Inclusion Specialist
Upwork ($UPWK) is the leading tech solution for companies looking to hire the best talent, maintain flexibility, and get more done. We’re passionate about our mission to create economic opportunities so people have better lives. Every year, more than $2 billion of work is done through Upwork by skilled professionals who want the freedom of working anytime, anywhere. Top companies connecting with extraordinary talent around the globe? Upwork is how.
Our Office of Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging (DIBS) was established in December 2019 and is already making waves! Our DIBS mission is to cultivate a workplace in which all employees are empowered to see themselves in our community and all teams are optimized to do their best work. As the Inclusion Specialist, you’ll work hand in hand with our Head of Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging. Your primary focus will be to ensure that our hiring and promotion processes are equitably designed and consistently utilized. Within a year, you will be intimately familiar with all aspects of a strategic DIBS function. This is the right time and right place to leave your stamp on a dynamic company culture that has all the right ingredients to transform the future of work!
This role is remote or located in our Chicago office.
Your Responsibilities:
- Collaborate closely with company leaders, Recruiters and HRBPs to assess hiring and promotion processes
- Revise talent processes to drive objectivity and consistency
- Design and develop inclusive hiring tools (interview question library, hiring manager and interviewer guides) and management guides (feedback templates, coaching tools) to facilitate process utilization
- Co-facilitate virtual workshops on objective hiring and management for employees at all levels of the organization (from C-suite to individual contributors)
- Assess impact via post-workshop and employee engagement surveys
- Build and share project plans to manage team expectations
How to catch our eye:
- Experience as an external DIBs/talent consultant OR as an in-house DIBs, people & culture, or HR leader
- Experience designing talent processes and creating or revising talent process tools
- Highly-consultative approach that enables collaborators to feel heard
- Proven ability to empower and equip employees to own their roles in talent processes
Come change how the world works.
At Upwork, you’ll shape talent solutions for how the world works today. We’re a remote-first organization supported by offices in Santa Clara and Chicago, working together to create exciting remote work opportunities for a global community of professionals.
Our vibrant culture is built on shared values and our mission to create economic opportunities so that people have better lives. We build amazing teams, put our community first, and have a bias toward action. We encourage everyone to bring their whole selves to work and grow together through development opportunities, mentorship, and employee resource groups. Oh yeah, we’ve also got amazing benefits.
Check out our Life at Upwork page to learn more about the employee experience.
Upwork is proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we never discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.