NAYA Family Center is searching for a strong Leader and Cultural Arts professional to join our Youth and Education Services department as our next Culture, Education and Wellness Manager. This position supervises the CEW team and is responsible for overseeing the integration of cultural identity and arts, wellness, and educational components into all aspects of youth program activities, including after-school activities, as well as spring and summer camps. The CEW manager will ensure youths’ identity, self-esteem, education, and wellness gains by developing and monitoring existing assessments and internal database tracking of all program data, including attendance. The manager will continue to build culture, education, and wellness services and expand on a continuum of services that spans elementary through high school. The ideal individual will have experience managing diverse teams, proven grant management skills, and strong organizational, planning, and prioritization skills.
NAYA offers an exceptional benefits package, including free medical, dental and vision insurance for employees (and affordable care for family members), 401(k) retirement plan with 6% match, paid vacation and paid holidays.
This is a full-time role with work hours of 9 am to 6 pm with a one hour unpaid lunch. Pay for this position is $62,000-$67,000 annually.
Who You Are:
- Bachelor’s in Public Health, Social Work, Public Policy, Indigenous/Native American Studies or similar field, and/or equivalent program management experience.
- A minimum of three (3) years of experience working in health, education and/or social services focused on low-income and culturally diverse populations.
- Previous Management experience is strongly preferred and/or demonstrated ability in employee motivation and supervision.
- Experience managing grants, including grant writing, reporting, funding compliance, and evaluation.
- Youth After School/Camp Program Coordination strongly preferred.
- Knowledge of Native American history, an understanding of the diversity of the local American Indian/Alaskan Native community and issues surrounding the Urban Indian experience required.
- Knowledge and understanding of social determinants of health, the local public health system and environment, including the elements necessary for community success.
- Knowledge of local community resources, emergency services, and social service agencies, especially with low-income and ethnic minority clientele required.
- Strong computer skills including web-based research, word processing, database management, email and Microsoft Office programs.
What You'll Do:
- Grant Management: The CEW Manager participates in and leads grant writing, grant reporting, and funding compliance requirements. The CEW Manager oversees multiple program offerings to ensure contract compliance, collection of data, timely completion of reporting requirements, and the completion of program evaluation for grant records.
- Overseeing after-school program components: The CEW Manager works with CEW staff to create and maintain Monday – Thursday school year programs plus Spring and Summer camp programming primarily for 2nd-8th grade youth (at times, high school youth will be served), including, but not limited to daily recreation, academic support, cultural arts classes, youth dinner services, and youth transportation services. This includes supporting and ensuring program planning, such as backward planning and calendaring, is regularly occurring to support program sustainability.
- Establishing and Maintaining School and Community Partnerships: This position requires working with schools, community partners, and social services organizations with the goal of expanding access to and improving NAYA youth programs.
- After-school Goal Planning: Using the principals of the Relational Worldview Model, the CEW manager will work with the Academic and Enrichment Coordinator to ensure students create and fulfill after-school Goal Plans that include but are not limited to utilizing targeted academic support, cultural arts education, and recreation activities.
- File management and data input: The CEW Manager creates systems for and oversees maintenance of all CEW files. Trains staff and ensures that data is input into the Youth and Education Services database(s) and ETO (including, but not limited to, daily attendance and case management notes) to generate progress reports and maintain grant reporting documentation.
- Coordinating volunteers: The CEW manager recruits, trains, and supervises volunteers, connecting them to students participating in on-site programming; this includes standing partnerships with Portland State University’s (PSU) Capstone Program. The CEW program manager oversees the volunteers from partners such as the PSU Capstone Program to assist and support after-school programming and seasonal camps.
- Supervision: Responsible for day-to-day supervision of staff, including bi-weekly supervision meetings, monthly team meetings, performance evaluations, and related documentation. Help design and assist in the implementation of staff professional development effort.
Please check out the full job description.
NAYA is committed to building a work environment that respects and inspires every community member. Our mission is to serve Urban Native youth and families, so we strongly encourage Native people to apply. We encourage applications from members of other historically marginalized groups, as well, including women, people of color, those with disabilities, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and those who have served in the military.
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