What are the responsibilities and job description for the Tribal Planner/Grant Writer position at Upper Sioux Community?
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
UPPER SIOUX COMMUNITY
Position: Tribal Planner
Department: Tribal Operations
Hours: Monday–Friday, 8am-4pm
Salary: $65,000-$75,000
Closing Date: Open until Filled
SUMMARY
The Tribal Planner is responsible for coordinating with all the Upper Sioux Community Departments to secure funding for
tribal programs through planning, program development, grant preparation, and administrative support. The Tribal Planner
also occupies a key role in working with Federal and State Agencies, Departments, Foundations, and other identified entities
to sustain current levels of funding as well as seeking additional opportunities to increase funding for Upper Sioux
Community Tribal Operations.
SUPERVISION
Board of Trustees
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or four (4) years of related experience.
- At least 7 years of proven successful experience in writing and obtaining grants in a tribal setting
- At least three (3) years of experience in economic and program development.
- Ability to read, understand, and effectively respond to relevant federal, state, and other grant solicitations.
- Ability to develop and communicate persuasive needs statements in grant applications to funding entities, including
the presentation of goals, objectives, measurable outcomes, work plans, evaluations plans, logic models, budgets, and
other application requirements as identified by individual funding entities.
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to compile and disseminate information to partners and funders.
- Ability to represent the interests of the Upper Sioux Community in grant applications and other written documents, at
- Ability to work independently.
- Ability to facilitate and coordinate meetings.
- Knowledge of the best practices in the field of grant writing, and the needs of individual funding entities.
- Knowledge of planning, organizing, and evaluating grants and overall grant administration and compliance; and the
- Knowledge of tribes and the relevant legal issues related to the status of tribes as sovereign nations.
Native American Preference Applied
If interested, send Resume and Cover Letter to:
Upper Sioux Community
Attn: Jeremy McLaughlin
PO Box 147, Granite Falls, MN 56241 or email jeremym@uppersiouxcommunity-nsn.gov
DISCLAIMER:
This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all the responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job.
While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management and the Upper Sioux Board of Trustees reserves the right to revise
the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e.g. emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush
jobs or technical developments).
Salary : $65,000 - $75,000
