Business Inclusion Specialist Lead #2402-202700-01

The City of Charlotte is the largest municipality in North Carolina and the 15th largest city in the United States, with a total population of more than 897,000 citizens. A major commerce center, Charlotte hosts several of the nation’s largest banks and technology companies.

Also known as the Queen City, Charlotte is home to the Carolina Panthers, the Charlotte Hornets and the NASCAR Hall of Fame. We work hard to ensure that the community will be a winning city for everyone – a truly remarkable place to live, work, learn and play. Join us in helping to keep our City thriving, ensuring upward mobility and advancement in the workplace.

• Supervise and provide support to the Business Inclusion Specialist and Davis Bacon Wage Officer.
• Review diversity supplier system queue and pull reporting of action items: Lock Ins, Past due audits, Contract Payments and develops action plan.
• Manage Project Manager involvement in resolving system audits and contractor payments.
• Lead Charlotte Business Inclusion (CBI) processes for GS Implementation improvements to best help the Compliance team succeed and develop. Develop and Update templates when necessary.
• Develop/coordinate CBI processes for CMAR projects preconstruction and construction phases.
• Coordinate and act as the main point of contact for dispute resolution.
• Assign Goal Review on formal procurement projects within the Procurement Division.
• Assign and assist with managing HUBSCO initiatives to effectively stay on target for quarterly reporting.
• Reviews Agenda items prior to council agenda dates ahead of agenda schedule to evaluate MWSBE language.
• Develop and maintain professional relationships with Project Managers, Division Heads, Deputies, Directors, the City Attorney’s Office and others as needed in order to effectively collaborate and deliver compliance initiatives.
• Assess closed contract report and reconcile goal commitments.
• Creates and coordinates proper reporting channels for compliance issues.
• Enforces adherence to requirements and advises management on needed actions.
• Develops methods to identify barriers in meeting MWSBE goals, recommends corrective actions and assists in the overall achievement of MWSBE initiatives.
• Identifies potential risks and solutions for risk mitigation in collaboration with Procurement Management, CBI Compliance Manager, City Legal, and stakeholders.
• Serves as Procurement Division Diversity Compliance representative at pre-proposal/pre-bid  meetings, workshops, seminars and vendor training sessions
• Ensures legal and ethical observance of all state statutes and guidelines along with best business practices on all diversity and inclusion and procurement processes. 
• Interacts with all organizational levels to accomplish diversity and inclusion contracting objectives and to identify and recommend opportunities to enhance MWSBE participation.
• Facilitate and manage Davis-Bacon Act processes and related tasks for General Services.
• Conducts compliance reviews when vendors are non-compliant with the CBI Program and DBE (federal) Program requirements.
• Evaluate and review bids and proposals as it relates to the diversity compliance program in the City’s Procurement software.
• Implements and maintains procedures to manage the risk of non-compliance and to deter and detect fraud.
• Coordinate, schedule, and conduct required compliance training for vendors and employees.
• Performs other related advocacy and outreach activities as assigned.
• Assists with maintenance of policy and process and procedure documents.

• Requires in-depth knowledge of supplier diversity programs and related City of Charlotte policies and procedures;
• Requires strong working knowledge of local, state and federal laws and regulatory guidelines and standards governing public procurement and purchasing principles and practices.
• Requires critical thinking and problem-solving skills;
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively;
• Proven ability to meet tight deadlines, multi-task, and prioritize workload;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills;
• Ability to analyze data and information and draw logical and objective conclusions; perform investigations; interpret and apply laws and regulations, policy and procedures; and
• Highly motivated, professional able to function with minimal supervision and across multiple procurement disciplines, in partnership with all levels of the organization.

• $64,841 - $81,051 Commensurate with experience 

The City’s Background Check Policy requires background checks to be conducted on final internal or external candidate(s) applying for any position with the City of Charlotte. The type of information that will be collected as part of a background check includes, but is not limited to: reference checks, social security verification, education verification, criminal conviction record check, and, if applicable, a credit history check, sex offender registry and motor vehicle records check.

Background checks must be in compliance with all federal and state statutes, such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The checks must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by these laws requiring organizations to obtain a candidate’s written authorization before obtaining a criminal background report, motor vehicle records check or credit report; and to properly store and dispose of information derived from such reports.

Final candidates must pass a pre-employment drug-screening test and physical examination. During the selection process, candidates may be asked to take a skills test, and/or participate in other assessments.

The City of Charlotte is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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