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JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Resource and Environmental Economics

1. Assistance member tribes in off-reservation treaty rights litigation including: 1) preparation of expert witness reports related to resource economics; 2) sitting for depositions, and 3) presenting oral testimony before federal courts.
2. Provide technical assistance to tribal litigators and tribal experts in preparing expert witness reports and deposition questions related to resource and recreational economics.
3. Support GLIFWC’s ceded territory habitat protection initiatives by providing socio-economic analysis of Environmental Impact Statements, for actions proposed within the Chippewa ceded territories.
4. Support efforts by member tribes to establish tribal clean and water standards by providing assessment of socio-economic reports and comments on public documents submitted in relation to EPA’s Treatment as a State processes.
5. Assess the application of IMPLAN and other economic models, by consultants and agencies, in assessing environmental costs and economic benefits of proposed activities within the Chippewa Ceded Territories.

Preparation of business plans to expand utilization of treaty harvested resources and meet the spiritual, cultural, subsistence and commercial needs of tribal members within reservation communities.

6. Prepare business plans and strategies to expand tribal capacity to process and market treaty harvested fish, maple sap products, wild rice, and game in support of tribal food sovereignty initiatives.
7. Prepare business plans and grant applications to increase value-added fish processing and marketing capacity of the Lake Superior tribal commercial fishery.
8. Provide instruction for AFDO certified HACCP Seafood Safety courses for GLIFWC member tribes and tribal commercial fishers and fish processors.
9. Provide technical assistance to member tribes in the implementation of the GLIFWC Model Food Code.
10. Prepare business plans to expand tribal capacity to utilize treaty harvested furbearers to meet spiritual, cultural, subsistence and commercial needs.
11. Provide business planning and grantsmanship assistance to member tribes to expand their capacity to harvest and utilize forest products under agreements with county, state and federal land management agencies.

Congressional Appropriations

12. Prepare congressional appropriations strategies and congressional funding justifications in cooperation with the Division of Intergovernmental Affairs.

Institutional management functions

13. Provide technical assistance to GLIFWC Divisions in grant administration and P.L. 93-638 contracting requirements.
14. Develop and implement investment policies in compliance with federal guidelines and in cooperation with the Commission’s accounting department.
15. Provide technical assistance to GLIFWC Divisions in budgeting and fiscal management, personnel management, property management, record keeping and other operational functions.
16. Provide guidance and assistance in the preparation of the Commission’s annual budget process including preparation of presentation materials to document the allocation of funds by designated purpose and illustrate funding trends and diversification.
17. Provide technical review of GLIFWC’s annual single audit and assist in the drafting of the Commission’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis.
18. Provide guidance in the preparation of the Commission’s fixed carry-forward Indirect Cost proposal and the negotiation of annual indirect cost rates with the Department of Interior’s National Business Center.

Strategic planning and grantsmanship functions

19. Assist the Commission in preparing and implementing strategic plans to build the Commission’s resource management and protection capacity and infuse Anishinaabe culture into its mission.
20. Pursue and implement federal, state, and private foundation grants to address unmet needs identified by the Board of Commissioners and expand and diversify the organization’s funding.
21. Assist GLIFWC Divisions in establishing and reporting on program outcomes and measures to support Federal GPRA reporting requirements, federal budget justifications, and Office of Management and Budget PART reviews.
22. Develop and implement strategies to financially support ceded territory habitat protection and restoration initiatives.
23. Pursue Administration for Native Americans (ANA) grant funding to address unmet needs identified in the Commission’s Strategic Plan and oversee, coordinate, and implement program objectives.