Friends of the Children is looking for an extraordinary professional to join our national team. Are you flexible, detailed orientated and ready to be part of a dynamic growing organization? Is working for an organization that inspires you a critical aspect of your job search? We may have the perfect career for you.
Our mission is to impact generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors for 12+ years no matter what. Our mission continues to evolve and grow. As an organization we have created the Tribal Programs Department to lead our work across Indian Country. We seek to enhance the Friends of the Children model with Indigenous culture as a protective factor in our tribal serving and culturally specific sites. As the Tribal Program Coordinator, you will work closely with our Tribal Program Team to provide the support needed to achieve our ambitious scaling plan to serve as many children across Indian Country as possible.
The Tribal Program Coordinator is responsible for coordinating diversified functions and activities for our Tribal Program Team. This position will support cultivating and maintaining relationships between Friends of the Children and Sovereign Tribal Nations by ensuring effective development and implementation of tribal specific tools, resources, and best practices. This position organizes and anticipates the needs of the Tribal Program team as well as Indigenous the needs of Indigenous serving chapters and takes the initiative to support and seek out solutions. The Tribal Program Coordinator understands, supports, promotes and clearly articulates Friends of the Children’s mission, vision, values, and principles in daily interactions with internal and external customers.
Do you want the option to work from home? This role is remote.
Want to know more? See the job description below:
Are you this amazing leader? Here's what we have to offer you:
- Opportunity to help grow and support an organization that demands equity from ourselves and from our community.
- Opportunity to partner with a diverse, growing network of independent chapters across the country to implement long-term, sustainable change.
- A comprehensive benefits package.
- Compensation commensurate with experience and geographical location: $23.07/hourly-$28.85/hourly (approximately $48k-$60k).
- Most of all, you get to amplify the stories of youth and families, showing the impact of an exceptional organization that helps children facing incredible odds change their life stories every day.
**** ** Essential Functions and Responsibilities:**
- Serve as an internal subject matter expert on tribal histories, treaties, sovereignty, self- governance, protocols, customs and traditions, and Indigenous cultural resources for Friends of the Children.
- Develop topics for and facilitate Buffalo Circle working group.
- Lead Quality Improvement efforts on behalf of Tribal Programs.
- Approve and develop tribal specific marketing/outreach materials.
- Attend Internal and External meetings on behalf of Chief Officer of Advancement and Tribal Relations (ie Native Americans in Philanthropy Program Group, Indigenous specific webinars and conferences, Internal work groups).
- Prospect Indigenous specific funding opportunities for National and Indigenous serving chapters.
- Create and maintain relationships with other national Indigenous serving organizations.
- Support and contribute to development of Indigenous specific trainings to support National, National Board, and chapters throughout the Friends of the Children Network.
- Research and contribute to funding opportunities for national and Indigenous serving chapters.
- Create and maintain relationships with other national Indigenous serving organizations.
- Gather and compile data specific to chapters that fall within the scope of Tribal Programs.
- Liaison between National Programs team and Tribal Programs.
- Coordinate flow of information between Tribal Programs and all other national teams (ie Expansion, HR, Finance).
- Create and maintain relationships with Indigenous partner organizations.
- Facilitate communication and cultivate relationships by acting as a liaison with chapters, volunteers, staff and others to ensure effective communication and relationships with all constituencies.
- Organization and support of in-person/virtual Convenings such as Opportunity for Friends or Program Director Summit.
- Manage Travel for Tribal Programs team.
- Support the entering of expenses for Chief Officer of Advancement and Tribal Relations resources to support Tribal expansion work.
- Coordinate and organize meetings for Tribal Programs team.
- Maintain and coordinate calendars for Tribal Programs team.
- Collaborate with Chief Officer of Advancement and Tribal Relations and consultants to create documents, tools, and resources to support Tribal expansion work.
- Attend and co-present at events that enhance and move forward Indigenous body of work for Friends of the Children.
- Provide training and technical assistance to Indigenous serving chapters.
- Complete other projects and tasks as assigned.
**** ** E** ** ssential Skills and Abilities:**
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience working with sovereign tribal nations.
- Knowledge of tribal, state and federal Indian law and policy.
- Knowledge of Indigenous historic and cultural resources.
- Self motivated with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment under minimal supervision.
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills.
- Ability to advise on and support relationship building with tribal nations.
- Ability to coordinate closely with a broad range of internal and external team members, agency departments, Tribal governments, staff stakeholders to efficiently advance the mission.
