(JC-516662) District Native American Liaison
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Under the direction of the Deputy District Director for Planning and Local Assistance, the incumbent, a non-supervisory senior transportation planner specialist, is responsible for leading and facilitating Government to Government coordination and relationship building with all Tribes in District 2. The incumbent leads or facilitates engagement between Tribes and all Caltrans programs, including maintenance, operations, planning, and all phases of project development. The incumbent will lead and manage engagement with Tribes for all planning and local assistance efforts and project initiation documents (PIDs), including sharing and facilitating funding opportunities, exploring partnership opportunities, and documenting needs shared by Tribes. The incumbent is to attend planning and project delivery team (PDT) meetings, bringing Tribe representatives, Tribal concerns, or asks from Tribes to these platforms. The incumbent is expected to be an expert on Tribal customs and concerns, and advise on these in all planning efforts and phases of project development and delivery. The incumbent will coordinate closely with transportation planning branch leads in the division and other key Caltrans functions to foster and facilitate engagement with relevant programs and project development and delivery during the planning phases and beyond. The incumbent will assist district staff in carrying out federal and state Laws, Policies, Directives, Executive Orders, and all mandated requirements regarding planning procedures related to working with Tribal Governments as well as all Tribal Memorandum Of Understandings (MOUs) executed with the district. The incumbent coordinates Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance (TERO) in all planning efforts and projects. The incumbent will lead Tribal partnership plans and projects.
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