Pathways for Native Educators Coordinator

POSITION SUMMARY:

Date application must be received for priority consideration by: November 15, 2024
Anticipated Appointment Begin Date: December 9, 2024
Closing Date or if blank, Open Until Filled:
Job Family Group: Administrative and Professional
Division/Department: Academic and Student Affairs/Education and Social Sciences
Compensation Range (commensurate with experience): $18.06 -$21.10/hourly or $3,131.33-$3,657.33 monthly @ 1.0 FTE
FLSA Status: Exempt (FLSA status may change January 2025 pending federal regulations)
Appointment Basis: 12-month
Time Type: Full-time
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Renewable/Non-renewable/Grants/Limited Duration: Non-renewable/Grant Funded
Grant funded position with an anticipated end date of June 30, 2026. Possible extension based on continued funding.
This position must possess and maintain a current, valid Driver License: Yes
This position is designated as a critical, security-sensitive or safety-sensitive position; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a Criminal Background Check: Yes
Lead Work/Supervisory Responsibilities: Yes/No
Work Location Type: On-campus/Hybrid/Fully-Remote
Work Hours: M-F (8:00a – 5:00p) Hours are subject to change with notice.
Worker Status: Must be able to legally work in the United States without visa sponsorship

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANT:

• Each applicant is required to provide (as attachments to the online application) the following supplemental documents: (1) a letter providing some detail of the applicant’s qualifications and interest in the position; and (2) current resume/CV
• For inquiries and additional information, please contact Human Resource Services via email at hrs@sou.edu or by phone at (541)552-8553.
• To view SOU’s very generous benefits and pension programs available to eligible positions, please visit https://inside.sou.edu/assets/hrs/Benefits/Benefit_Flyer/2024_Prospective_Candidate_Benefit_Overview_012024.pdf
• Our benefits package is an important complement to the offered salary and our Total Compensation Calculator, https://inside.sou.edu/hrs/comp-calc.html, demonstrates our value and commitment to our employees.

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

The primary purpose of the Pathways for Native Educators Coordinator (PNEC) is to build a pipeline into teaching for Native educators. A secondary focus of the PNEC will also assist in building pathways for SOU behavioral health programs.

The PNEC will work in coordination with the SOU Native Nations Liaison to build relationships with Tribal Partners and Indigenous Oregonians. The PNEC will be responsible for publicizing all of the SOU programs that lead to educator licensure or behavioral health degrees; especially those that are available remotely. The PNEC will also visit schools, school districts and community colleges to meet with prospective students, school administrators, as well as faculty and staff.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in education or closely related field.
• Experience with Oregon Teacher Licensure (TSPC) requirements and regulations can be used to offset the educational background requirement.
• Experience working with Tribal entities Ability to demonstrate knowledge of and/or experience with Tribal history, politics, law, and Tribal sovereignty.
• One year of experience basic grant management skills including budget, outcome tracking, grant writing and report writing

Preferred Requirements

• Experience working with Oregon Tribal entities.
• Ability to demonstrate significant experience 3 years working with Tribal partners.
• Experience as licensed teacher in Oregon, public, K-12 schools.
• Experience as a principal investigator on a grant grant writing experience

Essential Functions

Duties - The following examples are typical work activities that are meant to illustrate the general range of work functions and are not meant to be all-inclusive or restrictive:

(40%) Duties Include

• Supporting and understanding programmatic systems for Ed licensure programs.
• Supporting the development of programmatic systems and maintaining programmatic details for behavioral health programs.
• Assisting with fiscal planning and tracking spending progress, monitoring activities for Ed Equity grant alignment.
• Crafting and sending timely programmatic communications to prospective and current students.

(40%) Duties Include

• Meeting with local and regional Tribal partners.
• Meeting with local and regional schools, school districts, educational service districts and community colleges to promote SOU education pathways to students, faculty, staff, and administrators.
• Planning events and professional development workshops and advising non-degree-seeking students on academic credit options, including potential education and behavioral health pathways, and assisting them in navigating the University systems and policies.

(10%) Duties Include

• Liaising with Chair, Program Coordinators and licensure staff in SOU’s Education Department and behavioral health programs.
• Assisting in the development of program marketing and planning materials.

(10%) Duties Include

• Assisting students with SOU onboarding processes including applications, financial aid, course registration.
• Designing, maintaining, and collecting outcome data for grant reporting.
• Participating in writing project summaries and reports.

