Senior Culture & Inclusion Strategist

Rising Ground; New York (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Rising Ground seeks a Sr Organizational Culture & Inclusion Coordinator in New York to advance organizational culture, inclusion, and belonging across programs and sites. You will translate values into leadership behaviors and create meaningful learning experiences for staff at all levels.

With 5+ years in culture-related roles, you will advise executives, design workshops, and drive employee engagement efforts while ensuring fair, respectful workplace practices across a multi-site nonprofit

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, Education, Business, or a related field preferred.
• Five or more years of professional experience leading or supporting organizational culture, inclusion, belonging, employee experience, engagement, organizational development, or related workplace initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience designing original learning content and facilitating workshops, presentations, leadership discussions, and sensitive conversations across organizational levels.
• Experience advising, coaching, and influencing senior leaders and executives, including the ability to respectfully challenge thinking and navigate disagreement without relying on positional authority.
• Strong facilitation, presentation, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Working knowledge of HR practices, including employee relations, performance management, engagement, and employment policies.
• Demonstrated judgment, emotional intelligence, cultural awareness, diplomacy, curiosity, and self-awareness.
• Experience within a complex, multi-site nonprofit, human services, healthcare, education, or similarly mission-driven organization preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate organization-wide OCI strategies, initiatives, programs, and activities that strengthen workplace culture, inclusion, cultural awareness, fairness, connection, and respectful workplace practices.
• Partner with executive and senior leadership to translate Rising Ground’s values into leadership practices, workplace behaviors, and organizational action.
• Help embed OCI principles into organizational practices, employee experiences, leadership expectations, and decision-making.
• Serve as a trusted resource to employees and leaders on workplace culture, inclusion, belonging, cultural awareness, and organizational dynamics.
• Identify workplace practices or barriers that may affect inclusion, fairness, access, trust, engagement, or belonging and recommend practical solutions.
• Facilitate thoughtful dialogue around complex workplace, cultural, and societal issues while creating space for differing perspectives to be explored respectfully.
• Monitor emerging workforce, cultural, and societal trends and recommend appropriate organizational responses.
• Coach leaders on communication, team culture, employee engagement, conflict navigation, cultural awareness, and leadership behaviors.
• Provide practical guidance and tools for navigating sensitive conversations and managing teams with differing experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds.
• Partner across programs and departments to ensure OCI strategies reflect the realities of Rising Ground’s diverse workforce and service environments.
• Participate in organizational committees, workgroups, initiatives, and special projects where an OCI perspective is valuable.
• Monitor organizational culture and employee experience trends and provide leadership with relevant insights and recommendations.

Skills

Culture

Inclusion

Leadership coaching

Facilitation

Employee experience

HR practices

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Job description

Rising Ground seeks a Sr Organizational Culture & Inclusion Coordinator in New York to advance organizational culture, inclusion, and belonging across programs and sites. You will translate values into leadership behaviors and create meaningful learning experiences for staff at all levels.

With 5+ years in culture-related roles, you will advise executives, design workshops, and drive employee engagement efforts while ensuring fair, respectful workplace practices across a multi-site nonprofit