Jobs at Cowlitz Indian Tribe

Provides peer-based recovery support to patients in a mobile opioid treatment program. Builds trusting relationships, promotes treatment engagement, helps patients identify recovery goals, and connects them with housing, transportation, healthcare, behavioral health, and social-service resources. Performs community outreach, documents interactions in the EHR, supports scheduling and attendance workflows, advocates for patients, and collaborates with multidisciplinary care teams while maintaining confidentiality and peer-support standards.

Part-time interns support CEA administrative, operational, and project-based work across Tribal enterprises. Responsibilities include research, analysis, document and report preparation, meeting participation, job shadowing, enterprise support, and engagement with staff, Tribal members, and community partners. Interns gain hands-on experience in Tribal economic development, enterprise operations, planning, and operational strategy while completing 200 hours over four months.

Provides front-office and administrative support for a behavioral health clinic. Duties include answering calls, greeting visitors, registering and checking in clients, verifying insurance, collecting payments, scheduling appointments, maintaining patient records, coordinating medication refill requests, managing supplies and mail, processing faxes, and supporting clinic operations while maintaining HIPAA compliance and confidentiality.

Provides vocational rehabilitation and employment support to eligible Cowlitz Tribal Members. Responsibilities include assessing eligibility, developing individualized employment plans, counseling participants, coordinating community resources, conducting employer outreach, supporting job placement, maintaining client records, facilitating outreach and education, and purchasing approved participant services. The role requires confidentiality, collaboration with tribal and community agencies, and compliance with vocational rehabilitation regulations and tribal policies.

Coordinates operations across multiple tribal business entities, supporting performance tracking, reporting, budgets, policies, SOPs, strategic initiatives, business development, compliance, audits, vendor coordination, and process improvement. Maintains dashboards, records, timelines, and executive summaries while coordinating stakeholders, operational readiness, enterprise transitions, and risk mitigation. The role is onsite on the Cowlitz Reservation and requires frequent travel among business locations, vendor sites, and development projects.

Assists the Controller in managing accounting operations, financial reporting, budgeting, fund accounting, reconciliations, audits, internal controls, and compliance with GAAP and governmental accounting standards. Supervises and develops accounting staff, coordinates with auditors and departments, supports forecasting and grant funding, and protects tribal assets through financial oversight and insurance review.

Supervise accounts payable staff and operations, oversee disbursements and electronic payments, maintain vendor records, perform month-/year-end closings and 1099 processing, resolve invoice/payment issues, enforce internal controls, prepare reports, and support tribal enterprise payments and reconciliations.