**All Job Postings will close at 12:01 a.m. CT on the specified Closing Date (if designated).** **Working Title:** DEI Program Specialist **Institution:** Metropolitan State University **Classification Title:** Customized Training Rep **Bargaining Unit / Union:** 214: Minnesota Association of Professional Employees **City:** St. Paul **FLSA:** Job Exempt **Full Time / Part Time:** Full time **Employment Condition:** Unclassified - Unlimited Academic **Salary Range:** $29.78 - $52.79 **Job Description** Metro State University, Minnesota’s public, urban university, and four-time recipient of the Insight Into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award is seeking to hire a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Program Specialist. This is a full-time position within the Institute for Professional Development Department, Metro State’s unit for customized non-credit training. **Job Responsibilities:** This Institute for Professional Development (IPD) position will meet client needs, contribute to achieving Metro State University strategic initiatives, and help transform Minnesota State College and University System’s approach to Equity 2030 by adding a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) program that assists _external_ businesses with adding DEI training and best practice. Since DEI is a consistently requested topic by potential clients, this position will build DEI curriculum and training options for business leaders, HR specialists, and general employees or other audiences as they emerge. While IPD provides training to a variety of organizations, this curriculum is being targeted at mid-size Minnesota businesses and public sector entities. The position will provide training options that are flexible and affordable to meet the needs of clients, but also executed to ensure the direct training costs and department overhead are met to contribute to university fiscal sustainability. This position will promote DEI and DEI training in collaboration with the IPD team through building curriculum, marketing training options, working with clients to tailor training options, and selling and delivering high-quality interactive training workshops on DEI and related employee development topics. This role will incorporate relationship sales through the program building process and continue those relationships through delivering interactive training content on the topic of DEI at a quality that encourages clients to continue to use IPD as its training provider. This role will use project management concepts such as defining project scope, deliverables, and quality, and managing budget to bring the project in at projected expense while managing stakeholders such as clients, instructors, IPD Director, and IPD team members. This is a year-round position. While this position has elements of non-credit instruction, it is _not a faculty position_ nor is it considered to be on a tenured track. **Minimum Qualifications** The following qualifications are required of all applicants seeking consideration for this position. Only applicants whose resumes clearly demonstrate fulfillment of each of these minimum qualifications will be considered for the position: + Experience teaching/training adults in a workshop style setting (either virtually or in-person) on the topic of DEI with preference given to those who are also subject matter experts in the employee life cycle. + Stays current with DEI workplace research including current concepts and challenges found in the workplace setting outside the academic environment + Ability and willingness to listen to client challenges and provide tailored solutions to clients that flex and adapt to their schedules and training priorities + Demonstrated ability to communicate in a professional environment using a variety of both written and verbal communication modes + Ability to develop skills and capacity to collect customer information from a variety of sources and analyze it to determine customer needs for DEI training and employee development, package, prepare, price, and sell a comprehensive training solution unique to them + Ability to develop skills and capacity to build collaborative business relationships to move potential clients through the sales funnel + Sufficient organization skills to track communications and accurately complete a variety of forms and records in a timely manner + Ability to develop skills and capacity to create classroom training using course outlines and interactive materials and activities for adult learners that apply learning objectives, Bloom’s taxonomy, and learning preferences that can be converted and used in either virtual or in-person training experiences + Ability to develop skills and capacity in project management **Preferred Qualification** + A post-secondary degree in a related field and/or professional or industry certificates and training in DEI-related fields + Able to use Microsoft Office Products: Access/Word/Excel/PowerPoint and department software such as Zoom + Experience in building a course using an LMS (such as D2L/Brightspace) as a supplementary teaching tool applying an understanding of how non-credit professional development training is structured differently from traditional credit-based academic courses + Ability to collect and receive feedback on quality of products and services or a willingness to learn that is applied with a willingness to adjust, improve, embrace change, and take calculated risks + Willingness to work in a team environment to plan and execute marketing (webinars, events, newsletter articles, blogs, social media posts, etc) **Other Requirements** Requires occasionally transporting such articles as file boxes and heavy hand tools or heavier materials with help from others and/or transporting light objects frequently. The position may require movement throughout building(s) to a significant degree. The person in this position will need transportation to get to client sites. **Notice** : In accordance with the Minnesota State Vehicle Fleet Safety Program, employees driving on university business who use a rental or state vehicle shall be required to conform to Minnesota State’s vehicle use criteria and consent to a motor vehicle records check. **Work Shift (Hours / Days of work)** Monday – Friday, 8:30 am – 5 pm with frequent flexing of start and end times to accommodate clients. Weekend and evening work required