Teams at Cowlitz Indian Tribe

Provides vocational rehabilitation and employment support to eligible Cowlitz Tribal Members. Responsibilities include determining eligibility, developing employment plans, counseling participants, coordinating community resources, conducting employer outreach, facilitating job placements, maintaining confidential records, and delivering community education. The role promotes employment, independence, economic self-sufficiency, and social inclusion while collaborating with tribal agencies, schools, businesses, healthcare organizations, and government partners.

Provides executive leadership to establish and operate the Tribal Employment Rights Office, including staffing, budgeting, policy development, compliance, enforcement, employment referrals, training, and partnerships. Oversees the Tribe’s Interstate Bridge Replacement responsibilities, including project operations, agreements, staffing, financial management, reporting, and compliance. Advises Tribal leadership, represents the Tribe before governmental and legal bodies, coordinates contractors and participating Tribes, and develops workforce and economic opportunities for Tribal members and Indian-owned businesses.

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.