Executive Director Search
The Upper Snake River Tribes Foundation seeks an Executive Director for its office in Boise, Idaho. The Foundation is a non-profit corporation recently established to provide opportunity to become involved with management, administration and coordination of specified common cultural and natural resource-related activities of the Burns Paiute Tribe, Shoshone-Paiute Tribes, and Shoshone-Bannock Tribes.
Please review the following information. If you wish to be considered for this position, send your resume and a cover letter summarizing your qualifications to: usrtf@qwestoffice.net or mail to USRTF c/o PO Box 427, Eagle, Idaho 83616.
Please direct any questions to usrtf@qwestoffice.net.
Selection Process
The Foundation seeks to fill the Executive Director position by August 1, 2008.
Applications for the Executive Director position must be emailed or postmarked no later than June 1, 2008.
Applicants’ education, knowledge, skills, and experience will be reviewed by a tribal selection committee. Qualified applicants will be interviewed by the committee in Boise, Idaho during the last two weeks of June 2008.
Job Title
Executive Director, Upper Snake River Tribes Foundation
Salary and Benefits
The Executive Director position is non-civil service.
Salary range: $75,000–$85,000 depending on skills and experience; generous retirement and health benefits.
Conditions of Employment
The Foundation office is located in Boise, Idaho.
The trial service period is six months, with three and six month performance reviews. Annual performance reviews follow.
Must be able to travel frequently within and outside the Columbia River Basin.
Nature and Scope of Work
The Executive Director is the public point person for the Foundation which serves as the administrative/fiscal arm of the Compact of the Upper Snake River Tribes (USRT). The Executive Director is the Chief Administrative Officer of the Foundation and USRT, and is responsible for carrying out policy directives of the member tribes. The Executive Director reports to the Chairman of the USRT Commission.
Duties
- Supervise staff and manage administrative and fiscal affairs of the Foundation.
- Implement policy decisions of the member tribes.
- Maintain close liaison with the member tribes through individual visitations, phone conference, and periodic meetings in conjunction with meetings of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council (NPCC), and other state and regional decision-making entities.
- Attend meetings of the member tribes and their delegates where policy issues are reviewed and recommended for members’ action as well as directives passed on to the staff or committees for action.
- Maintain liaison with State and Federal resource agencies, natural resources public interest groups, and tribes.
- Represent the Foundation before the NPCC and in other regional forums as directed by member tribes.
- Prepare annual budgets in consultation with the USRT Commission.
- Implement and monitor policy decisions developed by the Commission in agreements with state and federal entities, including Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and the NPPC.
- Facilitate resolution of policy disputes among member tribes.
- Prepare agendas for and keep records of Foundation meetings.
- Ensure timely completion and distribution of all Foundation work products.
- Inform and make recommendations to the Commission regarding potential resource issues, policy issues, and other needs.
- Supervise the operations and administration of Foundation contracts.
- In all matters, represent member tribes equally, and perform duties with competence and initiative, but within limits prescribed by the Commission.
- Perform such other duties as directed by the Commission Chairperson.
Knowledge & Experience
- Knowledgeable and objective in natural resource management.
- Understand role of fish and wildlife managers.
- Understand tribal culture and values, including inter-tribal relationships and cultures in the Columbia River and Snake River Basins.
- Understand the mission of the Compact of the Upper Snake River Tribes and its administrative branches, specifically the Foundation.
- Understand state, tribal and federal relationships.
- Knowledge of federal laws, policies and executive orders related to natural and cultural resources and tribal consultation (e.g., National Environmental Policy Act, Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act, Federal Power Act, Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, Historic Preservation Act, etc.).
- Knowledge of natural and cultural resource issues including but not limited to the Columbia River Basin.
- Knowledge of federal agency administrative and regulatory policies (e.g., Bonneville Power Administration, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Forest Service, Army Corps of Engineers, NOAA Fisheries, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, etc.).
Skills
- Demonstrated ability to manage people, projects, contracts, and money.
- Demonstrated ability to set priorities and meet deadlines.
- Demonstrated skill in strategic planning and developing action plans.
- Must be computer literate.
Personal Characteristics
- Good communicator, both written and oral.
- Principle-centered leader.
- Strong resource ethic and values.
- Facilitative leadership style.
- Team worker and leader.
Desirable
- Bachelors of Science in fisheries, wildlife biology, environmental science or related field with at least 10 years experience in resource management.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Office computer software.
- Knowledge of political and biological environments in the Columbia River Basin.
- Prior work experience with tribes.
