INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS

Since its founding in 1962, the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA)—the University for Indigenous Creative Excellence—has empowered creativity, leadership, and innovation in Indigenous arts, scholarship, and cultures. IAIA is the only higher education institution dedicated to contemporary Native American and Alaska Native arts. Chartered by Congress and accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), IAIA serves approximately 500 Native and non-Native students representing nearly 100 federally recognized Tribes. Position Summary The Director of the IAIA Research Center for Contemporary Native Arts (RCCNA) is a management-level position providing strategic, administrative, and programmatic leadership for the RCCNA and overseeing its staff, operations, budget, grants, programs, and resources. The RCCNA includes the IAIA Archives, Artist-in-Residence (A-i-R) Program, Research Fellowship Program, and Journey Home Internship and Apprenticeship Program. The Director...

Description The Human Resources Generalist builds and runs the day-to-day operations of a two-person HR department serving 100+ full-time faculty and staff, 40 to 50 adjunct faculty, and 60 to 70 work study students each semester. This position is designed for an HR professional who wants hands on ownership of real projects and broad exposure across the full HR function, and who is energized by building processes and systems where none currently exist.  The role carries two kinds of work. First, ongoing operations: recruiting coordination, onboarding, benefits support, payroll input, compliance administration, and records management. Second, and equally important, project and implementation work: building out Paylocity modules, documenting and standardizing HR processes that do not yet exist, and supporting the revision and rollout of the employee handbook and IAIA policies.  The HR Generalist works under the direction of the HR Director and is expected to take...

Description SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES The position is responsible for the development and delivery of educational agricultural outreach programs that are rooted in the IAIA Strategic Priorities. The incumbent supports IAIA’s mission, vision, and core values.   NOTE: Although grant funding for this position may be extended, a grant-funded position has no guarantee of on-going and indefinite employment ESSENTIAL POSITION FUNCTIONS Develop and deliver agriculturally related educational outreach programs that support the IAIA Mission, Vision, and Core Values. The Extension Educator will: Document and highlight various agricultural and conservation practices of Indigenous populations across the United States. The material (written, film, audio) will be accessible through the IAIA webpage for others to learn from and use. Coordinate the IAIA land restoration projects and the demonstration gardens on the 140-acre campus with input from Indigenous communities, the...