Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1)Provide leadership alignment sessionswith corporation leaders to ensure a shared DEI vision. Facilitate the development of a DEI vision for the corporation using education and strategy sessions. Identify barriers to DEI work, opportunities to grow and support DEI efforts, and assist leadership in their communication of the DEI vision to staff. 2)Perform a current state organizational assessmentof RIHousing’s policies, procedures and practices, including, but not limited to employment practices and corporation programs as they relate to, and impact diversity, equity and inclusion. a)Assess the corporation’s current DEI practices and procedures, including, but not limited to hiring, internal and external communications, overall corporation culture, and professional development opportunities. b)The assessment should include organizational strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement. c)Create a strategy to ensure full staff participation, including engaging senior leadership, and a strategy to keep staff informed of progress. d)The assessment should generate an organizational baseline for ongoing measurement. e)Identify the corporation processes and procedures that are serving as a barrier to an inclusive and equitable workplace. f)Assess communication and outreach efforts in RIHousing’s lines of business, including, without limitation, mortgage origination, financing of the development and preservation of affordable housing and engaging minority owned businesses. g)Review existingdata and surveys, corporation marketing materials including newsletters, announcements, website material, through speaking with corporation partners and key stakeholders that RIHousing could identify. 3)Develop a DEI plan, using the alignment sessions and the findings of the organizational assessment, which will provide a short and long-term roadmap for making concrete improvements in the areas of diversity, equity and inclusion. The DEI plan will identify the specific goals and objectives of the corporation’s DEI work. The plan should provide benchmarks to insure progress and accountability. The plan should include targeted goals and an action plan, which will identify primary oversight responsibility for each action, estimated time frame to accomplish action, and resources needed in terms of staff and any associated costs.
