Associate Civil Rights Analyst

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The County of Monterey is a diverse community set in a picturesque coastal location and offers tourists and residents alike the comfort of a moderate, Mediterranean climate, miles of beautiful beaches, spectacular mountain ranges, groves of redwoods, low-rolling foothills, and scenic valleys. Boasting such world-renowned attractions as the spectacular Big Sur Coast, Laguna Seca Raceway, 17-Mile Drive, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Cannery Row, the Steinbeck Center, the Monterey Jazz and Blues Festivals and Pebble Beach – possibly the world’s most famous golf course, it’s easy to see why over 450,000 residents choose to live here and an estimated four million visitors a year make the County of Monterey their destination of choice.

The County of Monterey is committed to honoring the service and sacrifice of veterans and eligible military spouses and awards veterans’ preference points for this recruitment. To learn more about the eligibility requirements and the process, be sure to read the Hiring Preference for Veterans and Eligible Military Spouses section located towards the end of this job flier.

The Civil Rights Office handles sensitive matters, ranging from conducting workplace investigations to advising on equitable and fair service for all County of Monterey residents. It is careful and deliberate work that can have a long-lasting impact. It requires thorough and fair discretion and consideration of process, policy, and law.

We make sure the County follows Federal and State civil rights laws and policies — as an employer and as a provider of public services. We investigate complaints of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. We administer the County’s Nondiscrimination, Reasonable Accommodation, Language Access and Effective Communication, and Sexual Harassment Policies, and the Title VI Implementation Plan. We deliver the County’s mandated harassment prevention and civil rights training and continually develop a training suite.

We advise departments on recruitment practices, help them manage conflict, and represent the office before commissions, community groups, and the Board of Supervisors.

In a single week, you might interview witnesses in a difficult investigation, rebuild a training module, advise a department head on a policy question, and stand in for the Civil Rights Officer at a public meeting. The role allows for autonomy as analysts assist in building and maintaining strategy and practice and requires organization.

We value the fact that the County is diverse and is made up of residents and employees who speak a variety of languages and come from different backgrounds. Spanish fluency is not required, but it is genuinely useful.

An ideal candidate is someone who can pick up potentially unfamiliar ground quickly and handle it collaboratively and responsibly. Laws and policies change, which requires ongoing learning and research so that the office is prepared to address questions it has never encountered before.

Additionally, priorities shift when a complaint comes in, a request from the Board of Supervisors is received, or a deadline changes, so being adaptable and able to shift priorities calmly and quickly is imperative.

Much of the work the office handles is sensitive and can sometimes lead to tense or uncomfortable discussions or situations. The ideal candidate needs to tactfully navigate these circumstances when individuals are angry or distressed.

One of our core duties is holding parties accountable for a violation of a policy. It is important that the ideal candidate can exercise good judgment, as much of the work involves making a call on how to…