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Draft of Workforce Plan

Components of WSU Plan

There are many components that make up the overall Diversity, Equity and Inclusion plan at WSU:

  • Student Focused - Academic Affairs/Colleges/SEM/Student Affairs
  • Workforce Focused – Human Resources
  • Student/Workforce/Visitor Focused – Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance
  • Oversight and accountability for deployment of full plan – Chief Diversity Officer

History Of Workforce Plan Development

  • Talent Revisioning Work Group* - (2020)
  • ADVANCE grant research - (2020-2021)
  • Task Force – Diversity, Human Resources and Professional Development - (2020)
  • Strategic Planning Activation Team recommendation (Goal 7) – (2019-2020)
  • President’s Leadership Retreat - (Feb. 2020)

*A group of operational leaders representing all areas of WSU as well as identified key support areas who conducted an extensive review of current Talent Management at WSU and developed a future state vision for how WSU will attract, engage, onboard and retain talent.

Five Main Goals/Multiple Strategies

Goals designed to support the employment life cycle:

Goal 1: Develop comprehensive strategies, tools and processes to create/improve sourcing, posting, searches, hiring and on-boarding for all employees
  • Create a comprehensive sourcing strategy
  • Create a comprehensive job posting strategy
  • Create a comprehensive search strategy
  • Improve/enhance the hiring process
  • Improve/enhance the onboarding experience
Goal 2: Develop comprehensive training and development opportunities on diversity, equity and inclusion and a plan for deploying to all employees
  • Enhance Learning and Development
Goal 3: Expand awards and recognition to include diversity, equity and inclusion activities
  • Develop plan to expand awards/recognition to include Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts/accomplishments
Goal 4:  Develop comprehensive strategy, tools and processes to redesign annual performance evaluation for all employees
  • Develop comprehensive performance evaluation strategy
Goal 5: Identify and implement policies, programs, processes and activities to increase diversity, equity and inclusion culture and environment
  • Develop programs, policies and processes that promote Diversity, Equity and Inclusion culture and environment

Plan Draft – Feedback Solicited

Dr. Marche Fleming-Randle, VP/Chief Diversity Officer 

Dr. Janet Twomey, ADVANCE Research 

Dr. Rick Muma, Interim President 

Werner Golling, VP Finance and Administration 

Christine Taylor, Exec. Dir CTAC 

Dr. Teri Hall, VP Student Affairs 

Dr. Edil Torres Rivera, Co-Chairs Workforce Diversity Taskforce 

Dr. Voncella McCleary Jones. VP HR search 

Council of Deans

WSU Employee Senate

Faculty Executive Team

Faculty Senate

Strategic Planning Committee

WSU TIX Committee

Independent Review

WSU will have the full Diversity, Equity and Inclusion plan reviewed independently by EAB before finalized. 

Service included in existing contract.

Next Steps

  • Continue sharing draft plan for feedback
  • Participate in development/consolidation of full plan
  • Participate in independent plan review
  • Develop metrics to track plan progress, in consultation with EAB