Cultural Arts Program Coordinator

4 weeks ago


Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States Native, Inc Full time
Job Description

Native, Inc. is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Cultural Arts Program Coordinator to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing cultural enrichment activities at our site location, including daily after-school activities, community-wide culture events, and regularly scheduled culture, arts, and performance exhibitions and sweat lodge ceremonies.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Recruit and 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.
  • Plan, enroll, and facilitate on-site Culture Nights three Wednesdays each month.
  • Lead Cultural Arts and Education activities in a variety of settings.
  • Provide after-school and evening Cultural Arts and Spiritual activities, Monday – Thursday, 2:30 - 9:00 pm.
  • Coordinate class instructors and volunteers during Culture and Arts Nights and other events.
  • Coordinate 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.
  • Network 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.
  • Complete monthly cultural arts report.
  • Collect, file, and maintain confidential data, including 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 a graphic artist to create flyers/media print/newsletter articles/community list-serve and website postings promoting and advertising cultural arts activities and classes.
  • Purchase and inventory 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, including 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.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree or 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience working within diverse populations, specifically with the urban and reservation Native American population, including working within a tribe, board, or other organization.
  • Demonstrated ability coordinating groups, especially youth or volunteers.
  • 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, etc.

Work Environment: 90% office/classroom, 10% outside office, including travel time.

Physical Requirements:

  • Work schedule and location are subject to change based on organizational needs and programs.
  • The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk or hear, taste or smell.
  • The employee may be required to sit for extended periods.
  • The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
  • Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Equipment Used: Computer, phone, fax, copy machine.

Safety Considerations: Some travel may be required.

Other Requirements:

  1. Valid North Dakota Driver License (must be eligible to be an insured driver under NATIVE, Inc.'s liability insurance policy).
  2. Successful completion of a background investigation, including a fingerprint criminal history check.


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