QUESTION
What progress has been made in filling vacancies at the Mayor's Office of Equity and Racial Justice (MOERJ), and what recruitment steps have been taken to address vacant positions?
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The Chief Equity Officer & Commissioner, Sideya Sherman, explains that recruitment is her top priority.
- A new office has been established in a challenging recruitment environment.
- MOERJ's pipeline is filling up as new people have been hired within the last two weeks.
- More new hires are starting soon.
- MOERJ is looking to hire equity planning managers with particular skillsets to work with agencies.
- These roles have been actively advertised and there are candidates in the pipeline.
Carmen N. De La Rosa
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As of March 2024, only 8 of the 38 budget positions for MOERJ were filled.
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Have you made any progress in filling vacancies and what are the challenges associated with having so many positions remain vacant.
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What recruitment steps have you taken to address?
Sideya Sherman
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Sure.
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So, you know, my number one priority is recruitment.
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And obviously, we've, you know, have established a new office and a challenging recruitment environment.
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I'm happy to share that our pipeline is filling up.
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We certainly we bought on some new people just within the last 2 weeks.
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We have some new people starting as well.
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We're looking for a number of equity planning managers who will be working with agencies.
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It's a very particular skill set.
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Certainly, and we wanna make sure we get it right.
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And so we we've been advertising those roles, and fortunately, we have some candidates in the pipeline.
Carmen N. De La Rosa
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Great.
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I wanna just check real quick if anyone has any other questions because they are stepping away.
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We will send you the rest of our questions, and if you could help us by getting some answers back to the committee, that would be great.
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Absolutely.
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It's good to see you.
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Thank you for coming.
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We're going to go back into our questions of the rest of the admin team that's here.
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And I know that there's some graphics for chair Lewis and Chair Williams.
