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GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY

This position has allowed me numerous amount of growth in project managing being delegated to oversee the day to day operations of the department. The experience to manage, develop and create processes for the department in regards to records management, inventory management and being a supervisor. I have had the pleasure of supervising a excellent support staff with excellent customer service. Managing the budget year to year and being in charge of all vehicles maintenance and designing a file structure for seven sections within the department. Having the opportunity to gain knowledge in regards to surveys and survey equipment. One the best part of my job was working with a supervisor that had faith and trust in my knowledge and dedication. Gaining knowledge in land acquisitions and creating a incoming/outgoint database with laser fiche scanning that has enhance and organize the tracking of all incoming/outgoing requests and documents. Learning about land uses within Tribal government.

•	Responsible for developing policies, procedures, and objectives for the Gila River Indian Community’s centralized purchasing function in accordance with federal, state, and tribal procurement guidelines; and is responsible for overseeing the administration, management, and operation of the Community’s purchasing, receiving, inventory,   warehouse,   printing, and postal service functions.
•	Design, establish and maintain organizational structure and staffing to effectively accomplish the Community’s goals and objectives.
•	Recruit, train, supervise, and evaluate department staff. 
•	Establish and implement short and long term organizational goals, objectives, processes, and operating procedures; monitor and evaluate operational effectiveness; effect changes required for continuous improvement. 
•	Oversee the overall operations of centralized procurement activity, including purchasing, receiving, inventory, warehousing, printing and postal services.

This has to be one of the worst places I've ever worked. It's such a rewarding job being able to look after children and care for them, but the co-workers make you not want to work at all. The environment is horrible. It's very much high school mentality. You're coworkers don't care if you're there to take care of the kids, if they don't like you they will do everything in their power to get you fired. It's scary that the people who are like that are in charge of children, passing on that mentality. It's almost 100% the tribal members who treat non-tribal members like this. And the tribal members can almost do and say anything they want and won't get fired, all they have to do is go above the heads of the people in charge of the workplace. It's a truly messed up place to work with great benefits though.

While there is a good compensation for the job, there is absolutely no training or support from day one to help you succeed in the job. Management often places their employees in a high risk of danger, knowing the client is aggressive but does not inform the employee of the risks. The case load is very high--over 40-50 children on a caseload. You are expected to not only attend CFTs, court, complete court reports, see children in the home, but you are also expected to provide ALL of your supervised visitations with the children and families. There is just not enough time in the day to do all of what is expected and asked of a case manager. You are also on call without any training or knowledge of the area!

After being hired, benefits seemed decent as well as pay, but the atmosphere was extremely toxic.  Management was awful, and way too many politics interfering in every department.  You could not simply do your job and do it well, everything was based solely upon if you were a community member or not and if you were politically connected.  If not, you were not going to keep your job long.  Several community members who were hired in the same position were not expected to perform at the same level or bother even to show up. It was frustrating.  Did not stay long. Do not expect any federal laws to apply to you as far as your job goes, they do not apply on the reservation. (for example, EEOC, etc.)

The center I was placed was okay. It depend on fellow coworkers; if you got along with others, keep certain things to yourself and kept away from gossip. Each day was challenging, sometimes we were short staff and had to help each. It was overwhelming when other fellow coworkers didn't pull their own weight. The hardest part was not getting overtime pay, it would turn into comp time and overworked. I was always exhausted everyday because of the duties I had to volunteer and the paper work that we had to finish before leaving the school. The most enjoyable was working with teachers who were out-going, kind, friendly, helpful and understandable; it made worth staying and got a lot of things done.

After 9 years of employment with 5 different managers and 3 shifts in managing styles the aim of service never lost focus on the clients and the best methods to serve their needs.  I had a very good working experience and trying to be rehired.  The best part of the job was the colaborative effort by many hands.  The considerable expertise of the staff I worked with made it very true that there were no "stupid" questions, just problems that have an answer.  Excellent health benifits.  Overall very positive place to work.  There is also Education Leave available.

Working for the Gila River Indian Community was a honor an a privilege. I gained a whole new perspective of life in general, while working there. As a Health Education Specialist, I was always in the field providing health outreach to the community and it gave me the opportunity to become enriched in the culture and the people. The Gila River Indian Community is an incredible tribal government to work for. They take care of their employees every step of the way. The Community, the people, the land; are all incredible reasons to work there, the benefits are just a bonus.

We conduct over 50 compliance audits per year to ensure we comply with our Tribal minimum internal control standards and the State Gaming Office. It's challenging turning over these audits as it requires efficient time management skills. I thoroughly enjoy working in this industry and have learned a tremendous amount of the Indian Gaming Industry. One of the most challenging areas our office has experienced is to maintain effective working relationships with the casino management, the regulatory office, and the community council.

GRIC has a lot of great programs but the community leaders have no idea of what each program should be doing yet they oversee them. You have uneducated community members running off good qualified staff and are supported by ignorant leadership. Those with the dedication and passion for the work are not in positions to run programs due to lack of formal education, but the cycle of abuse of the employees will continue as the leadership will turn a blind eye to all of the community lead issues .

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Senior secretary 43 salaries reported	$19.93 per hour
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