Job Description

, our mission is to make education smarter and our communities stronger. We work with more than 2,800 institutions to drive transformative change through data-driven insights and best-in-class capabilities. From kindergarten to college to career, EAB partners with leaders and practitioners to accelerate progress and drive results across enrollment, student success, institutional strategy, data analytics, advancement, and the workplace.
, part of EAB, is a strategic business dedicated to providing employee-centric talent solutions and strategies that help forward-thinking organizations prepare for the workplace of tomorrow. We provide employers with integrated tools that provide a strategic and holistic map for setting new workplace culture standards. Over the past four decades we've built deep, data-powered intelligence on the employee experience, allowing us to address specific client workplace challenges. We excel in serving as our members' go-to partner in developing and progressing their strategies to unlock what's possible with a truly engaged workforce. Our business is in growth mode and offers the right person the opportunity to be a part of a dynamic, creative, and highly skilled team partnering with leading companies to advance more inclusive corporate cultures.
At EAB and Seramount, we serve not only our partner institutions and organizations but each other--that's why we are always working to make sure our employees love their jobs and are invested in their communities. See how we've been recognized for this dedication to our employees by checking out our .
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The Role in Brief:
Associate Director, Seramount Consulting
Trusted by half of Fortune 100 companies and 600+ partners across 80+ industries, Seramount DBP is the preeminent provider of innovative solutions for culture change. Through advisory services, research, benchmarking, and events, DBP offers members a trusted, go-to partnership for solutions and strategies on how to implement, grow, measure, and create first-in-class culture, inclusion, and belonging programs.
We serve forward thinking organizations with integrated tools that provide a strategic and holistic map for setting new standards for workplace culture. Over the past four decades we've built deep, data-powered intelligence on the employee experience, which allows us to address specific client workplace challenges. Our business is in growth mode and offers the right person the opportunity to be part of a dynamic, creative, and highly skilled team partnering with leading companies to advance more inclusive corporate cultures.
We are hiring an Associate Director to serve in the role of Research Development and Advisory on the DBP team.
This position is open to hires in Washington, D.C.; Richmond, VA; or is open to remote employment within the continental U.S. This position has in-person travel expectations of up to 40%.
This position is also listed as Associate Director, Seramount Advisory for posting purposes; the official title of this hire is expected to be Associate Director, Seramount Advisory to align with EAB business norms.
Big Picture Objectives:

• Serve as inclusive workforce culture, belonging, and engagement subject matter expert; conduct research when necessary.
• Meet and exceed member expectations to help support renewal and retention efforts.
• Serve as a trusted point of contact for member advisory, inquiries, research requests and communications.
• Work across the EAB Seramount team between Relationship Management, Marketing, Events, Insights and Solutions teams to help our members achieve their workplace culture objectives.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Ability to serve high impact solutions and offerings to support the client delivery model by spending 70% of your time in market with partners (virtual, in-person).
• Achieve expertise and mastery on workplace culture subject areas by influencing research and insights with the new types of content relevant for your areas of expertise and/or to better service partners' needs.
• Serve as subject matter expert on workplace culture practices specializing in Employee Resource Groups and Talent Inclusion efforts. This includes conducting client calls on related inquiries, providing practitioner consulting on development and execution of strategy. Positioning as a "trusted extension of our clients' teams".
• Ability to deliver presentations to our DBP partners on an array of subjects both new and existing.
• Collaborate with relationship managers and marketing teams to identify, develop and build proposals to secure new member pipeline, close new deals and execute renewals.
• Support Seramount events and conferences, serve as partner advocate for content, facilitate and add to partner experiences.
• Partner with marketing to create and/or advise on communications and partner outreach (e.g. blogs or articles, resources, and promotional messages).

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in related field.
• 5+ years of post-graduate professional work experience in inclusive workplace culture and 3-5+ years of experience in Human Resources and/or consulting.
• Concrete understanding of Inclusive Talent Strategies, ERGs, and their correlation to implementing significant organizational impact in the workforce, workplace and marketplace.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships and interface effectively with all levels in the organization.
• Utilize both research and insights to deliver recommendations and solutions to our clients.
• Demonstrated experience with stakeholder engagement and change management.
• Highly detail-oriented, organized, able to multi-task, follow through and work independently as well as within a highly collaborative team structure.
• Demonstrated ownership of and accountability towards business goals.
• Demonstrated consultative approach and commitment to our clients' success.
• Experience preparing workshops and formal presentations to our clients.
• Thoughtful, creative, and proactive problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
• Excellent organizational, oral, and written communications.
• Willingness to travel up to 40%.

Ideal Qualifications:

• Ability to provide guidance, craft advisory and make recommendations for best practices on employee resource groups, their governance and operational processes that support the sustained impact they make on their organization and within their communities.
• Utilize your own diverse experiences to influence your positioning on workplace culture and inclusion topics to generate buy-in and build relationships.
• Commitment to embracing a continual learning environment and contributing to a dynamic and welcoming culture of fairness, authenticity, and belonging in support of EAB's mission, values, and aspiration

If you've reached this section of the job description and are unsure of whether to apply, please do! At EAB, we welcome new perspectives and learn from each other's unique experiences. We would encourage you to submit an application if this is a role you would be passionate about doing every day.
Compensation:
The anticipated starting salary (base) range for this role is $72,500 - $110,000 per year. Actual salary varies due to factors that may include but not be limited to relevant experience, skills, and location. At EAB, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the starting salary range for their role.
This hire will additionally be eligible for discretionary bonus or incentive compensation. Variable compensation may depend on various factors, such as individual and organizational performance.
Benefits:
Consistent with our belief that our employees are our most valuable resource, EAB offers a competitive and inclusive benefits package. Our benefits currently include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans; dependents and domestic partners eligible
• 20+ days of PTO annually, in addition to paid firm and floating holidays
• Daytime leave policy for community service and flextime for fitness activities (up to 10 hours per month each)
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with annual discretionary company matching contribution
• Health savings account, healthcare and dependent care flexible spending account, and pre-tax commuter plans
• Employee assistance program with counseling services and resources available to all employees and immediate family
• Wellness programs including gym discounts, incentives to promote healthy living, and family access to the leading app for sleep, meditation, and relaxation
• Fertility treatment coverage and adoption or surrogacy assistance
• Paid parental leave with phase back to work program for birthing and non-birthing parents
• Access to milk shipping service to support nursing employees during business travel
• Discounted pet health insurance coverage for dog and cat family members
• Company-provided life, AD&D, and disability insurance
• Financial wellness resources and membership in a robust employee discount program
• Access to employee resource groups, merit-based advancement, and dynamic professional growth opportunities

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This opening is not eligible for visa sponsorship at this time; EAB will thus consider candidates who possess U.S. work authorization that does not require employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future.
At EAB, we believe that to fulfill our mission to "make education smarter and our communities stronger" we need team members who bring a diversity of perspectives to the table and are committed to fostering a workplace where each team member is valued, respected and heard.
To that end, EAB is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we make employment decisions on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. We don't discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.
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