Tribal Community Resource and Engagement Specialist

The primary focus of the Community Resource and Engagement Specialist (CRES) is planning, delivering, coordinating, and evaluating technical assistance programs that build the capacity of Tribal communities to address environmental and energy justice priorities. This position is one of a team of five full-time, community-facing staff central to the mission of the Mountains and Plains Thriving Communities Collaborative (MaPTCC). This full-time, term-limited position is funded by a 5-year cooperative agreement between the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Montana State University (MSU), administered by the Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy (ATCE).

QUALIFICATIONS Ideal candidates will have experience, education, knowledge, and skills: ● Should possess and demonstrate knowledge of and cultural competence in traditions and cultures of the Native nations within Region 8. ● Evidence of deep engagement or collaboration in partnership with Tribal and Native rural and urban communities. ● Demonstrate a commitment to supporting programming on Native American issues. ● A strong administrative acumen. ● Excellent verbal and written communication, presentation, and public speaking skills ● Record of high-quality independent and leadership experiences. ● Experience in community development, community economics, business, public policy, planning and/or administration, social or environmental justice, or a closely related field. ● Developing, delivering, and evaluating educational programs. ● Be technologically- and media-savvy in ways that ensure the ability to connect with program participants and complete required job duties. ● Technical writing, grant and project management, preferably including those involving federal agencies. ● Knowledge of and commitment to Tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, governance, and law. The successful candidate will: ● Demonstrate knowledge of and commitment to the environmental justice and/or energy justice priorities of EPA Region 8’s rural, remote, Tribal, and other underserved communities and eagerly anticipate regular and ongoing travel to these geographies. ● Be familiar with differing multicultural, socioeconomic, and underserved audiences, particularly Tribal nations and organizations. ● Have an interest in working with people from diverse backgrounds and be commited to the principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. ● Demonstrate excellent professional, interpersonal, and written communication skills and overall excellence in all aspects of their work. ● Work collaboratively with tribal leaders, tribal members, and TCTAC colleagues, and ATCE team members.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES The Community Resource Engagement Specialist will: ● Establish relationships and build program awareness among the Tribes and Tribal organizations within Region 8 that will build capacity for effective engagement with governmental officials at all levels to ensure Tribal perspectives, experiences, and expertise inform the development of policies and programs, as well as delivery on environmental and energy justice issues. ● Deliver technical assistance programming for a range of program participants that builds their grantsmanship, project management, financial planning, sustainability, social, civic, economic, and leadership capacities. ● Connect Tribes and Tribal organizations with TCTAC volunteers for community-driven projects, including problem-solving meetings, research and reporting, and comprehensive, actionable emails. ● Track work in project databases and collect data and feedback to help monitor and evaluate outcome-based programs. ● Connect communities with additional technical, grant, legal, and scientific resources such as decision-makers within government, advocacy, and academia; federal and foundation grants; and pro bono legal support. ● Schedule meetings for communities and potential experts and organizations. ● Produce webinars, trainings, templates (including grant templates), and other capacity-building tools so that additional communities can benefit from TCTAC programming ● Broadly share findings formally and informally. ● Provide stipends, travel support, and subsistence to enable Native Americans, whether or not they are enrolled members of a Tribe, to participate in workshops, events, and facilitated meetings.

$65,000 annually