SIHB Core Competencies
Core Competencies are foundational commitments and skills that all SIHB staff are expected to develop. These competencies define common measures for performance that are applied to every role in the organization.
- Commitment to Indigenous and Organizational Values: Everything we do at SIHB is
centered on Traditional Indian Medicine. It is our responsibility to maintain cultural integrity in all that we do.
- Accountability: All employees of SIHB effectively manage their own work and the work of their teams. We take ownership of our actions and decisions. We all strive to deliver the highest quality work and care, while respecting our teammates and relatives.
- Collaboration: SIHB is a team-oriented organization. As team members, we share the responsibility of working toward a common purpose. We collaborate with our colleagues across the organization to deliver the highest quality of care and results in alignment with our mission, vision, values, and Theory of Change.
- Communication: We practice effective and clear communication with staff, relatives, teams and community. We demonstrate empathy among each other and with those we serve, and transparency in our decision making.
- Customer Service Orientation: All employees of SIHB recognize the needs of the diverse community we serve. We put the needs of our relatives first by delivering the highest quality, professional, responsive, and innovative care. Our relatives come first and deserve the best.
Position Summary
The Urban Indian Health Institute, the public health division of Seattle Indian Health Board, is seeking a Fellow to work directly with the Executive Vice President to further our work towards Decolonizing Data. The Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI) has embarked on a journey to reclaim the Indigenous values of data, evaluation and research as a way to contribute to the health and well-being of tribal people living in urban areas nationwide. The fellowship will build upon training and opportunities that exist within the UIHI Fellowship to support professional development, technical skill enhancement, and incorporation of Indigenous methodologies into a project that will include a draft manuscript for publication. The Public Health Fellow will work under the close mentorship of the Executive Vice President and Special Projects team. Projects will match individual interest with current UIHI needs and will consist of 4 components of working in areas of disease surveillance and chronic disease, HIV/HCV, Public Health Services (suicide, substance misuse prevention, youth and elders), Special Projects (MMIWG and decolonize data), Indigenous Evaluation Framework and Epidemiology (Elders brief King County data).
Organizational Structure/Reporting Relationships
This position reports directly to the UIHI Senior Program Manager in charge of the Special Projects. This position has no direct reports.
Organizational Responsibilities
- Hold Indigenous values and practices with respect and integrity.
- Hold yourself accountable to the highest standard by being resourceful, innovative, creative and solutions oriented.
- Actively participate in organizational activities with the understanding that success is achieved through teamwork.
- Recognize that communication is central to the organization’s success and actively champion your words and actions to maintain respect for others, encourage constructive feedback, be open to share laughter, and acknowledge differences in skills and opinions, all while keeping others’ best intentions in mind.
- At SIHB, we refer to our customers as Relatives. Our Relatives come first and deserve the best. Serve the needs of our Relatives first by delivering the highest quality, professional, responsive, and innovative care.
Job Responsibilities
- Further develop the Decolonize Data Framework used by UIHI and Community Partners.
- Collaborate with Seattle Indian Health Board Policy team on pivotal work around AI/AN data collection methodology with local law enforcement agencies.
- Work with UIHI Evaluation team to become proficient in the Indigenous Evaluation Framework.
- Using the Indigenous Evaluation Framework facilitate, evaluate, and support any assigned grant-based work.
- Support evaluation across SIHB Public Health Services programs to secure additional funding and meet current reporting need.
- Develop a final project that demonstrates gained expertise in the Indigenous Evaluation Framework and incorporates epidemiology work of UIHI.
- At all times supportively collaborate with teams across the organization
- Engage with community partners, attend site visits, outreach events, and conferences.
