Position:                    Culture and Arts Program Coordinator

Compensation:          $21.63 - $24.00 per hour 

Benefits:                    Medical, Dental, Vision, AFLAC, Simple IRA, Paid Time Off includes accrued hours, and paid holidays

Employment Status:  Regular, Full-Time, Non-Exempt 

Schedule:                   Varies depending on evening classes and occasional weekends as assigned.

Job Location:             Grand Forks, North Dakota

Reports To:                Director of Youth and Family Programs

Posted:                       October 15, 2024

Closes:                       October 29, 2024

Position Description:

The Culture and Arts Program Coordinator is responsible for providing cultural enrichment activities at the site location indicated on this announcement. This position provides direct support to Native American students and families by offering daily after-school activities, community-wide culture events, and regularly scheduled culture, arts and performance exhibitions and sweat lodge ceremonies.

Essential Functions:

• Recruit, capacity build a cohort of Native artists, cultural bearers and Tribal language instructors in your area.

• Coordinate events calendar for the culture, arts, language and spiritual activities with local staff and Native artists and cultural bearers in your area. 

• Coordinate contractor schedules and contracts and payments for the culture, arts, language and spiritual activities with Finance staff and Native artists and cultural bearers in your area.

• Host Native Artisan Markets at least three times a year.

• Planning, enrollment, and facilitation of on-site Culture Nights three Wednesdays each month.

• Leading Cultural Arts and Education activities in a variety of settings.

• Providing after school and evening Cultural Arts and Spiritual activities, Monday – Thursday, 2:30 - 9:00 pm.

• Coordination of class instructors and volunteers during Culture and Arts Nights and other events.

• Coordinating with community partners and members for Native Dance and Drumming and all other cultural events.

• Make referrals to NATIVE, Inc. services or external services when needed by participants of cultural programs. 
• Promote awareness, understanding, and appreciation of diverse and inclusive Native community.
• Ensure a safe and supportive environment for youth participants at events. 
• Research and identify relevant culture and language curriculums and coordinate and facilitate a community cultural advisory committee to obtain feedback on the needed improvements to existing and developments of new cultural programs. 

• Become trained in Native American curriculums and facilitate programs to Native people, youth and families.

• Networking departmentally and inter-departmentally to form and facilitate planning committees.

• Collect and record client data and evaluation tools for the purposes of data entry as well as grant requirements. Data entry and evaluation will take place for both the youth participants and adult volunteers.

• Complete monthly cultural arts report.

• Collect, file, and maintain confidential data, (i.e., electronic, and manual records of vendors and program participation sign-up sheets, agency referrals, etc.) to supervisor when requested.

• Collect and record all in kind donations and services for grant reporting purposes.

• Assist in database management, including entering client data.

• Create or work with graphic artist to create flyers/media print/newsletter articles/community list-serve and website postings promoting and advertising cultural arts activities and classes.

• Purchasing and inventory of cultural arts supplies and maintain storage.

• Assist with the preparation for an end of the year event for Dance, Regalia and Drum class students.

• Youth and Family Culture Nights/Field Trips: Cultural Arts and Education activities may periodically be held on weekends and evenings. It is expected that the Cultural Arts Support Staff will have a flexible schedule to accommodate being present and participating in these activities.

• Develop collaborative relationships with nearby Tribes and a wide variety of area stakeholders (i.e., public schools, museums, partner organizations, Native artist/cultural bearers, community members, etc.).

• Outreach to community for exhibitions, workshops, events and culture, arts and spiritual activities.

Qualifications:

Education & Training:

• Bachelor’s Degree/ Combination of equivalent education and experience may be an acceptable substitute.

• Knowledge of Native American cultural arts and dance.

• Knowledge of Native American history, an understanding of the diversity of the local American Indian community and issues surrounding the Urban Indian experience required.

• Experience with basic traditional teachings and practices. 

Certifications/Credentials:

• Certification (or ability to certify) and ability to maintain certification in Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). 

Experience:

• Experience working within diverse populations (specifically with the urban and reservation Native American population, including working within a tribe, board, or other organization) strongly preferred

• Demonstrated ability coordinating groups, especially youth or volunteers Skills:

• Ability to deal with different people and situations appropriately, including effective communication with multiple stakeholders including Tribal members, parents, students, Tribal leaders, and school staff

• Communication skills, active listening, verbal and written, including public presentation skills

• Strong Community Building Skills

• Proficient computer skills including:

  • Web-based research

  • Word Processing

  • MS Excel

  • Database use

  • Email