Administration - Tribal Member Services Executive Director; Tribal Member Job Puyallup area,Washington USA,Management

Job Title: Tribal Member Services Executive Director

Department: Administration

Reports To: Administrative Manager

Hours: 40 Hrs./Wk.

- Full Time

Salary: Based on Salary Matrix+Benefits

Requisition: 963

Open: October 19, 2026

Close: When Filled

Address: 3001 Puyalupabsh St. Tacoma, WA 98404

Salaries are market competitive. For accurate salary information, call or email jobs@puyalluptribe-nsn.gov. The Puyallup Tribe of Indians provides a generous benefits package that includes employer paid medical, dental, vision, life insurance, a retirement/401(k) plan with profit sharing, paid holidays, and paid time off including birthday leave.

Position Summary

Provides leadership and direction to Tribal Member Services Division. Provides daily oversight, accountability, and effectiveness to ensure goals and objectives are achieved. Provides budgetary oversight for labor, department and program expenses, supplies and equipment. Work is of a complex nature involving the need to make non-routine decisions and communicate complex and sometimes technical information about programs and services. There are frequent interruptions and changing priorities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Establishes and promotes the mission and direction of the Tribal Member Services Division.

Provides administrative technical assistance, leadership, and supervision of Tribal Member services departments to assure compliance with policies and procedures.

Assists Directors or Programs in establishing departmental goals and objectives for the Annual Operations plan.

Responsible for preparation, planning, and monitoring Departments budgets on a monthly basis with Department Directors.

Maintains effective internal and external communications.

Provide leadership to departments to enable them to make decisions, organize, program design, prioritize and delegate tasks.

Facilitates Tribal Member Services Department Director meetings regularly.

Approves expenditure requests from department directors to assure compliance with all tribal, state and federal government regulations and grant restrictions.

Participates and monitors internal and external audits of departments and implements necessary corrective actions with departments.

Responsible for projects as assigned by Administrative Manager or Tribal Council.

Monitors and reviews Tribal Member Services programs to improve effectiveness and efficiency.

Ensures departments are implementing teamwork strategies to meet organizational and departmental goals.

Participates in the development of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians Vision, Mission, and Strategic Direction.

Accurately maintains logs, wait lists and other database information for various Tribal Programs and Services in order to provide the most recent data to the Administrative Manager or Tribal Council as requested.

Represents the Administrative Manager when appropriate.

Prepares reports as needed for Grantees, Tribal Programs or Tribal Services; ensures that reports are completed and filed timely.

Assesses and/or evaluates each Director or Program Manager’s ability to meet administrative requirements.

Provides leadership for Directors or Program Managers meetings to achieve implementation, coordination, and policy improvement or to meet special needs of the Administration, Council, or Community. Approves expenditure requests from department directors or program managers to assure compliance with all tribal, state and federal government regulations and grant restrictions.

Reviews Tribal Council and administrative goals to develop departmental goals with the director or program manager. Monitors progress towards accomplishment of goals and takes corrective action when necessary. Integrates accomplishments and/or changes into all related systems as…