Employment
Work at Wilder and use your strengths and skills to improve lives!
When you work at Wilder, you will join a team of passionate individuals who are committed to the mission and are dedicated to seeing possibilities and creating smart solutions. We have a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, and you’ll be part of an open, interconnected and inclusive workplace where our diverse identities, cultures, experiences and skills contribute to our vision of people, families and communities thriving in Saint Paul and beyond.
Wilder's success depends on our ability to work with individuals, organizations, and communities to effectively serve persons of diverse backgrounds and cultures. The diversity of the community, totally integrated into the organization in every aspect and level, is essential to our success. Read our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Employee Resource Groups
Wilder’s diverse culture inspired the formation of an all-staff inclusive Council and Employee Resource Groups that provide a forum and source of support, information exchange, mentorship, and career enhancement. These groups strengthen our ability to recruit and retain a talented workforce by helping to create a more inclusive workplace with expanded opportunities for employees to voice their ideas and influence organizational culture.
Allies Against Racism
Provides all employees an opportunity to take part in efforts to eliminate racism. Racism impacts all of us on a daily basis, in our work, in our lives, in our communities. Racism in our society creates a situation where people of color often take disproportionate responsibility for addressing and eliminating racist practices and ideas. This group targets the participation of white employees to provide them an opportunity to play a central role in eliminating racism – at Wilder, in the community, and in our lives. All employees are welcome to attend events and participate in activities.
Asian Affinity Group
A resource for all Wilder employees that raises and supports issues impacting Asian employees, their families and clients.
Wilder Pride Group
A resource for Wilder's gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and ally employees. The group promotes acceptance of LGBTQ co-workers in the Wilder community and discusses issues of coming out in the workplace, homophobia, heterosexism, gender identity/expression, LGBTQ families, public policy, and more. The group works to ensure that Wilder, as an employer and service provider, is a welcoming and empowering organization, and works with other Employee Resource Groups to promote an understanding of LGBTQ issues.
Ujima
A group that raises and supports issues impacting employees of African descent. Ujima (Oo-jee-ma) is a Kiswahili word and is one of KWANZAA’s seven principles. The group chose it because of its meaning and message - “collective work and responsibility,” which guides the group’s goals, activities, and support of Wilder’s mission.