NAGPRA Coordinator

Required Education: Bachelors degree AND:

• 48 months of program development program management or related experience

Equivalency & Substitution:Will accept 48 months of related experience in lieu of the Bachelors degree for a total of 96 months of related experience.

Skills:

• Able to communicate well and build rapport quickly with students faculty and staff
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Highly organized and able to handle multiple projects and deadlines
• Able to read and interpret policy as well as State and Federal regulations
• Able to effectively evaluate projects; programs and produce comprehensive reports
• Able to supervise staff and communicate directions and expectations effectively
• Strong initiative to solve problems and able to work well with interdepartmental teams and initiatives

Certifications:

• Valid Drivers License

Advertised Physical Requirements:

• Physical:
  • Ability to engage in repetitive motions.
• Environmental:
  • Standard Office Environment.
  • Frequent exposure to pressure caused by deadlines and busy periods.
  • May be required to travel. May require contact with other departments and university officials.

Departmental Preferences:

• 24 months of work experience in NAGPRA compliance including familiarity with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) regulations and their implementation (e.g. completing NAGPRA inventories and summaries submitting notices to tribes and the Federal Register tribal consultation collaboration and the repatriation process).
• Experience working in a nonprofit museum/arts/cultural organization tribal or first nations organization or higher education.
• Demonstrated experience engaging with Native American Tribes and/or other Indigenous communities of origin.

Supervision: NAGPRA Students PT NAGPRA COLLECTIONS MANAGER FT NAGPRA COLLECTIONS MANAGER BIOARCHAEOLOGIST

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The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History NAGPRA Program Manager will oversee compliance consultations repatriations and other activities associated with ensuring the museums compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and fulfilling its NAGPRA legal and ethical obligations. The position will play a key role in managing tracking and evaluating the progress of core projects and initiatives relating to NAGPRA compliance specifically related to the archaeology and ethnology collections assisting with inventories and summaries publication of notices facilitating NAGPRA communications including tribal consultation and physical repatriations of Native American ancestors and cultural items and conducting provenance research. This staff member will collaborate with appropriate museum curators and collection managers and work closely with the University of Oklahomas NAGPRA Oversight Committee. This full-time 12-month annually renewable professional staff position will supervise temporary full- and part-time staff students and volunteers and report to the Director.