Tribal Corps Youth Crew Leader; Temporary

Job Opportunities

Thank you for your interest in employment with Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation. We employ a broad range of qualified applicants with experience for positions at our different locations. Please submit a completed application with your resume to the Human Resources Department.

Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified American Indian and Alaska Native candidates in accordance with the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 (Title 25, USC, Section 472). If you are claiming Indian Preference, you must submit your Tribal documentation with your application.

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• Associate's degree equivalent to four (4) years of experience
• Bachelor's degree equivalent to eight (8) years of experience

• Serve as lead for Tribal Corp Crew volunteers on 12 on-site projects throughout the calendar year, scheduled during the academic calendar year breaks.
• Work with the Tribal Corps coordinator to assist in development of individual Tribal Corps educational and career pathway goals.
• Provide professional, behavioral and project guidance; ensuring standards of behavior, conduct and project quality are maintained.
• Demonstrate the ability to make appropriate adaptations when encountering changing conditions. Ensure own safety in all aspects of assignment and for others.
• Ability to research, present findings, and make recommendations in a clear and logical manner.
• Demonstrate the ability to learn, share, practice, and impart traditional and contemporary Tolowa Dee-ni' knowledge, culture and language as related to cultural and natural resources.
• Prepare written and oral reports and presentations.
• Conduct GPS data collection pertaining to Tribal natural & cultural resources Assist and participate in cultural resource field surveys and possible mapping.
• Propagate and maintain propagated & native plants for possible projects mitigation. Cut and remove brush, small trees, and other vegetation using equipment included but not limited to: chainsaws, weed-eaters, trimmers, handsaws, pole saws, rakes, McLeods, Pulaskis, pruning shears, broom pullers, shovels, walk-behind mowers, etc. to achieve desired project results.
• Other duties as assigned.

All Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation employees are expected to consistently demonstrate the organization’s values: integrity, cultural sensitivity and respect for traditional values, continual learning and improving, compassion, teamwork and pride. Employees are expected to demonstrate integrity, professionalism, accountability, cooperation with and consideration of others.

All Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation employees are expected to have general knowledge of typical office technologies such as computers, printers, copiers, fax machines, and typical office software.

• Knowledge of Tribal services
• Knowledge related to traditional land management, Tolowa Dee-ni' territory, landscapes, ecosystems, cultural and natural resources
• Knowledge of regional and cultural customs and values.

All Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation employees are expected to have a broad range of skills and abilities centered around a strong citizen focus, efficient performance, and teamwork. All employees should have customer service skills, interpersonal skills and good communication skills. All employees should have the ability to manage their time and organize their work to ensure efficient performance. In addition, all employees should have the ability to follow policy, procedure and instructions, actively communicate with their supervisors to ensure understanding and manage their work accordingly.

Finally, all employees should have the ability to understand and manage citizen confidentiality.

• Problem solving and critical thinking skills
• Interpersonal skills and teamwork.

• High School Diploma or equivalent (GED) required.
• Valid state issued driver’s license and/or the ability to obtain a California or Oregon driver’s license. Must be insurable on the Nation’s insurance policy.

• Use hands and arms to operate office or field equipment.
• Sit more than half the workday.
• Stand and/or walk less than half the workday.
• Bend, stretch, twist, crouch and/or reach
• View electronic monitors for prolonged periods of time.
• Use hands and arm for repetitive motion tasks consistently for more than one hour at a time.
• Lift or carry unaided less than 50 pounds.
• Push or pull using up to moderate force.
• See and hear with normal acuity.

• Work is conducted in a standard office environment
• Moderate travel is required (up to 50% of the time)
• Work is sometimes in confined spaces and in areas of high noise and/or high/low temperatures