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Opportunities - Page One
 
 
Here you will find opportunity listings for the following categories:
 
 
 
 
We will update this page if we receive additional opportunities for events, etc. that will occur before our issue publication date.
 
 
 
We receive these announcements from various sources including Harvard University Native American Program (HUNAP)
 
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Employer: University of British Columbia
Position: Tenure Track Position in Indigenous Studies/First Nations Studies

Application deadline: October 15, 2011
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Website: http://fnsp.arts.ubc.ca/

Job Description:
This position involves teaching in the core curriculum of the program, the opportunity to develop additional curriculum, the mentoring of Aboriginal students and supervision of graduate students, liaison with Aboriginal communities and organizations, and participation in program development and other program functions. The successful candidate will be expected to maintain an active program of research, teaching, graduate supervision, and service.

Qualifications:
Applicants should have a Ph.D. in Indigenous studies or a related Arts Faculty discipline at the time of appointment, and have a record of or clear potential for excellent research, teaching, graduate student supervision, and publication, as well as a documented ability to work with Aboriginal students and communities.

Employer: The Ford Foundation
Position: Program Officer

Application deadline: January 2012

Location: Santiago, Chile
Website: www.fordfound.org/employment

Job description:
The Program Officer will design, implement, monitor and evaluate a portfolio of grants addressing issues
relating to advancing higher education access and success by historically discriminated groups, especially Afro descendants and indigenous people. S/he will be expected to evaluate current strategies against the changing context and identify new priorities for the future in close consultation with a broad range of activists and civil society representatives, government officials, scholars and public policy analysts. The Program Officer should also focus on lessons learned and scaling up opportunities with an eye towards contributing to the design and implementation of public policies.

Qualifications:
Substantive knowledge of the Latin American social and educational fields. Appropriate educational background, including an advanced degree in the social sciences, public policy or law. Significant professional and policy experience working with a range of civil society and government actors. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Ability to conceptualize program ideas and strategies. Demonstrated analytical, writing and organizational skills. Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with colleagues of diverse backgrounds and perspectives. Fluency in Spanish and English.

Employer: Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

Positions:
Marketing Supervisor; Electrical Instructor, Marinette, LTE (2); Shipfitter Instructor, Marinette, LTE; Pipefitter Instructor, Marinette, LTE; Welding Instructor, Marinette, LTE; Science Learning Assistant; Public Safety Assistant, Part-Time; WIA Case Specialist; Clerical Support, General Studies, Part-Time (2); Dean, Corporate Training and Economic Development; Events and Middle School Specialist, LTE; Accounting Instructors, West Regional Learning Center, Part-Time; Psychology/Sociology Instructors, West Regional Learning Center, Part-Time; Nursing Assistant Instructors, Regional Learning Centers, Part-Time

Location: Green Bay, WI
Website: http://www.nwtc.edu/aboutus/human-resources/employment/Pages/JobOpenings.aspx

Employer: American Indian College Fund
Position: Program Officer

Location: Denver, CO
Website: www.collegefund.org
Contact: applications@collegefund.org

Job description:
The very nature of this position requires a strong belief in and support for education in Native communities. In order to recruit, administer and support TCU faculty, the incumbent must provide assistance to candidates and subsequently the recipients of the various awards, including helping them understand the importance of completing the fellowship requirements and understanding the positive impact the program has on their TCU. The incumbent must also provide support and assistance (where appropriate) during those times when completion of the program’s requirements is challenging. This can best be achieved by somebody who has excellent program management skills and is familiar with TCUs and the American Indian communities they serve.

Employer: Cultural Survival
Position: Part-time employee

Location: Cambridge, MA
Website: www.cs.org

Contact: Send resume and cover letter to Mark Camp, Deputy Executive Director at mcamp@cs.org

Job description:
The Development Assistant serves as member of a small development team and reports to the Director of Development. Tasks include sorting of incoming mail, processing electronic and paper donations, gift acknowledgement, preparing outgoing mail, maintaining constituent records, creating reports, magazine subscription management, drafting correspondence, answering the phone, customer service, donor database maintenance, outreach at events (including bazaars), and implementing donor appeals. Candidate’s skills should include a familiarity with Raiser’s Edge, Excel, Word, Adobe, and the Internet. Candidates must be very organized and pay attention to detail. Ability to follow instructions and problem solve.

Qualifications:
Candidate’s skills should include a familiarity with Raiser’s Edge, Excel, Word, Adobe, and the internet. Candidates must be very organized and pay attention to detail with ability to follow instructions and problem solve.

Cultural Survival is an equal opportunity employer. Native Americans and other Indigenous Peoples are encouraged to apply.

Employer: National Institutes of Health

Positions:
Earl Stadtman Investigators; Principal Investigator position in clinical hematopoietic stem cell transplant therapy; Tenure Track Investigator; Scientific Director, Division of Intramural Research (DIR); Director, Clinical Research Program; Staff Scientist, Laboratory of Systems Biology: The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID; Tenure-Track Investigator, Clinical/Translational Research: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; Clinician Investigator, Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; Program Director, National Children’s Study; Staff Scientist, National Cancer Institute; Staff Clinician, Internal Medicine Consult Service (IMCS) of the Clinical Center (CC) and the Undiagnosed Diseases Program (UDP), Office of Rare Diseases, National Human Genome Research Institute and the Clinical Center

Link to NIH Fellowships, Staff Scientist and Tenured/Tenure-Track Research Positions
https://www.training.nih.gov/
https://www.training.nih.gov/career_services/jobs

Link to NIH Jobs
http://www.jobs.nih.gov/

Searchable database of all NIH intramural research projects
http://intramural.nih.gov/search/index.html

Clinical Training at NIH
http://www.cc.nih.gov/training/index.html
http://www.cc.nih.gov/training/gme.html

Earl Stadtman Investigator Application website:
http://tenuretrack.nih.gov/apply/

Lasker Clinical Research Scholars Program
http://www.nih.gov/science/laskerscholar/index.html

National Children’s Study
http://www.nationalchildrensstudy.gov/Pages/default.aspx

Employer: Employer: Creighton University Center for Health Policy and Ethics
Position: Program Director, Master of Public Health Degree Program

Application deadline: Open until filled
Location: Creighton University, Omaha, NE
Website: http://chpe.creighton.edu/aboutus/employment.htm

Job Description:
The Program Director will launch the new fully on-line MPH Program, recruit faculty, and lead The program’s continued development. The Program Director is expected to actively engage in The teaching, research, and service activities of CHPE. The Program Director is also expected to establish and implement the program’s strategic goals and collaborate to promote public health and the mission of CHPE. The Program Director reports directly to the Director of CHPE.

Qualifications:
A terminal doctoral degree in public health or a related field, express strong leadership skills, demonstrate commitment to teaching students online and to the values and mission of Jesuit education.

Employer: Michigan Indian Child Welfare Agency
Position: Family Services Specialist – part time

Application deadline: Open until filled
Location: Lansing, MI
Website: http://www.itcmi.org/services/michigan-indian-child-welfare-agency

Job Description:
Design and implement treatment programs for parents who are in crisis. Monitor and report progress to local Probate and Tribal Courts, meet with Tribal Welfare Committee members to discuss family reunification. Foster care case maintenance, such as: visitation, transportation, reports, court preparation and testimony, referrals for services. Preparation of case plan with the involvement of the family and other relevant parties, appropriate and sensitive to the needs of the child and family.
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