Statement of Duties
Under the direction of the Director of Racial and Social Justice, the Equity Coordinator is responsible for advancing the City's racial and social justice priorities through strategic leadership, program management, and data-driven evaluation.
This role integrates strategy, implementation, and analytics; leading cross departmental initiatives, managing key Equity & Belonging programs and stakeholder groups, and developing data systems to track, assess, and improve outcomes.
The Equity Coordinator ensures high-quality delivery of E&B initiatives by aligning policy, community engagement, and performance measurement to drive institutional change.
Essential Functions:
The essential functions or duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.
Recommended Minimum Qualifications
Education and Experience:
Knowledge, Abilities and Skill
Knowledge: municipal operations; public policy; data analysis practices and techniques; Project Management: strategy development, project design and implementation, project evaluation - assessing and measuring, in the field of diversity, inclusion and equity. Data related work includes developing performance dashboards, geospatial analysis, process mapping, database management, and financial analysis. Familiarity with municipal government and structure.
Experience with data management of diversity and inclusion impact metrics.
Abilities: The ability to listen, adapt and consider qualitative as well as quantitative data will be as instrumental in this role as the technical skillset to manage complex and evolving datasets.
Ability to design metrics for evaluating individual and organizational change. Be comfortable in a fast paced environment and capable of juggling multiple initiatives simultaneously, often against tight deadlines. Have strong collaboration skills, but also the ability to work autonomously. Be detailed oriented with a commitment to accuracy. Distinguish initial requests from true underlying needs. Apply effective judgment and discretion to maintain a high level of confidentiality when handling sensitive information. Ability to develop templates and tools to provide guidance and support to both technical and non-technical audiences. Establish and maintain effective and harmonious working relationships with diverse stakeholders regarding strategy, policy, operations, deliverables, timelines, and responsibilities; interact with the public effectively and appropriately; problem solve and think strategically, analytically, and creatively; learn new concepts quickly; collaborate, build consensus, and lead; be self-motivated and organized; handle problems and emergencies.
Skills: Demonstrated experience/skills in appropriate computer, statistical or database applications. Demonstrated ability to research issues and resources; basic record keeping and organizational skills. Proficient in operating personal computers and applicable word processing, spreadsheet, and statistical analysis applications, specifically MS Excel or other data analysis and visualization tools, such as R, Python, or Tableau; excellent written and oral communication, facilitation, and public speaking skills; excellent data analysis, database development and management, strategic thinking, problem solving, leadership and project management skills.
GIS skills and/or programming languages preferred but not required. Multilingual skills in Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole and/or Nepali preferred.
Work Environment
The work environment involves everyday discomforts typical of offices, with occasional exposure to outside elements. Noise or physical surroundings may be distracting, but conditions are generally not unpleasant. Employee may be required to work beyond normal business hours to attend evening meetings or complete work assignments.
Physical and Mental Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, such a specialized office equipment in order to perform the position's essential functions.
Physical Skills: Few physical demands are required to perform the work. Work effort principally involves sitting to perform work tasks.
Motor Skills: Duties are largely mental rather than physical, but the job may occasionally require minimal motor skills.
Visual Skills: Visual demands require constantly reading documents for general understanding and analytical purposes.
Hours: Full-time
Salary: $75,000 - $78,000 annually
Union Status: Non-Union
FLSA Status: Exempt
The City of Somerville is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, disability or any other protected category. Women, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Auxiliary aids and services, written materials in alternative formats, and reasonable modifications in policies and procedures will be provided to qualified individuals with disabilities free of charge, upon request. Persons with disabilities who need auxiliary aids and services for effective communication (i.e., CART, ASL), written materials in alternative formats, or reasonable modifications in policies and procedures in order to access the programs, activities, and meetings of the City of Somerville should please contact the ADA Coordinator at 617-625-6600 x 2059 or ADA@somervillema.gov.
Pre-Employment Requirements for All Employees:
Overview of Total Rewards:
Benefits listed are for benefits-eligible positions and the above information is meant to be a general overview of the benefit programs offered by the City of Somerville and not a binding contract.