SHI - Cultural Specialist - TCL - Juneau Alaska

Company: Sealaska Corp.
Location: Juneau, Alaska
Posted On: 01/27/2025

105 Heritage Wy, Juneau, AK 99801, USA Req #407 Job Summary The objective of the Thru the Cultural Lens: Deepening Connections Cultural Specialist is to provide direct cultural support for the Thru the Cultural Lens program at Sealaska Heritage Institute. Independent judgement is required to plan, prioritize, and organize diversified workloads. This position will be responsible for scheduling with individual team members to provide project and program-level support for Indigenous knowledge content and collaboration with Elders and additional cultural specialists. Duties/Responsibilities

• Oversee cultural components of Thru the Cultural Lens programs.
• Identify areas where cultural protocols and practices could be integrated into programming, curriculum, and activities.
• Collaborate on the integration of appropriate Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian Indigenous Knowledge, customs, protocols, and values into SHI Thru the Cultural Lens Program activities, curriculum, pedagogy, grant proposals, presentations, and events.
• Facilitate community connections for Thru the Cultural Lens activities by Elders and additional cultural specialists ensuring appropriate introductions, invitations, and compensation.
• Support for planning and instruction for annual professional development.
• Provide feedback to evaluators and Leadership team about Thru the Cultural Lens activities. Required Skills
  • Expertise in traditional ecological knowledge specific to Southeast Alaska Native culture and Southeast Alaska's communities\
  • Experience working with others in a sharing/teaching capacity
  • Experience in secondary education
  • Demonstrated effective verbal and interpersonal communication skills Supervisory Responsibility This position will have no direct reports. This position's duties are performed at the Walter Soboleff Building. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines. Physical Demands While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to verbally communicate. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, and climbing. The employee must frequently lift and/or move objects up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move objects up to 50 pounds. About this Role This is a full-time benefited position. SHI employees are expected to work during SHI's regular business hours of 8:00am to 4:30pm Monday to Friday. Additionally, employees may work up to or over 45 hours per week or additional time as needed to meet workload demands or special events such as Celebration. Required Education and Experience
    • Bachelor of Arts or Science Degree in education or project-related field
    • 3 years of professional work in project management and program coordination
    • Experience sharing Cultural knowledge, Values, Indigenous Science, Tribal governance, etc. specific to Southeast Alaska Native culture and Southeast Alaska's communities Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Review the Benefits associated with this position: https://www.sealaska.com/benefits/
      
      Who is Sealaska? Established in 1972, Sealaska is the Alaska Native regional corporation for Southeast Alaska. Our 23,000 shareholders are Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian people with more than 10,000 years of ancestral ties to the oceans, forests and communities of Southeast Alaska. We serve the twin goals of economic prosperity and environmental protection. Sealaska Heritage Institute is anaffiliate of Sealaska. We are committed to providing the best possible climate for maximum development and goal achievement for all our employees. As a subsidiary of a Native-owned company, Sealaska Heritage Institute is proud to promote an inclusive and diverse workplace, with respect for the cultural traditions in the communities where we operate. Sealaska Heritage Institute is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants are considered without regard to race, color, sex, gender, age, religion or religious creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. However, preference may be extended to an enrolled member of a federally-recognized Indian Tribe.* *"Indian Tribe" means an Indian Tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat. 668; 43 U.S.C. 1601) which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.
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