About Our Job

With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver.

What We Offer

The City and County of Denver offers competitive pay commensurate with education and experience.  New hires are typically brought into the organization between $106,577 - $141,214/annually, based on experience and education.  We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but are not limited to:

• A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service

• 457B Retirement Plan

• 140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 12 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday, 1 Wellness Day and 1 volunteer day per year

• Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date

The City and County of Denver has announced furlough days, or unpaid days off, for most employees to meet a budget shortfall in 2025. There are two fixed furlough days for all limited (temporary positions with an end date) and unlimited (permanent) employees on August 29th, the Friday before Labor Day, and November 28th, the day after Thanksgiving. If you receive an offer for this position, your annual pay will determine whether you are required to take additional furlough days. Details will be discussed during the offer process for selected candidate(s). 

Location & Schedule

The City and County of Denver supports a hybrid workplace model. Employees work where needed, at a job site several days a week and oA-site as needed. In this position you can expect to work onsite and at oA-site meetings, with some evenings and weekends at least three days a week. Employees must work within the state of Colorado on their on-site days.

In this position you can expect to work on site at the Wellington E. Webb Building, 201 W. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80202.

Who We Are & What You’ll Do

Denver Human Rights & Community Partnerships (HRCP) works to protect our community members' basic human rights through advocacy, partnerships, and direct services. The agency creates opportunities for innovation to take root in local government and throughout the community to address local challenges. HRCP is the model of inclusiveness, recognizing that diverse perspectives, skills, and resources are key to lasting solutions and strengthening the foundation of our community.

As the HRCP Community Empowerment Division Director, you will be instrumental in standing up the community empowerment division; housed in the Denver Human Rights and Community Partnerships agency.

Your work will be crucial in driving positive change, promoting transparency, and delivering timely information that links residents with the city.

HRCP is committed to providing outstanding services to our citizens while achieving outcomes that benefit the public interest. The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker capable of developing innovative and nuanced solutions to complex challenges. You will provide visionary leadership, proactively identifying potential obstacles, and continuously evaluating the effectiveness of our outreach and engagement strategies.  

Specifically, as the HRCP Community Empowerment Division Director, you will:

• Strategic Planning on Community Engagement: Create a guiding framework for the City’s community engagement that defines and delivers on the pillars of empowerment for Denverites.  

• Develop systems and processes for coordinated citywide engagement system by serving as a liaison and supporting body for all agency community engagement teams in conjunction with Mayor’s Office engagement staff.  

• Support of Citywide Engagement Teams: Provide citywide standardization, collaborative tools and databases, schedules and regular convenings for collaboration. Maintain inventory of citywide community engagement efforts.  

• Develop and provide best-practice based community engagement resources to support citywide engagement teams. Support any necessary re-alignment of engagement work to Citywide engagement framework and systems.  

• Provide technical guidance aligned to Citywide engagement framework and systems to the City’s engagement teams on the development,