Director Design and Planning

Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation (TVCDC) is an Indigenous-led 501c3 nonprofit based in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Through its eight initiatives, TVCDC empowers Lakota youth and families to improve the health, culture and environment of our communities through the healing and strengthening of cultural identity. The Director of Design and Planning will lead the work of the Regenerative Community Development Initiative. The team is responsible for ensuring that the physical spaces where our healing and liberation occur meet our community’s vision for a healthy, innovative, and culturally appropriate built environment rooted in our Lakota way of life. TVCDC owns and manages several properties within Oglala Territory, Oceti Sakowin homelands. Our 34-acre Regenerative Community Development in Porcupine, SD is a new mixed-use community currently under construction. Once complete it will feature residential, educational, recreational, commercial, and ceremonial/ spiritual spaces. Our newly acquired 48-acre property in White Clay, NE will be the home of a healing community that will feature transitional and permanent-supportive housing in addition to facilities and services dedicated to improving the physical, spiritual, and emotional wellbeing of some of our most vulnerable relatives. The Director of Design and Planning will report to the Executive Director. Please note the focus of this role is not to provide direct architectural design services, although opportunities to complete in-house projects occasionally arise.

Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation (TVCDC) is a non-profit centrally located on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and provides local, grassroots, culturally-based programming to the youth and families. The Director of Design andn Planning requires work on-site in the Porcupine location. This position requires knowledge of Lakota cultural and lifeways. TVCDC work through eight interconnected initiative areas that are rooted in Lakota lifeways and serves the Lakota community.

Submission Guidelines: submit your cover letter, resume, and no more than 5 relevant work samples in a single file no larger than 25M to jobs@thundervalley.org. This position is open until filled.