Tribal Historic Preservation Specialist
About The Position
The Tribal Historic Preservation Specialist works in the Tribal Historic Preservation Office within the Resource Management Division’s Environmental Program. The position assists the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer with cultural resource consultation, fieldwork, documentation, project reviews, preservation nominations, technical reporting, and grant activities. Work may take place on and off the Fond du Lac Reservation within the Band’s ancestral territory, and the role works with Band leadership, Elders, community members, Tribal departments, and external partners. The position is onsite at the John A. Smith Memorial Building, with travel required for fieldwork, training, and consultation. The role requires protecting sensitive cultural and historic-property information and handling archival collections and sacred items with care. It is a non-exempt, hourly position paying $26.95–$30.32. The probationary period is 90 days for full-time employees and 120 days for part-time employees.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Archaeology, Anthropology, or a related field.
- Valid U.S.-issued Class D driver’s license; eligibility is determined by FDL’s insurance company.
- Strong understanding of cultural resource management, historic preservation principles, and applicable legal and regulatory frameworks.
- Knowledge of word processing, data entry, databases, spreadsheets, Microsoft 365, OneDrive, and Outlook.
- Cultural sensitivity and ability to handle confidential, sensitive, and sacred items and information with respect and discretion.
- Demonstrated experience conducting research and analyzing data.
- Familiarity with archival preservation techniques and collections management practices.
- Ability to operate office equipment and materials used to perform essential functions.
- Ability to work evenings and weekends periodically and travel as needed for fieldwork, training, and consultation.
- Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
- Ability to work independently and establish priorities.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to establish professional and harmonious working relationships with all project participants.
- Subject to drug and alcohol testing under the Fond du Lac Reservation’s Personnel Policies and to pre-employment and annual background checks.
- Ability to lift and carry up to 30 pounds occasionally; prolonged sitting, lifting, walking, repetitive hand and wrist movements, and work indoors and outdoors in adverse weather conditions; ability to move, climb, and work on uneven surfaces.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of Anishinaabe history, culture, and traditions, particularly those of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
- At least three years of experience in cultural resource management, historic preservation, or a related field.
- Experience with grant writing, reporting, and administration.
- Experience with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial data management.
Responsibilities
- Assist the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer with cultural resource consultation under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and other applicable federal, state, and Tribal regulations.
- Assist with fieldwork, reconnaissance, and monitoring as needed, including cultural resource surveys and inventories and identification of Historic Properties and Traditional Cultural Places on and beyond the Reservation within the Band’s ancestral territory.
- Create, maintain, organize, and update Fond du Lac Site Forms in accordance with THPO protocols.
- Assist with organization, processing, and inventory work for the THPO Repository.
- Support review of forestry, infrastructure, and development projects for potential impacts to cultural resources.
- Assist in preparing National Register of Historic Places nominations and determinations of eligibility.
- Assist in preparing technical reports, grant applications, and THPO deliverables.
- Support grant writing, administration, and compliance reporting.
- Attend meetings, trainings, and conferences as needed to support program goals.
- Work with Band leadership, Elders, community members, and external partners, and collaborate across Tribal departments and with external agencies.
- Maintain confidentiality of sensitive cultural resources and historic/cultural property information, as well as financial, employee, and client records.
- Respond promptly and professionally to requests, complaints, and problems; represent the Band and department positively and respectfully.
- Maintain proper attendance, report to work on time, keep a clean and organized work area, and assume other responsibilities assigned by management as needed.
- Wear appropriate work attire.
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Job Type
Full-time