based on client needs. **About** **The University:** _We are the urban, public, comprehensive university in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area where the faculty, staff, and students of Metro State will reflect the area's rich diversity, build a culturally competent and anti-racist learning community, and demonstrate an unwavering commitment to civic engagement._ Metro State University provides an excellent, inclusive, and engaging education to eliminate opportunity gaps and empower our students to lead our communities to a prosperous and equitable future. The university offers programs leading to baccalaureate, masters, and applied doctoral degrees. We provide accessible, high quality liberal arts, professional, and graduate education with continued emphasis on marginalized groups, including adult learners. Metro State is a five-time recipient of the Insight into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award, most recently in 2023. Federally recognized as a Minority Serving Institution, its employees serve more than 9,000 post-traditional learners, two-thirds of whom identify as belonging to communities of color or American Indian nations, are first in their family to attend college, and/or are eligible for Pell Grants. Since we do not operate residential facilities, Metro State University students all commute to class locations across the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area, or take their courses wherever they are through our many distance-learning and hybrid course offerings, allowing Metro State to truly be “where learning meets living.” Metropolitan State is recognized by CollegeNet as a leading higher education promoter of social mobility for students (Ranked # 22 out of 1,441 in 2022). Recognized in 2008 and 2016 by the Carnegie Foundation for Community Engagement, the university is committed to academic excellence and community engagement through curriculum, teaching, scholarship, and services designed to support an urban mission. As a member of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System, Metro State University actively works to achieve the Equity 2030 (https://www.minnstate.edu/Equity2030/index.html) goal of the system, with initiatives to close disparities among student groups that focus on academic programs, policies and procedures, and effective student support. In addition, equity and anti-racism strategies (https://www.metrostate.edu/about/diversity) are focused on building an inclusive and welcoming campus climate, hiring and retaining a diverse workforce, and developing our capacity to serve students in a culturally responsive manner. The university is finalizing a new strategic plan, with the draft goal of enhancing its legacy of student success by becoming the region’s premier institution for high-quality, accessible, and equitable education, promoting social mobility and community engagement. For more information about the Institute for Professional Development, visit our web site at: www.MetroStateIPD.org For more information about the university, visit its web site at http://www.metrostate.edu For campus safety information and crime statistics visit: https://www.metrostate.edu/students/support/safety **The Department:** The Institute for Professional Development (IPD) provides non-credit customized training to businesses on a variety of topics and continuing education to individuals seeking leadership skills for career advancement. Those who work for IPD take pride in helping organizations and individuals grow so that Minnesota workplaces are diverse, inclusive, equitable and engaging so that they can provide high quality products and services, but also provide a positive environment for employees. This role will mostly interact with external businesses and IPD staff rather than with campus faculty and staff. **Salary Range:** Salary Range: $29.78 - $52.79 per hour depending upon qualifications Employment for this position is covered by the MAPE collective bargaining agreement which can be found at: https://mn.gov/mmb-stat/000/az/labor-relations/mape/2023-2025/MAPE\_Contract\_2023-2025.pdf *Note that the MAPE contract has special clauses related to the role of Customized Training Representative. **Applications must be received by 12:01 AM on** **Closing Date: February 6th, 2025** All applicants will upload a unique and tailored cover letter and resume* that **responds to the specified qualifications** of the role in addition to the having the system automatically fill in portions of their application. In addition to interviews, the search process will include prompts to submit course outlines, slide decks, and sample proposals along with demonstrating teaching ability. *To comply with privacy and data practices requirements, please refrain from including personal information or photographs in your application materials. For TTY, call Minnesota Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) at 7-1-1 or 1-800-627-3529. Metro State University is an Equal Opportunity employer/educator committed to the principles of diversity. We prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their race, sex, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or membership in a local commission as defined by law. As an affirmative action employer, we actively seek and encourage applications from women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and individuals with protected veteran status. The University provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. **Benefits Information:** At Minnesota State, we have a GREAT BENEFITS PACKAGE! Our generous benefits include 11 paid Holidays, Vacation Time, Sick Time, six weeks of Paid Parental Leave, low cost medical and dental insurance with low deductibles ($250 - $1500), a Pension Plan, 457(b) and 403(b) retirement plans and other retirement investment options, pre-tax medical and dental expense (with roll-over option) and dependent care accounts, employer paid life insurance, short and long term disability, as well as professional development and a tuition waiver program for employees and their dependents, etc. We promote the health and well-being of our employees and take work/life balance seriously. **Desired Start Date:** 04-09-2025 **Position End Date:** **Open Date:** 01-22-2025 **Close Date:** 01-23-2025 **Posting Contact Name:** Kab Chu Yang Heu **Posting Contact Email:** sn4445zg@minnstate.edu