EMPLOYMENT
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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.
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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.
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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
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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 programs 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.
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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. Candidates
skills should include a familiarity with Raisers 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:
Candidates skills should include a familiarity with Raisers
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.
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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 Childrens 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 Childrens Study
http://www.nationalchildrensstudy.gov/Pages/default.aspx
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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 programs 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 programs 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.
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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
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