Clark County Public Health’s Racial Equity Director creates and maintains relationships with diverse public health and cross-cultural partners, including national, state, and community-based organizations, groups, private businesses, health care organizations, Tribal Nations, and allied government partners representing populations experiencing systemic health inequities. The Racial Equity Director prioritizes the planning, development, and department-level implementation of racial equity strategies and policies in partnership with community organizations and public health staff to advance measurable outcomes defined by racial equity priorities. The incumbent establishes precedent for the work of the department and uses care when evaluating political and policy ramifications for racial equity practice when prioritizing the needs of community members, the department, and the County.

The Racial Equity Director provides leadership and guidance for the highest level of complexity in priority-based program budgeting and management of department resources and operations related to equity programs and initiatives. The position is responsible for the development of department-level recommendations promoting the establishment of racially equitable programs and administrative practice as well as recommending strategies related to the interpretation, monitoring, adjustment, and implementation of equitable organizational policies and procedures.

Incumbent serves as the department liaison for community power-building practices, providing direction to leadership and management teams to align services and partnerships to improve health outcomes using collaboration, community feedback, and data to support and inform decision-making. The Racial Equity Director represents the department and County at various events and high-profile engagements such as meetings, hearings, trainings, and bid openings and works with members of CCPH’s leadership team when responding to sensitive inquiries and complaints and when working to resolve applicable policy and operational issues.

Specific duties vary based on department of assignment and range of responsibilities

This position offers a hybrid/ remote work schedule. However, the candidate selected must reside in Washington or Oregon. No exceptions.

Education and Experience:

Applicants must demonstrate a minimum of six (6) years’ experience working with diverse communities and possess an advanced understanding of practices used to develop racially equitable policies, practices, institutions, environments, and structures designed to build community engagement, improve population-level health outcomes and dismantle systems of oppression

All relevant experience, including lived, volunteer, or professional, or a combination of experience and education that demonstrate the ability to perform the work will be considered for the position.

Experience with budgeting, mentoring, establishing effective relationships with decision-makers, program development and planning, working with or as part of local/state government agencies, and/or experience applying data to implement organizational and programmatic action are preferred.

Applicants with associated coursework or post-secondary education in public administration, public health, education, social work, anthropology, health economics, political science, sociology, legal, and associated fields will also be considered for the position.

Bicultural and bi/multi-lingual applicants preferred.

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