Equity and Inclusion Coordinator

Position Details:

Location: Based out of the District Service Center in Plymouth, MN
Reports to: Senior Manager of Equity & Inclusion
Start Date: Anticipated start date in October 2026
Contracted days: 261 days (July 1 – June 30)
This position follows the Employment Guide for Administrators and Unaffiliated Employees
Salary: Minimum starting salary for Unaffiliated Coordinators is $70,000
Benefits:

• Low cost medical insurance
• No Premium Employee-Only (Single) Medical Insurance
• Infertility benefits
• $40 copay for outpatient mental health services
• Low cost dental insurance
• District funded HRA account
• Life insurance and long-term disability
• Optional health care flexible spending account (FSA)
• Optional dependent care flexible spending account (FSA)
• Extensive wellness services that includes 6 free confidential counseling sessions
• Retirement benefits through PERA
• Optional 403b with district match after one year
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Mental Health benefits
• Ongoing professional development
• More details can be found on our webpage: Contracts/Benefits – Intermediate District 287

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of:
  • organizing District-wide and site-specific equity initiatives
  • best practices with family and student engagement
  • mental health and trauma
  • educational programs or school settings
  • applying an equity lens across intersecting and various social identities
• Skills in:
  • designing and delivering equity training
  • managing and facilitating programs aimed at achieving equity goals
  • project management and event coordination
  • creating equity and inclusion tools, resources and training
  • highly effective communication, both written and verbal
  • restorative justice facilitation
  • problem solving and conflict resolution
  • critical thinking
  • policy and program development
  • organization and project management
  • developing and leading professional development
  • time management including: a high level of organizational skills, attention to detail, adhering to deadlines, and follow-through, while balancing and prioritizing multiple activities and responsibilities
• Ability to:
  • lead in equity mindedness
  • increase capacity of District staff to address inequities
  • effectively manage and balance daily responsibilities with support for District and site goals and objectives
  • advance racial equity through collective and constructive communal action
  • foster a high level of collaboration between staff, families, and the community
  • engage and interact with students and families from diverse backgrounds and cultures
  • create a welcoming and supportive environment for students and families from underserved and underrepresented groups
  • identify a need and connect individuals with appropriate resources
  • use an equity lens to understand policy implications and issues that are facing the District and provide recommendations
  • interpret, analyze, and use data for planning
  • support staff with data interpretation
  • develop understanding of consequences of racial inequities in the District and surrounding communities

Essential Functions

• Serve as a thought partner to Equity Leads in the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of equity teams with the use of equity tools in policy and practice, implementation and growth
• Create staff development consistent with District and site plans to improve their ability to identify the needs of learners and provide appropriate remediation, intervention, accommodations or modifications
• Manage and coordinate programs that enhance learners’ self-concept in a safe and secure learning environment
• Convene and facilitate engagement spaces with key audiences internally and externally
• Provide research-based cultural awareness activities for staff
• Identify and build strategies to remove structural and social barriers to underserved and underrepresented groups in the District.
• Advise on best practices for communication delivery methods when messaging with students, families, and the community
• Leverage data from key audiences to develop responsive programs/services.
• Provide relevant and timely information to District leadership, including a summary of the principle themes communicated by key audiences related to the District’s Strategic Priorities/Strategic Plan.
• Provide districtwide guidance and coordination of  student leadership groups
• Develop and report departmental metrics, collect data, and related information.