Job Details
SHI - Early Childhood Specialist
2026-01-25 Sealaska Juneau,AK
Description:
This position will have no direct reports.
Work Environment
This position's duties are performed at SHI offices. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to verbally communicate. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, and climbing. The employee must frequently lift and/or move objects up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move objects up to 50 pounds.
About this Role
This is a full-time benefited position. SHI employees are expected to work during SHI's regular business hours of 8:00am to 4:30pm Monday to Friday. Additionally, employees may work up to or over 45 hours per week or additional time as needed to meet workload demands or special events such as Celebration. Part-time staff are expected to work 20 hours per week.
Required Education and Experience
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Review the Benefits associated with this position:
Who is Sealaska? Established in 1972, Sealaska is the Alaska Native regional corporation for Southeast Alaska. Our 23,000 shareholders are Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian people with more than 10,000 years of ancestral ties to the oceans, forests and communities of Southeast Alaska. We serve the twin goals of economic prosperity and environmental protection. Sealaska Heritage Institute is an affiliate of Sealaska.
We are committed to providing the best possible climate for maximum development and goal achievement for all our employees. As a subsidiary of a Native-owned company, Sealaska Heritage Institute is proud to promote an inclusive and diverse workplace, with respect for the cultural traditions in the communities where we operate.
Sealaska Heritage Institute is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants are considered without regard to race, color, sex, gender, age, religion or religious creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. However, preference may be extended to an enrolled member of a federally-recognized Indian Tribe.*
*"Indian Tribe" means an Indian Tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat. 668; 43 U.S.C. 1601) which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.
Job Summary
Under the direct supervision of Sealaska Heritage Institute's (SHI) Assistant Director of Education, provide early childhood educational support for Baby Raven Reads programming. Independent judgment is required to plan, prioritize and organize a diversified workload, and to recommend changes in relation to programs practices or procedures.
Duties/Responsibilities
- Design and edit program curriculum that aligns with SHI published Baby Raven Reads books, Alaska Early Learning Guidelines, Alaska Developmental Profile, Core Cultural Values and grant guidelines.
- Coordinate and plan monthly family literacy activities in Juneau with Juneau Baby Raven Reads Team and community liaisons.
- Select all educational and culturally relevant books/activities/materials for planned family events and monthly mail outs.
- Lead the creation and development of outreach to family and communities in the promotion of the Baby Raven Reads School Readiness and Early Childhood Literacy programs through newsletters and other printed or online materials describing the Raven Reads project and its programming.
- Establish, develop, refine and edit materials in support of family literacy, including monthly mail outs of Baby Raven Reads books and literacy kits.
- Manage the distribution and tracking data of books and literacy kits.
- Act as part of a team/working group, which will plan, design, and implement the monthly family events and the implementation of Gumboot Camp annually in the twelve communities to be served by the project.
- Complete all required project training and upon attainment of certification in Circle of Secure Parenting (COSP), establish and facilitate a COSP group in Juneau for families enrolled in Raven Reads programming.
- Coordinate with the Curriculum Specialist in the creation and editing of Baby Raven Reads Curriculum, align curriculum with our books and support the development of new Baby Raven Reads books.
- Participate in all required meetings and ensure that pertinent summaries of programming and outcomes related to his/her essential functions are reported directly or by the Raven Reads Project Manager and/or the Education Assistant Director to SHI's administration and Board of Trustees.
- Diplomatically communicate with a diverse group of important external callers, email communication, and visitors as well as internal contacts at all levels of the organization.
- Act as a liaison with other departments and outside agencies in support of the Raven Reads program. This Includes confidential and non-routine information and explanation of policies when necessary.
- Collaborate with the Raven Reads Project Director and the Project Evaluator to ensure that all activities and outcomes related to programming overseen is reflected in the Power Point presentations prepared and presented annually in each of the communities served.
- Other duties as required.
- A strong understanding of Indigenous culture and perspective.
- A strong understanding of developmentally appropriate practices and early childhood education.
- Flexible working with an ever-changing work environment.
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Ability to work well on own initiative and within a team.
- Knowledge of program planning for early childhood classroom experience.
- Proficient in computer applications, including word processors, spreadsheets, database software, and online survey applications.
- Highly organized, self-motivated, and attentive to detail.
- Competent in project planning.
This position will have no direct reports.
Work Environment
This position's duties are performed at SHI offices. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to verbally communicate. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, and climbing. The employee must frequently lift and/or move objects up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move objects up to 50 pounds.
About this Role
This is a full-time benefited position. SHI employees are expected to work during SHI's regular business hours of 8:00am to 4:30pm Monday to Friday. Additionally, employees may work up to or over 45 hours per week or additional time as needed to meet workload demands or special events such as Celebration. Part-time staff are expected to work 20 hours per week.
Required Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in early childhood education.
- Work experience either in a classroom or in another early childhood educational environment.
- Strong knowledge of Indigenous culture and perspective.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Review the Benefits associated with this position:
Who is Sealaska? Established in 1972, Sealaska is the Alaska Native regional corporation for Southeast Alaska. Our 23,000 shareholders are Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian people with more than 10,000 years of ancestral ties to the oceans, forests and communities of Southeast Alaska. We serve the twin goals of economic prosperity and environmental protection. Sealaska Heritage Institute is an affiliate of Sealaska.
We are committed to providing the best possible climate for maximum development and goal achievement for all our employees. As a subsidiary of a Native-owned company, Sealaska Heritage Institute is proud to promote an inclusive and diverse workplace, with respect for the cultural traditions in the communities where we operate.
Sealaska Heritage Institute is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants are considered without regard to race, color, sex, gender, age, religion or religious creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. However, preference may be extended to an enrolled member of a federally-recognized Indian Tribe.*
*"Indian Tribe" means an Indian Tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat. 668; 43 U.S.C. 1601) which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.