Institute for Inclusion Program Lead - Morgan Stanley : Job Details

Morgan Stanley is seeking a Program Lead to join the Institute for Inclusion (IFI) team based in New York City. The Institute for Inclusion aims to catalyze and accelerate an integrated and transparent diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy to deliver the full potential of Morgan Stanley and drive meaningful change within our Firm and beyond. The Program Lead will report to IFI's Strategy Lead. This role will help to manage, support, and execute the signature philanthropic initiative, Equity in Education and Career Consortium, and related efforts. The initiative convenes a consortium of nonprofit and community-based organizations that support students in achieving stronger education and career outcomes. The Consortium Partners primarily serve low-to-moderate income students globally by supporting pathways to college and career success through increasing career exposure, skills training, mentorship, coaching, and creating a support system for students throughout their educational and career journeys. The role will also design and oversee the Marketplace efforts. This initiative seeks to invest to advance economic outcomes in underserved communities through our products, services, business practices, spending, thought leadership and convenings.

What you'll do in the role:

• Project manage the development and execution of consortium offerings in partnership with external partners, internal HR and D&I teams, Community Affairs, working groups and other stakeholders
• Support and assist in facilitating working group and partner organization meetings, coordinating all meeting materials and logistics
• Serve as the event management lead for all consortium convenings, events and activities, liaising with external partners, speakers, training vendors, events team, multimedia team and other teams as needed
• Manage relationships across external partner organizations in collaboration with internal stakeholders such as our Business Unit (BU) Leadership, Community Affairs, Communications, Marketing, Recruiting and Global D&I
• Lead coordination on employee engagement opportunities partnering with the Community Affairs and D&I teams
• Serve as the project manager in delivering other IFI philanthropic initiatives
• Maintain team calendar, program tracker, and other organizational tools

Qualifications:

• Familiarity with best practices and innovations within the education and career attainment landscape for underserved students
• Strong demonstrable skills in project/program and event management
• Excellent organizational skills with attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Ability to shift from highly strategic to execution-oriented tasks
• Excellent at building and maintaining relationships; is collaborative and can work effectively with diverse colleagues and peers to deliver business results
• Ability to independently drive assignments to completion and ability to manage multiple competing priorities
• Ability to work in a team environment and anticipate needs of the group
• Ability to be creative and flexible
• Commercial - Manages ambiguity well
• Curiosity and eagerness to learn
• Working knowledge of performance/operation metrics
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills a plus

What you'll bring to the role:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience in lieu of degree
• 6+ years of direct and substantive experience in program management, diversity and inclusion, learning and development, philanthropy, nonprofit, education, or a consultancy focused on diversity and inclusion
• Critical to the role is having a consultant mindset, strong partnership and relationship building skills and experience interacting with, advising and influencing HR, senior line leadership and employees at all levels
• Experience in education and career success strategies for underserved students
• Experience working with non-profits, foundations and social enterprises

What you can expect from Morgan Stanley:

We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 89 years. Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren't just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you'll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. There's also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $120,000 and $200,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

Morgan Stanley's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees.

It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet).