SIT LEADership Team Member

Description

***Please note: This position is open exclusively to enrolled Squaxin Island Tribal Members***

 Before You Apply: Please read the entire job posting carefully, including all qualifications, requirements, and application instructions, before submitting your application. 

This position will close on September 14, 2026

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants must upload the following documents with their application:

• Proof of Squaxin Island Tribal enrollment
• Letter of Interest explaining why you are interested in the program
• Letter of Recommendation addressing your attendance and performance history
  • Current SIGE/LCCR team members must provide a letter from their current supervisor.

LITTLE CREEK CASINO RESORT VISION AND MISSION EXPECTATIONS:

Little Creek Casino Resort Team Members display their best performance with professional and energetic behavior to promote us as the friendliest casino to our distinguished guests and the best place to work with quality jobs in the region to our team members.

SUMMARY:

The SIT LEADership Team Member participates in a structured leadership development program designed to prepare Squaxin Island Tribal Members for future leadership opportunities through cross-functional training, mentorship, operational exposure, accountability and professional development.

The two-year program establishes a consistent, performance-based leadership development model to increase leadership readiness. This position is a developmental training role.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Participate in all assigned departmental rotations
• Complete assigned projects and training objectives 
• Attend all required meetings, mentorship sessions, and evaluations
• Maintain strong attendance and professional conduct
• Demonstrate initiative, accountability, and leadership behaviors
• Learn and apply operational, financial, and leadership concepts
• Support departmental teams during rotations 

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

• Completion of all assigned rotations
• Participation in mentorship program
• Completion of required training and/or academic coursework
• Monthly performance evaluations

S.I.G.E. TRIBAL - STATE COMPACT & ACCOUNTING & INTERNAL CONTROL

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Responsible for Internal Control and Compact compliance regarding Casino Operations and ensure compliance with regulations of the Tribal Gaming Commission.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

N/A

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Accountability
• Communication
• Professionalism
• Emotional Intelligence
• Adaptability
• Leadership potential

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.     

Education and/or Experience:

• Enrolled Squaxin Island Tribal Member
• High school diploma or GED required
• 21 years of age or older
• Ability to maintain confidentiality required
• Demonstrated interest in leadership development
• Letter of recommendation referencing good attendance and performance history (if existing SIGE team member, letter from current supervisor required.)

Important Conditions:

• This is not a permanent management position
• Advancement is based on performance and completion of program requirements
• Participants may be removed from the program for performance or attendance issues
• Class III Gaming License issued from the Squaxin Island Gaming Commission
• To accommodate varying schedules and working hours, the participant may not hold any other employment while enrolled in the program.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 

• While performing the duties of this Job, the team member is regularly required to stand and walk.
• The team member is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.
• The team member must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and color vision.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. 

The team member is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, outside weather conditions, extreme cold, extreme heat, risk of electrical shock, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.