Qualifications:
- 8+ years business experience; including a minimum of 5 years full-time, progressive diversity, equity, and inclusion experience, designing, executing, and reporting on DE&I programs
- Demonstrated history designing and deploying data-driven, global DE&I strategies that drive impact across various identities, regions, and job functions
- Demonstrated history coaching and developing leaders and advising action in sensitive or ambiguous situations, including inclusive behaviors, feedback, or cultural competency
Preferred Qualifications:
- Demonstrated understanding and application of the concepts related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as the contexts and cultures within organizations that impact the implementation and management of effective change efforts
- Strategic mindset with a bias towards action and creative problem-solving
- Demonstrated history of project/program management skills with demonstrated good judgment, innovative thought-leadership, and creativity
- Experience working in matrixed and lean organizations
- Highly effective communicator with the ability to clearly and concisely articulate complex ideas, unique concepts, and proposals to enroll team, peers, and management. Excellent writing and presentation skills
- Race and Cultural Diversity in American Life and History
- Anti-Racism I
- Love as a Force for Social Justice
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United States (Remote) /
People – People /
Full-time Exempt
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