Job Details

LOCATION: Odanah, WI         

CLOSING DATE: May 14, 2025

CLASSIFICATION: Permanent, Full-Time

STARTING SALARY: $39,707-$50,299 (Dependent on qualifications and experience). 

Note: Position has been classified as 50% tax-exempt for qualified tribal members under Internal Revenue Code §7873–Tax Exemption for Income Derived from Treaty Fishing Rights Related Activities.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Traditional Food Project Manager is responsible for promoting the use of traditional foods to develop and sustain community food systems. The position will be responsible for implementing GLIFWC’s ANA SEDS Anishinaabe-zhiiwaagamizigan (Maple Syrup) Project including, but not limited to:

• Work with tribal elders to develop curriculum on traditional practices, modern practices, and the use and maintenance of harvesting/processing equipment.
• Attend tribal community events (i.e. education or health fairs) to provide project awareness.
• Work with tribal leaders and programs to select new harvesters for the project through an application process and determine where new equipment will be housed.
• Provide training to community program leaders and selected new harvester applicants on the use and maintenance of harvesting/processing equipment and safe food handling.
• Work with community program leaders to schedule and instruct maple sap harvesting and processing workshops.
• Attend GLIFWC’s Board of Commissioner’s meetings to provide project updates.
• In addition, the position will provide technical assistance to GLIFWC member tribes in:
  • Establishing traditional food marketing, regulatory and processing capacity.
  • Increasing administrative capacity and support the effective implementation of the Off-Reservation Model Food Code.
  • Integrating traditionally harvested Ojibwe foods into federally funded food distribution programs, community feeding programs (i.e., elderly feeding, youth summer feeding, HeadStart, etc.).
  • Coordinate and provide instruction for Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO)certified HACCP Seafood Safety instruction for member tribes in partnership with Michigan State University Sea Grant.
  • Monitor scientific literature, nutritional analysis, and food safety information related to fish, game, and plants harvested by tribal members under reserved off-reservation treaty rights.
• Assist with preparing and submitting grant applications to support the utilization of treaty-harvested foods in community food systems including USDA, Administration for Native American SEDS grants, First Nations Development Institute, Native American Agriculture FastTrack Fund (Keepseagle), and private foundations. 

The position will perform the duties listed above in a manner consistent with the Commission’s policies and procedures and report to the ANA Grant Project Director.