High School Intern

Starting Wage: $16.00/hr.

Job Summary:

Assists with all areas of the CTGR Youth Education department including; full day K-5 and/or 6-12 programming.   

Essential Functions:

• Assists with onsite and field trip supervision.
• Assists in keeping classroom facilities clean.
• Replenishes materials and supplies for classroom activities.
• Assists staff in preparing snacks.
• Assists in craft and culture classes.
• Assists in summer academic preparatory activities and science camps.
• Assists other programs within the Education Department.

• Performs a variety of other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Education, Experience, and Licenses:

• Preference in hiring will be given to Grand Ronde Tribal Youth in their junior or senior year of High School, who are considering post-secondary education in the academic fields of math, science, or technology.
• Requires a cumulative grade point average of 2.0. A 2.5 grade point average is preferred.
• Must maintain a valid Oregon driver’s license or obtain one upon hire, qualify for the Tribe’s vehicle insurance, and provide proof of personal vehicle insurance.

Qualifications, Registrations, and Certifications:

• Requires the ability to communicate effectively with students, staff, parents and community partners.
• Ability to follow directions and complete tasks in a timely manner.
• Dependable and willing to participate in additional training.
• Knowledge of and sensitivity to Native American culture required. 

Environmental Factors and Conditions/Physical Requirements:

• Continually requires the ability to express or receive detailed information or important instructions through oral communication.
• Continually requires working with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm. Requires repetitive movement of wrists, hands and/or fingers. Often requires walking or moving about to accomplish tasks.
• Requires standing and/or sitting for sustained periods of time, raising objects from a lower to a higher position and/or moving objects horizontally.
• Occasionally requires lifting of up to 40 pounds.
• Due to the nature of the interactions with other employees and the public we serve, employees may be required to provide documentation of, or receive, certain health vaccinations.
• This position is frequently subject to inside environmental conditions which provide protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes, and is occasionally subject to outside environmental conditions.
• May be called upon to serve as a Disaster Reservist during emergencies, or when the Tribal Emergency Operations Center is opened.
• Local travel is occasionally required.

Background Check:

Candidates for this position will be subject to criminal and character background checks and may be subject to fingerprinting.