Manager, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Job Description

It’s Time For A Change...

Your Future Evolves Here

Evolent Health has a bold mission to change the health of the nation by changing the way health care is delivered. Our pursuit of this mission is the driving power that brings us to work each day. We believe in embracing new ideas, testing ourselves and failing forward. We respect and celebrate individual talents and team wins. We have fun while working hard and Evolenteers often make a difference in everything from scrubs to jeans.

Are we growing? Absolutely. We have seen about 30% average growth over the last three years. Are we recognized? Definitely. We were named one of “Becker’s 150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare” in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 and are proud to be recognized as a leader in driving important Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) efforts: Evolent achieved a 95% score on its first-ever submission to the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index; was named on the Best Companies for Women to Advance List 2020 by Parity.org; and we publish an annual Diversity and Inclusion Annual Report to share our progress on how we’re building an equitable workplace. We recognize employees that live our values, give back to our communities each year, and are champions for bringing our whole selves to work each day. If you’re looking for a place where your work can be personally and professionally rewarding, don’t just join a company with a mission. Join a mission with a company behind it.

Who You’ll Be Working With:

Evolent Health is looking for a Manager to boost Evolent’s diversity, equity, inclusion, and social responsibility efforts. You will report directly to the Head of DEI and work closely with the larger Talent Team. Here at Evolent, we want to create a culture where people sense like they are valued, can bring their whole selves to work, and that they experience belongingness through a common purpose – our mission to change the health of the nation. This is a great opportunity for someone to champion meaningful, and systemic, change within a fast-growing public company.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Serving as a Subject Matter Expert Consultant across business units to advise on Evolent’s culture and how to best integrate DEI within every facet of the business
• Owning strategy for supplier diversity, Evolent Cares (Evolent’s philanthropic and social responsibility program) and DEI initiatives (i.e.: trainings, toolkits, and celebrations) alongside Business Resource Groups and the Communications Team
• Creating intersectional approaches and driving adoption of holistic and all-encompassing programs / policies in every facet of the business
• Researching best practices and leveraging data to inform enterprise-level strategies
• Identifying DEI barriers with key stakeholders across the business and proposing scalable solutions
• Making strategic recommendations, communicating headway, and monitoring progress towards company DEI goals based in data
• Evaluating current clinical models of care and administrative simplification models to increase population health and ensure health equity across partners
• Seeking to continuously improve and expand the footprint of the functional area and take part in innovative research projects, drive systematic change, and actionable insights

The Experience You’ll Need (Required):

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 2-5 prior years’ experience working in the field
• Technical skills - familiarity with Excel, Power BI, SharePoint
• Current exposure to, or participation in, DEI programming
• Experience in developing and implementing evidence-based tools and strategies
• Proven history of making enterprise-level impact

Finishing Touches (Preferred):

• Master’s with 1-3 years of relevant experience
• Relentless desire to excel in and surpass the needs of both internal and external clients
• A learning mindset, enjoyment of challenges, and an excellent ability to grasp new concepts
• Strong people leadership and process management skills
• Capability to serve as role model of confidentiality and integrity for all levels within the organization

Technical requirements:

Currently, Evolent employees work remotely temporarily due to COVID-19. As such, we require that all employees have the following technical capability at their home: High speed internet over 10 MBPS and, specifically for all call center employees, the ability to plug in directly to the home internet router. These at-home technical requirements are subject to change with any scheduled re-opening of our office locations.

Evolent Health is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.