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

• Excellent communication skills; demonstrated ability to effectively communicate information in a clear and understandable manner, both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrated customer service experience requiring a very high level of diplomacy and professionalism to effectively handle a broad range of sensitive interpersonal situations.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and consistently apply a wide variety of complex policies and procedures where specific guidelines may not always exist.
• Expressed ability to work with frequent changes in policies and procedures, under pressure of deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to proactively assess work operations and anticipate potential problems; ability to develop and implement strategies for preventing/resolving problems.
• Great ability to effectively perform work of a highly sensitive and confidential nature that requires access to information. Must be able to exercise sound judgment and discretion, tact, and diplomacy.
• Takes initiative in independently planning, organizing, and performing work assignments within broadly defined parameters
• Demonstrated ability to work with a high level of productivity and accuracy/attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with the demonstrated ability to set own priorities to coordinate multiple assignments with fluctuating and time-sensitive deadlines.
• Excellent computer skills and proficiency with a variety of computer applications including word processing, spreadsheets, databases, online systems, social media platforms, Internet as well as online calendaring and email.
• Demonstrated ability to initiate, establish, and foster communication and teamwork by maintaining a positive, cooperative, productive work atmosphere in and outside the University with the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships within a diverse population and with those from various cultural backgrounds.
• Willingness to and work effectively in a heavily bureaucratic environment which requires regular interaction with a number of levels within the organization and multiple outside agencies.
• Working knowledge or ability to quickly learn, university infrastructure, policies, and procedures.
• Demonstrated skills in an institutional/educational environment utilizing a customer-oriented and service-centered attitude.
• Cultural competence, particularly, knowledge of indigenous cultures.
• Creative problem solving.

Physical Demands

• Ability to travel long distances.
• Interact with others in-person, via phone and email.

Special Conditions

• Must be willing to travel and attend training programs off-site for occasional professional development.
• Must be able to work additional hours and adjust working hours to meet special jobs. May be called back periodically to perform work as needed on an emergency basis.
• Must be able to successfully pass a pre-employment background check.
• This position classification has been defined as exempt and is not subject to the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
• The person holding this position is considered a mandatory reporter under the Oregon Revised Statutes and is required to comply with the requirements set forth by the Oregon Department of Human Services.
• This position is grant funded and renewal of appointment is contingent upon continued funding. When a grant experiences a loss in funding, employees whose appointments are funded by that grant may be terminated without notice.

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SOU is an equal access AA/EOE committed to achieving a diverse and inclusive workforce

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Southern Oregon University will provide, if requested, reasonable accommodation to applicants in need of accommodation in order to provide access to the application, interviewing, and selection process. You are not required to note the presence of a disability on this application. If, however, you require a reasonable accommodation in the application and/or interview process due to disability, requests must be made in a timely manner to Human Resources.

Diversity Statement:
Southern Oregon University is a welcoming community committed to inclusive excellence and the celebration of diversity. Without diversity, our educational process is diminished. Working together in support of our commitment to diversity, we strengthen and enrich our role as learners, educators and members of a tightly connected global community. We encourage those who share in our commitment to diversity, to join our community and we expect all our employees to demonstrate an ability and desire to create an inclusive campus community.

SOU Land Acknowledgement
We want to take this moment to acknowledge that Southern Oregon University is located within the ancestral homelands of the Shasta, Takelma, and Latgawa peoples who lived here since time immemorial. These Tribes were displaced during rapid Euro-American colonization, the Gold Rush, and armed conflict between 1851 and 1856. In the 1850s, the discovery of gold and settlement brought thousands of Euro-Americans to their lands, leading to warfare, epidemics, starvation, and villages being burned. In 1853 the first of several treaties were signed, confederating these Tribes and others together – who would then be referred to as the Rogue River Tribe. These treaties ceded most of their homelands to the United States, and in return, they were guaranteed a permanent homeland reserved for them. At the end of the Rogue River Wars in 1856, these Tribes and many other Tribes from western Oregon were removed to the Siletz Reservation and the Grand Ronde Reservation. Today, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (https://www.grandronde.org) and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians (https://www.ctsi.nsn.us/) are living descendants of the Takelma, Shasta, and Latgawa peoples of this area. We encourage YOU to learn about the land you reside on and to join us in advocating for the inherent sovereignty of Indigenous people.

Notice to Prospective Employees
Section 485 of the Higher Education Act, and The Federal Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990 (now referred to as the “Clery Act”), require that prospective employees be notified of the availability of SOU’s Annual Security and Fire Safety Report. The report provides the annual statistics and campus policies for the reporting of and responding to campus crimes and fires; access to campus facilities; conduct code and campus policies on the use, possession, and sale of drugs/alcohol; and educational/information programs to inform the campus community about campus security procedures and crime prevention.

An electronic copy of the Annual Security Report (ASR)can be accessed at the following link:
https://inside.sou.edu/security/statistics.html. A physical copy of the ASR is available at no charge upon request. To request a copy please visit the Campus Public Safety Office at 382 Wightman Street, Ashland OR 97520. For more information call 541-552-6258, or email clerycoordinator@sou.edu.

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