Purpose and DEI Senior Manager, Center of Excellence Leader, Deloitte Global People
Job Type: Permanent
Work Model: Hybrid
Reference code: 127865
Primary Location: Toronto, ON
All Available Locations: Toronto, ON; Burlington, ON; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB; Halifax, NS; Kitchener, ON; Montreal, QC; Ottawa, ON; Vancouver, BC; Victoria, BC; Winnipeg, MB
Our Purpose
At Deloitte, we are driven to inspire and help our people, organization, communities, and country to thrive. Our Purpose is to build a better future by accelerating and expanding access to knowledge. Purpose defines who we are and gives us reason to exist as an organization.
By living our Purpose, we will make an impact that matters.
- Enjoy flexible, proactive, and practical benefits that foster a culture of well-being and connectedness.
- Experience a firm where wellness matters.
- Be expected to share your ideas and to make them a reality.
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What will your typical day look like?
Are you passionate about making an impact? The DTTL People and Operations, Culture & Purpose team is looking for a strong relationship builder, and inspirational culture leader to lead our Purpose & DEI Center of Excellence. Someone who doesn't just wish for a different world, but who rolls up their sleeves every day and leads the change they want to see. If you're ready to apply your experience in purpose, corporate social responsibility, and/or diversity, equity, and inclusion to support a global working environment where professionals from around the world can thrive and make an impact, then you've found your next role.
As the Purpose & DEI Senior Manager, you will lead a Center of Excellence and work closely with the Culture & Purpose Portfolio leader to set the vision for and bring our inclusive culture to life. In this role, you'll have an opportunity to create programming that embeds our Shared Values, ensuring all professionals feel included and inspired.
This includes:
- Design, implement and measure talent initiatives that embed purpose and DEI into the organization's culture.
- Work collaboratively and leverage mature influencing skills across a complex matrix of stakeholders within Deloitte Global, across the broader Deloitte organization, and nonprofit partner organizations to ensure alignment across priorities and success in DTTL implementation.
- Serve as subject matter expert and role model for Purpose and DEI. Bring best practices and innovative thinking from across industry, Deloitte member firms, and internal Global SMEs to influence future direction and improvement.
- Lead a globally-dispersed team of professionals focused on implementing purpose, societal impact, climate sustainability, well-being and DEI strategies for the DTTL organization. Support the team in delivering high visibility programs with tact, sensitivity, and a bias toward action and continuous improvement. Ensure appropriate messaging, style, risk review, and adherence to brand requirements.
- Embed purpose and DEI into DTTL culture, including inspiring, activating, and growing a robust network of culture champions across 35 divisions and 5+ employee resource groups.
- Serve as a key member of the Culture & Purpose leadership team, including supporting local delivery of events, maintaining working knowledge across all culture initiatives and collaborating effectively to align programs in a way that ensures a seamless and cohesive employee experience for DTTL professionals.
About the team
As part of the Deloitte Global Culture & Purpose team, you will create innovative programs that bring our Shared Values and Purpose to life and connect our 10,000+ Deloitte Global professionals in over 40 countries. We cultivate our culture through strategic programs that embed, reinforce, and reward our desired behaviors and by building awareness and engagement initiatives that inspire action from a broad community of champions, HR business partners, and executives. While you will report to a the Portfolio leader, you'll work closely with team members at various levels on a wide range of projects and assignments. Our contributions lead to better connections with one another, with our leaders, and with our Deloitte Global strategy.
The Global (DTTL) People team supports our talented, forward-thinking professionals with a broad range of development, well-being, and engagement programs to enhance their professional and personal journeys. We provide top-notch, leading-edge thinking and advisory support and partner with our businesses to ensure our professionals develop the right skills and talents to deliver on ambitious priorities.
Enough about us, let's talk about you
Qualifications
- Deep expertise in DEI, purpose, corporate social responsibility, and/or workplace well-being.
- Excellent people leader with strong consultation, collaboration, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to influence key stakeholders and contributors at various levels of seniority, from staff to senior executives across Deloitte Global, Deloitte member firms, and external organizations.
- Ability to flexibly manage workload to deliver multiple projects with high quality in a fast paced, results oriented environment—and lead others to do the same.
- Comfort with ambiguity; ability to ask thoughtful questions and both seek and provide guidance during complexity.
- Demonstrated commitment to PDEI topics and sensitivity to global nuance.
- Ability to flex across time zones to align with team norms and stakeholder needs.
- Experience leading a virtual-first, globally dispersed team across countries and cultures and/or communicating with global audiences.
- Experience working in a complex matrixed environment or professional services firm.
- BA/BS degree, preferably in Human Resource Management, Corporate Responsibility, communications, business, or related field.
- 10+ years of experience
Total Rewards
The salary range for this position is $104,000 - $215,000, and individuals may be eligible to participate in our bonus program. Deloitte is fair and competitive when it comes to the salaries of our people. We regularly benchmark across a variety of positions, industries, sectors, targets, and levels. Our approach is grounded on recognizing people's unique strengths and contributions and rewarding the value that they deliver.
Our Total Rewards Package extends well beyond traditional compensation and benefit programs and is designed to recognize employee contributions, encourage personal wellness, and support firm growth. Along with a competitive base salary and variable pay opportunities, we offer a wide array of initiatives that differentiate us as a people-first organization. Some representative examples include: $4,000 per year for mental health support benefits, a $1,300 flexible benefit spending account, 38+ days off (including 10 firm-wide closures known as "Deloitte Days"), flexible work arrangements and a hybrid work structure.
Our promise to our people: Deloitte is where potential comes to life.
Be yourself, and more.
We are a group of talented people who want to learn, gain experience, and develop skills. Wherever you are in your career, we want you to advance.
You shape how we make impact.
Diverse perspectives and life experiences make us better. Whoever you are and wherever you're from, we want you to feel like you belong here. We provide flexible working options to support you and how you can contribute.
Be the leader you want to be
Some guide teams, some change culture, some build essential expertise. We offer opportunities and experiences that support your continuing growth as a leader.
Have as many careers as you want.
We are uniquely able to offer you new challenges and roles - and prepare you for them. We bring together people with unique experiences and talents, and we are the place to develop a lasting network of friends, peers, and mentors.
The next step is yours
At Deloitte, we are all about doing business inclusively - that starts with having diverse colleagues of all abilities. Deloitte encourages applications from all qualified candidates who represent the full diversity of communities across Canada. This includes, but is not limited to, people with disabilities, candidates from Indigenous communities, and candidates from the Black community in support of living our values, creating a culture of Diversity Equity and Inclusion and our commitment to our AccessAbility Action Plan, Reconciliation Action Plan and the BlackNorth Initiative.
We encourage you to connect with us at accessiblecareers@deloitte.ca if you require an accommodation for the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations) or indigenouscareers@deloitte.ca for any questions relating to careers for Indigenous peoples at Deloitte (First Nations, Inuit, Métis).
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