Position:        Yeha:wi Program Manager      

Reports to:   Chief Executive Officer         

Hours:           Full Time                                                        

Salary:           $73K-$83K DOE

Mother Nation is an Indigenous led non-profit organization offering culturally informed healing services, mobile advocacy, mentorship, homeless, and homelessness prevention case management and support to MMIWP families unmet needs. Our services celebrate and inspire the success of Native American women. Mother Nation services are custom designed to honor the beauty and strength of Native women, with traditional practices, teachings and values built on the ancestral strength of each participant. Mother Nation is committed to always provide culturally based traditional teachings throughout all service areas.

Mother Nation is active in supporting local grassroots leadership such as Missing and Murdered Indigenous People, Sister Native Homeless Providers, Tribes and Non-Native agencies to build unity in providing safety to Indigenous women and homeless families. Our goals are to ensure healing and wellness with cultural resilience offering quality service to change the dynamics of Native women and families from the impacts of historical and intergenerational trauma. Primary services are to stop the violence against Native women through culturally informed healing services, mobile advocacy and homeless emergency support.

The successful candidate will be provided excellent training opportunities with traditional teachings, career advancement, ceremonial leave, and a comprehensive health benefits package.

JOB SUMMARY

Yeha:wi means She Holds On to Her Sacred.

Our work protects that sacredness—in survivors, in families, in culture, in community, and in ourselves.

Mother Nation’s services begin with relationships, cultural teachings, and respect for each survivor’s personal sovereignty.  Our work braids cutting-edge clinical practice with traditional Tribal teachings and is guided by Elders, cultural leaders, and original instructions entrusted to us by Creator.

We resist system-thinking that prioritizes institutions over people.  Instead, we uphold each survivor’s inherent strength, cultural identity, and right to self-determination.  We listen deeply and bring cultural practices such as sweats, brushing-off, circles, and blessings into the heart of trauma-responsive healing.

We honor confidentiality as a sacred responsibility.

We honor Elders as carriers of authority.

We honor culture as a path to healing.

We honor each survivor as a whole person with ancestral strength.

The Program Manager protects the integrity of Yeha:wi.

They tend to the wellbeing of staff.

They uphold cultural teachings and Mother Nation protocols.

They maintain relationships with Tribal Nations and community groups.

They ensure that each Relative is welcomed in a good way.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Program Leadership & Cultural Integrity

• Lead daily operations of Yeha:wi mobile advocacy and cultural healing services.
• Ensure survivor-centered, culturally grounded, trauma-informed practices.
• Maintain strong relationships with Tribal Nations, Elders, cultural teachers, healers, and Native-serving partners.
• Support integration of cultural services such as sweats, brushing-off, healing circles, medicine bundles, and house blessings.

2. Staff Supervision & Wellness

• Supervise Advocates, Program Assistant, and cultural support staff.
• Provide coaching, evaluation, and culturally informed professional development.
• Support staff wellness, including participation in Talking Circles, staff sweats, & cultural practices.
• Ensure staff maintain required credentials, confidentiality, and crisis-response skills.

3. Program Operations & Quality Assurance

• Oversee intakes, case assignments, mobile advocacy schedules, and outreach.
• Ensure accurate documentation, file maintenance, safety planning, cultural needs assessments, and data reporting.
• Support Program Assistant with check requests, confidentiality, and accounting processes.
• Oversee flexible financial assistance to ensure timely, barrier-free support.

4. Outreach & Community Partnerships

• Oversee mobile advocacy services and “no wrong door” access for Native people.
• Coordinate with Wantuwaan Street Outreach for unsheltered Native relatives.
• Strengthen partnerships with Tribal Nations, ICW/CPS, courts, shelters, recovery programs, and health systems.
• Represent Mother Nation at Tribal events, pow-wows, community gatherings, and collaborative meetings.

5. Compliance & Reporting

• Ensure program compliance with Tribal, county, state, and federal funders and foundation partners.
• Oversee data collection, outcomes, invoicing support, and budget tracking.

6. Survivor Support & Cultural Services Integration

• Provide backup crisis response and advocacy for complex cases.
• Ensure survivors have access to cultural healing, Elders, sweats, and traditional support.
• Coordinate Yeha:wi integration with Spirit Journey Village services.

7. Strategic Development

• Support program growth, new initiatives, and grant development.
• Contribute Native-informed expertise to regional GBV and MMIR work.
• Help cultivate pathways for Native staff recruitment and mentorship.
• Other duties as assigned

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS

• Lived connection to a Tribal community, Tribal Nation, or Native American cultural teachings and practices.
• 3–5 years’ experience supporting survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, MMIR, trafficking, or related harms.
• Experience supervising advocates, case managers, or culturally grounded teams serving Native or Tribal communities.
• Training, mentorship, or willingness to learn traditional teachings and cultural practices from authorized Elders.
• Understanding of the historical and ongoing impacts of boarding schools, relocation, jurisdictional gaps, and structural harms on Native families.
• Strong documentation, confidentiality, and communication skills.
• Ability to build trust with Native participants, families, and Tribal partners.
• Valid driver’s license, insurance, and ability to travel throughout the Puget Sound Region.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE (PREFERRED, NOT REQUIRED)

• Experience working with unsheltered Native people, survivors navigating addiction or homelessness, or relatives with multi-abuse trauma.
• Experience with flexible financial assistance or housing stabilization funds.
• Experience with homelessness response, recovery work, ICW/CPS navigation, or Tribal social services or governance.
• Experience with county, state, or federal contracts and reporting.

Apply with resume and cover letter: Email: HR@mothernation.org

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