- Strong cross-cultural communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to identify problems, take a solution-oriented approach and put into action creative solutions for success;
- Competency and skills in the basic principles of project management including project development, planning and monitoring;
- Excellent written and oral communication skills. This position builds relationships in-person, on the phone, and via video conferencing with diverse individuals inside and outside the organization.
- Must possess a high level of organization, attention to detail with the ability to multi-task.
- Pro-actively prioritize, coordinate, and plan work activities; Use time efficiently; meet deadlines.
- Ability to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner; Use reason even when dealing with emotional topics.
- Ability to take initiative, maintain positivity, be self-motivated and work effectively on projects with minimal direct supervision.
- Ability to work independently and set own priorities.
- Ability to resolve issues while maintaining a good working relationship with internal and external customers.
- Adapt to changes in the work environment; Manage competing demands; Change approach or method to best fit the situation; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
- Willingness and ability to work on both individual and team projects.
- Strong technical skills in Office 365, Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook), Teams, Canva, Adobe Acrobat, and Salesforce.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality and model organizational values.
- Demonstrated ability to draft/produce accurate correspondence and reports.
- Demonstrated ability to edit written materials accurately and consistently, including own work.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Able to plan, organize and implement projects and to follow up as required.
- Ability to work in diverse environments.
- Ability to cultivate and sustain relationships and work effectively with a wide variety of constituencies, including staff, program children, organizational supporters, current and potential donors, board members, foundations, and community partners.
- Ability to represent the organization to a wide variety of audiences in an inclusive, effective manner.
- Ability to effectively manage and prioritize several issues/tasks concurrently, meet deadlines and communicate status effectively.
- Ability to research and learn new technological tools.
** Required Education, Experience, and Abilities:**
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required. Three years’ experience working with Sovereign Tribal Nations or programs supporting Indigenous communities in support or leadership position(s), including programmatic or executive level support experience.
Preferred Experience and Abilities:
- Desktop publishing and design experience.
- Experience with federal funding streams.
- Significant experience and expertise in Indigenous cultural specifically tribal histories, treaties, sovereignty, self-governance, protocols, customs and traditions, and Indigenous cultural resources.
Culture of Belonging:
Friends of the Children endeavors to create a culture where each and every staff knows they belong. From our policies to our procedures and practices, we aim to create an environment that is healthy, safe, accepting, supportive, and kind. Our benefits are one way to depict our value for work harmony, empowerment, health, and happiness.
Benefits : Our competitive compensation, benefits package, and employee engagement demonstrate our values to families, children, healthy relationships, love, empowerment, goal achievement, and equity. We are continuously seeking feedback and researching best practices to meet the needs of staff and their families. Below are ways we actualize a culture of care for each and every staff member.
- Health: Friends of the Children had covers 100% of employee only health premium for 2 of the 3 plans
- Dental: Friends of the Children covers 100% of employee only premium
- Vision: Friends of the Children covers 100% of employee only premium
- Basic Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment: 100% paid by Friends of the Children
- Short Term Disability and Long-Term Disability: 100% paid by Friends of the Children
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA): Employees may contribute to an FSA account: Healthcare FSA minimum of $100 maximum of $3,050.
- Employee Assistance Program
- Voluntary Benefits such as Critical Illness, Hospitalization, Legal, etc.
- 401(k) savings plan with a company matches up to the first 4% of earnings that the employee contributes.
- Cell phone Reimbursement: Employee is eligible for a cell phone reimbursement not to exceed $50/month.
- Internet Service Reimbursement: Employee is eligible for an internet service reimbursement not to exceed $25/month.
- Office reimbursement of $150 per year.
- Time off: Full-time employees of Friends are eligible for up to three weeks of paid vacation annually as well as paid sick leave. The first year the time is pro-rated.
- Career Development after the first year of employment.
- Summer hours
- Employee Perks and Discount Programs including savings on hotels, rental cars, travel, entertainment, streaming services, electronics, eCommerce, and so much more
** Compensation:**
- $23.07/hourly-$28.85/hourly (approximately $48k-$60k) (Compensation commensurate with experience and geographical location)
** Location**
Applications without cover letters will not be considered; please use this as an opportunity to convey why you want to be the **** Tribal Coordinator Program at Friends of the Children!
Friends of the Children is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to addressing discriminatory practices, and to working toward racial equity. The equal employment opportunity policy of Friends of the Children provides fair and equal opportunities for all employees and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, familial status, disability, or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. Friends of the Children hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.
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