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General Summary: The Director of the TREES Center leads the College’s national efforts to create and sustain pathways for Indigenous and underserved students into forestry, wildland fire, and allied natural resource careers. The Director will design, administer, and evaluate national student internship programs and cohort-building educational programs; cultivate and maintain national partnerships (tribal organizations, Intertribal Timber Council, tribal, federal, and state natural resource agencies, research networks, and industry partners) as to expand Salish Kootenai College’s (SKC) capacity to serve students in natural resources; build and sustain national recruitment and outreach for TREES programming; secure and manage federal, foundation, philanthropic, and partner funding; supervise center staff; and represent the College in national discussions that expand student employment pathways and institutional capacity. The Director will also oversee strategic national...

General Summary: Salish Kootenai College seeks a highly analytical and strategic Project Director to lead a short-term Strategic Initiatives and Institutional Readiness initiative that may lead to a more substantial project. This role is responsible for bridging the gap between education and employment for Native and rural youth by envisioning sustainable systems and coordinating external regional partnerships, especially those with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. A primary focus of this position is overseeing a campus-wide gaps analysis and provide collaborative reconsiderations for current organizational structures to ensure SKC is grounded in our mission, vision, values, and is operationally ready for multiple year implementation of sustainable education-to-employment frameworks and an accompanying capital campaign. Key Responsibilities 1. Project Governance & Compliance ·         Manage the project’s timeline, ensuring all milestones are...

Introduction: Salish Kootenai College (SKC) was founded with a unique purpose: to serve the people of our communities in their workforce, academic, cultural, and language perpetuation needs. A decade ago, Atwen Incashola reminded us of the critical nature and duty of this work, and Kootenai Elders make a similar call today. Although we continually work to strengthen our collaborative contributions, the need has only grown. This work requires immediate, focused, and expanded support. This moment provides an opportunity to serve our Séliš, Ksanka, and Ql̓ispé communities in an even deeper way. Founded to serve the workforce, academic, and cultural perpetuation needs of our Tribes, Salish Kootenai College has the institutional capacity and is uniquely positioned to collaborate on and support the culture and language revitalization efforts of our Séliš, Ksanka, and Ql̓ispé people. As an institution of higher learning grounded in our cultural and institutional values, SKC...