Director of Equity Strategy

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Director of Equity Strategy performs a wide range of duties including but not limited to the following:

▪ Lead MCAN staff members in completing ongoing equity audits of all programs, including

sharing recommendations for improvement and amplification

▪ Partner with staff as they design and launch new programming to ensure equity is at the

heart of all activities

▪ Be a collaborative trailblazer in building an anti-racist internal culture for the organization

▪ Serve as the lead for the staff and leadership equity task force teams to ensure progression

and that equity is centered to inform the direction of the internal and external equity

strategies; additionally serve as the primary staffing support for the Board of Directors’

equity task force team

▪ Collaborate with Local College Access Networks and other partner organizations to assist

in their work to close equity gaps

▪ Seek opportunities to appropriately challenge communities and leaders to disaggregate

data; explicitly name their equity commitment; and prioritize students of color, first-theory, strategies, and practices, are able to implement within MCAN, their roles more

broadly, and across the state

generation college-going students, and low-income students

▪ Ensure MCAN’s Board of Directors, staff and AmeriCorps members are well-versed in equity

Full benefits package includes platinum health, dental, vision, life, and disability

insurance. Also includes education support program (with benefit options of

tuition payment or student loan repayment), employee development program,

403b retirement plan (with standard 4% employer contribution and up to an

additional 3% match), 240 hours of PTO, paid holidays, paid

maternity/paternity/adoption leave, employee assistance program (providing

resources to support employees with finances, legal issues, mental health and

more including free professional consultations), paid/covered downtown parking

and a fun, engaging work environment.