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Description

CLOSING DATE: October 30th, 2025

POSITION: Language Apprentice, Titoqatimt Dialect

SALARY: $20.00 per hour 

REPORTS TO: Language Instructor Sr.

LOCATION:  Nespelem, WA 

Basic Functions: Non-Exempt, The Language Apprentice will work under the direction of the Language Instructor and Fluent Elder Speaker(s) to learn one of the three traditional languages of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation also known as the Colville Confederated Tribes (CCT).

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education and Training: 

• Apprentice I requires a High School Diploma
• Apprentice II requires a High School Diploma and 3-6 Months experience
• Apprentice III requires a High School Diploma and 6-12 Months experience
• Apprentice IV requires a High School Diploma and 12-18 Months experience
• Apprentice V requires a High School Diploma and 18-24 Months experience
• May require a valid driver's license and be eligible for the Tribes' vehicle insurance and maintain throughout employment

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Requires knowledge and history of the cultures of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (CCT).
• Requires knowledge of Archival Theory to create archives of language materials that will be available to tribal member public or ability to learn.
• Require previous exposure to one of the languages of the CCT in a community setting, through college classes or at home (Preferred).
• Requires good communication skills and experience following verbal and/or written instructions.
• Requires the ability to work well with fluent elder speakers. 
• Requires the ability to participate in traditional and field activities such as root digging, berry gathering. pit cooked, and other cultural activities. 
• Requires the ability to take initiative on their own learning of the language and culture. 
• Requires the ability to work with tribal elders in a culturally appropriate manner. 
• Requires the ability to collaborate with various departments, partners, or individuals members of the CCT. 
• Requires the ability to independently perform all of the duties of the position. 
• Requires the ability to use computer or be willingly to learn how to use a computers. 
• Requires the ability to use video, digital and audio recording equipment or willing to learn. 
• Require the ability to functions indoors, in an office environment, engaged in a work of primarily a sedentary nature. 
• Requires ambulatory ability to sit for extended periods of time, to utilize microcomputers and peripherals equipment, accomplish other desktop work, and to move various and community locations. 
• Requires the ability to use near vision to read printed materials. 
• Requires auditory ability to to carry on conversations in person and over the phone. 
• Requires the ability to retrieve work materials from overhead, waist, and ground level files. 
• Requires manual and finger dexterity to write, use a pointing device and keyboard  at an acceptable rate that meets department deadlines and accuracy standards, operate microcomputer, and use other standardized office equipment, almost constantly requiring repetitive motions. 
• Requires rigorous physical activity such as hiking, lifting/moving heavy objects and digging during cultural outings/activities.

Note: Pursuant to Tribal Policy, if this position is safety sensitive it is subject to pre-employment drug testing. In addition, this position is subject to reasonable suspicion and post-accident drug testing.

TRIBAL MEMBER AND INDIAN PREFERENCE WILL APPLY; PREFERENCE WILL ALSO BE GIVEN TO HONORABLY DISCHARGED VETERANS WHO ARE MINIMALLY QUALIFIED.

If required of this position, you must possess and maintain a valid Washington State driver’s license and be eligible for the Tribes’ Vehicle Insurance.  In addition, this position may be subject to pre-employment background clearances.  If applicable, these clearances must be maintained throughout employment.

INFORMATION: Kabrina Desautel, Human Resource Technician Sr. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Human Resources Office, P.O. Box 150, Nespelem, WA 99155, (509) 634-2028 [email protected]