The Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator is responsible for ensuring adherence to civil rights laws and regulations within Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE) and Virginia Agriculture and Experiment Station (VAES). This position plays a critical role in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion within the programs, activities, and services provided by VCE and VAES. The incumbent will collaborate with various university departments (i.e., the Office of Equity and Accessibility) to develop, implement, and monitor policies and procedures to safeguard civil rights compliance.

Essential responsibilities:
• Liaise with USDA to ensure current civil rights regulations and requirements are known by and communicated to VCE/VAES.
• Liaise with USDA, VCE/VAES, and VT during USDA civil rights reviews; provide required documentation; develop and implement the required corrective actions.
• Conduct in-person/synchronous training for VCE and VAES faculty and staff on civil rights-related topics and language access efforts.
• Implement the VCE language access plan; adapt/incorporate VAES into plan.
• Maintain and implement annual compliance training through PageUp system as well as annual compliance training for volunteers through Better Impact and 4-H Online.
• Maintain and implement electronic files and structures to support compliance requirements.
• Maintain and develop civil rights-related policies and guidelines in support of VCE compliance efforts.
• Maintain civil rights section of VCE intranet.
• Implement the four-part VCE internal compliance effort.
• Conduct internal compliance reviews of unit offices, academic departments, 4-H Centers, and ARECs.
• Monitor corrective actions from internal compliance reviews.
• Coordinate VCE response to civil rights complaints; liaise with relevant VT and USDA contacts, as required.
• Liaise with colleagues in the Southern Region on civil rights topics and training needs.