Business Technician; Special Education​/D02P

Position: Business Technician (Special Education) / 2026-D02P02-025
## VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT### Business Technician (Special Education)
** UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
** BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION  Chemawa Indian School  Salem, OR
** POSITION TITLE & GRADE:
** Business Technician (Special Education), CY-0303-02    
** POSITION INFORMATION:
** Full time, School Year    Salary Range $23.84 to $33.87, Per Hour      
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* LOCATION:

** Chemawa Indian School, Salem, OR ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER:
2026-D02P02-025    Vacancies  1  Issue Date: 09/24/26    Closing Date: 10/15/26 - 03:30 pm, Pacific Timezone The Bureau of Indian Education's mission is to provide quality education opportunities from early childhood through life in accordance with the tribes' needs for cultural and economic well-being and in keeping with the wide diversity of Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages as distinct cultural and governmental entities. The Department of the Interior(DOI) places a high value on diversity of experience and cultural perspectives and encourages applications from all interested eligible candidates.

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility(DEIA) are fundamental principles that guide the Department and allow us to successfully achieve our mission.### JOIN US AS WE INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION!
** STATEMENT OF DUTIES:
** Incumbent will create and maintain a safe, positive learning environment to ensure the holistic development of each student and staff member through cultural, social, spiritual, physical and academic experience. Incumbent will support the Bureau of Indian Education’s mission, which is to provide high quality education opportunities from early childhood through life while considering a tribe’s need for cultural and economic well-being.

In performing this mission, the BIE takes into account the spiritual, mental, physical, and cultural aspects of school-aged children within their family and tribal community. To meet its trust responsibility to Indian Tribes, BIE works to strengthen education opportunities for American Indian students to be successful and competitive globally; to enhance student participation in their tribal communities; and support tribes in nation-building, in development of the next generation of tribal leaders.

Responsibilities:

The Business Technician (Special Education) supports the Special Education Program. Some of the duties are:
Maintain the reception area to ensure professional appearance including maintenance of up-to-date directories, personnel and student lists, and other guides and references to be accurately responsive to callers and visitors. Provide information in person or by telephone using general knowledge of the school. Responsible for a wide range of reports, budgets, forms, letter, memorandums, and other required documents. Responsible for display information, accuracy, format, spacing, spelling, punctuation and grammatical correctness.

The Business Technician (Special Education) is the liaison for the Parent Committee and the Assistant Principal. Responsible for a full range of procedural duties in support of the Assistant Principal and the department such as maintaining and archiving special education files according to established policies, requisitioning supplies, printing, maintenance service, filing out various travel forms for staff members, arranging for meeting rooms and preparing scheduled reports from information readily available in the files or provided by Assistant Principal or teachers/paraprofessionals.
** INDIAN PREFERENCE POLICY:
** Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (Title 25, USC, Section 472). Verification Form BIA-4432 mustbe submitted with the application if claiming Indian Preference. Consideration…