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First Nations Cultural Landscape Tour - Student Tour Guide

Apply now(opens in a new window) Job No: 506728
Division/Organization: General Services
Department: Vice Chancellor For University Relations Admin
Job Type: UW Student Jobs
Remote Eligbility: Not Remote
Location: MEMORIAL UNION
Salary/Wage Range or Lump Sum: $17.75
Job Categories: Interpersonal Communication, Leadership, Critical Thinking/Problem Solving, Teamwork/Collaboration, Professionalism/Work Ethic, Communications, Broadcasting, and Media Arts, Education and Training, Hospitality, Honoring Context and Culture, Federal Work-Study Preferred, Libraries, Archives, and Museums, Higher Education-Student Affairs

Department Overview:

 The University of Wisconsin–Madison occupies ancestral Ho-Chunk land, a place their nation has called Teejop (day-JOPE) since time immemorial. The UW-Madison First Nations Cultural Landscape Tour seeks to increase awareness of the historic––and contemporary––Indigeneity of Teejop, the place currently known as Madison, Wisconsin, through place-based learning about the Four Lakes region. By engaging audiences experientially with the land, water, buildings, and monuments of the UW-Madison campus, the tour introduces basic concepts in American Indian Studies and encourages reflection on relationships with Indigenous peoples and place.

The First Nations Cultural Landscape tour is coordinated in partnership with the Office of the Provost and Campus and Visitor Relations.

FNCLT Community: Our Indigenous-centered program of co-learners fosters land-based learning while collectively striving to provide high quality cultural landscape tours for diverse participant groups. As co-learners, we encourage and support one another to find the unique voice and purpose suitable to each FNCLT guide. Co-learners engage in identifying learning needs that assures our tour content is on the leading edge of Indigenous centered knowledge development, service and pedagogy.

FNCLT strives to provide a top-notch student employment experience. Our work would not be possible without our student employees – they are at the center of all we do. This looks like:

-Investing in a high-quality onboarding experience and ongoing professional development, including the option to apply FNCLT hours and experiences directly to the UW-Madison Leadership Certificate.

-A learning-centered environment where we don’t expect employees to have all skills mastered on day one. We provide space for growth throughout employment through coaching and regular feedback.

-Flexibility to be a student-first. We always schedule around a student employee’s classes and allow for team members to go “on reserve” in semesters where they might choose to take an internship, study abroad, or pull back from work to focus fully on classes, with the option to return to the team in a future semester.

-Retention increases and advancement opportunities within student employment. Employees who are in good standing have the opportunity for increased compensation as they continue on our team.

Anticipated Start Date:

 May 13, 2024

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

 Opportunity to continue working future semesters. Many of our staff members chose to stay with FNCLT for the duration of their time at UW-Madison.

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

Not Remote

 

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

 5 -15 

Schedule:

 Shifts are typically 2-3 hours, and most shifts occur between 9:00am and 5:00pm. Up to 15 hours per week during the summer, depending on availability and tour demand.

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

 $17.75

Number of Positions:

 2-3

Qualifications:

 Required to be eligible for this position:

-Must have completed one semester at UW-Madison.
-Good academic standing in accordance with UW-Madison.
-Able to attend in-person FNCLT training May 13-17, 2024.
-Able to work summer 2024, with the opportunity to continue working in future semesters.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

The knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below are preferred qualifications. We provide a high-quality onboarding experience and encourage anyone with a willingness to learn and grow in these areas to apply.

-Interest in increasing your own understanding of equity, diversity, and social justice through reading, self-reflection, and relationship-building within and across identities.
-Previous academic (research or classroom) experience that has focused on American Indian & Indigenous Studies.
-Engagement in personal or professional development that has increased your knowledge of American Indian & Indigenous Studies or the First Nations of Wisconsin.
-Interest in developing public speaking, teaching, and/or group facilitation skills.
-Knowledge of basic concepts in American Indian & Indigenous Studies.
-Reliability, punctuality, and dependability.
-Patience, flexibility, and self-confidence.
-Ability to give and receive feedback effectively.

Position Summary/Job Duties:

-Attend and complete the FNCLT Guide training May 13-17, 2024.
-Engage in research and professional development that focuses on the 14,000+ year history of Teejop/Madison and the First Nations of Wisconsin in order to contribute to shaping the vision and priorities for the FNCLT Program.
-Lead 90-120 minute campus tours for the FNCLT Program for the UW-Madison community, including students, staff, and faculty.
-Engage the UW-Madison community in learning about significant historic and contemporary locations in order to provoke consideration of our shared past, present, and future with the First Nations of Wisconsin.
-Attend bi-weekly FNCLT program meetings and professional development opportunities.

Physical Demands:

Must be able to lead 90-120 minute in-person tours.

Institutional Statements:

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu

Accommodation Statement:

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
 
 

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