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Located in the ancestral Tewa homelands of Northern New Mexico, Tewa Women United is a multicultural and multiracial organization founded and led by Native women.
Tewa Women United offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and a supportive working environment. The benefits package for employees working at least 20 hours a week includes generous paid time off; full employer paid health, dental, and vision; and an emphasis on work-life balance. Our intention is to co-create a work environment based on Tewa values, including A’Gin (respect for self and others) and Seegi ma vay i (loving, caring for each other).
Please note contractor and temporary positions are not eligible for staff benefits.
See below for positions that are currently open.
Environmental Justice Program: Adult Intern –
The Environmental Justice Program is seeking an intern to join our team to help advance environmental health and justice, protect the environment, and expand opportunities for local communities within the northern New Mexico region. The intern will gain hands-on experience, such as by helping with the Espanola Healing Food Oasis, and the Espanola Seed Library, and learn how to advocate against any environmental pollutants that harm women, children, and the most vulnerable. The intern will learn to plan, organize, and implement projects in all areas of the EH&J program, along with providing general office support and administrative assistance.
This position is part-time (20 hours/week), temporary for 10 weeks
Pay: $15/hour
Applicants should be 18 years and older
Please send your cover letter and resume to: wendolyne@tewawomenunited.org
More details:
MINIMUM POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
- All candidates must be 18 or over
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Desire to work in a team environment
- Ability to effectively interact with a wide range of people in social and professional situations; experience interacting and working with a diverse population.
- Ability to communicate clearly in written and oral form
- Ability to interact with a variety of personnel at different levels of responsibility
- Ability to establish and maintain effective interpersonal relationships with co-workers and colleagues, collaborative partners, board members, government officials, volunteers, customers, and constituents
- Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Monday.com, Google, and database management software is desirable.
- Experience working with Native American communities/clientele, cultural sensitivity to the needs and distinct tribal and cultural ways of life, and willingness to complete cultural competency training and/or undoing racism training.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES
- Able to maintain a high level of confidentiality
- Ability to transport themselves to work and other work-related activities
- Ability to work a flexible schedule
- Organized and able to multitask
- Effective and creative problem-solving abilities
- Ability to work independently
- Basic computer skills
- Dependable
- Attention to detail
Gender Justice Program Manager –
Gender Justice Program Manager
Oversees Gender Justice (GJ) programming and is responsible for the supervision of GJ Program Coordinators. Program Managers are responsible for managing and maintaining budgets, expenditures and grants. Develops and implements community outreach strategy. Creates and maintains a positive, open team culture for the GJ staff. The Program Manager will maintain, implement and update program goals.
Project & Financial Management preferred
Full-time position – 40 hours per week
Position based in Espanola, NM
$25 per hour
Email your resume, interest letter & 3 references to: info@tewawomenunited.org
MORE DETAILS
PRIMARY DUTIES
- Oversee and supports GJ programming to ensure productivity and accountability to grants and funding
- Provides prior approval and updates to TWU Director(s) regarding expenditures
- Monitors and reviews financial expenditures for the GJ projects
- Conducts supervision with each project staff on productivity, accountability, performance and delegation on a bi-weekly basis every month
- Provides professional development and skill building opportunities for GJ Staff.
- Provides supervision of all GJ staff, interns and volunteers
- Approves program staff timesheets, reimbursements, mileage before submission for final approval
- Coordinates, attends and participates in monthly Program Manager Meetings
- Contributes assistance on data and reports to Grant Director & Evaluation team
- Annual updates policies, forms and protocols for projects under GJ programs.
- Operates as primary contact for funding agency(s).
- Maintains confidentiality of individuals seen at TWU and through the GJ Program.
- Monitors, updates and maintains program Google Calendar and Monday.com with activities/events/ trainings
- Provides regular updates to TWU website on a regular basis
- Attends and participates in TWU monthly Staff Meetings
- Conduct basic office duties such as maintaining Communication Log, answering phones, greeting guests, etc.
- Ensures all new hires are given the proper documents and handbooks and provides onboarding orientation
- MORE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE FULL JOB DESCRIPTION, AVAILABLE BY REQUEST WHEN YOU APPLY
MINIMUM POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field (i.e., Human Service, Psychology, Social Work, Education, Counseling, Outdoor Recreation) and/or a minimum of three (3) years’ experience in project management and/or project planning. An equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be substituted, as long as it directly relates to the essential duties and responsibilities
- Experience supervising adult/youth with and working with diverse groups of youth
- Demonstrates ability to clearly establish goals and objectives, plan/organize activities and projects and successfully implementation of program goals and objectives
- Demonstrates good negotiation skills, works independently, and demonstrates good judgment
- Capability to communicate clearly in written and oral form
- Ability to interact with a variety of personnel at different levels of responsibility
- Ability to establish and maintain effective interpersonal relationships with co-workers and colleagues, collaborative partners, board members, government officials, volunteers, customers, and constituents
- Utilize computer equipment, software and other electronic devices to perform work effectively and efficiently are desirable
- Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google and database management software is desirable.
- Experience working with Native American communities/clientele, cultural sensitivity to the needs and distinct tribal and cultural ways of life and willingness to complete cultural competency trainings and/or undoing racism trainings.
- Experience working with youth, child/youth development experience and leadership education training or background are highly desirable.
- Should possess supervisory or management experience.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES
- Ability to work a flexible schedule
- Organized and able to multitask
- Effective and creative problem solving abilities
- Ability to work independently
- Strong group management & facilitation skills
- Basic computer skills
Gender Justice Program Assistant / Youth Organizer –
Gender Justice Program Assistant / Youth Organizer
This role will serve in two capacities as the Program Assistant to the Gender Justice (GJ) Program and as the Youth Organizer. The Program Assistant position is responsible for assisting in planning, organizing, directing and implementation of GJ programs. This position will provide general office support and administrative assistance to all Gender Justice program areas.
The Youth Organizer position will organize and oversee a variety of support, advocacy and leadership development opportunities for youth leaders (10 years to 24 years old) involved primarily with the Gender Justice (GJ) Program and Tewa Women United youth leadership development initiatives.
Youth organizing experience preferred & strong organizational skills
Full-time position – 40 hours per week
Position based in Espanola, NM
$18 per hour
Email your resume, interest letter & 3 references to: info@tewawomenunited.org

Internship Program
Tewa Women United provides semester or year-long internship opportunities for those interested in impacting the community.
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