Home and Community Extension Assistant/Associate Professor (Juab County)
Utah State University Extension invites applications for a faculty position in the Home and Community Department. This is a 12-month, fiscal-year appointment. Extension faculty develop, provide, evaluate, and coordinate research-based educational programs for youth and adults. Extension faculty also recruit, train and supervise volunteer leaders and serve as a liaison between local clientele, other resource agencies, and Utah State University administrators, faculty, and programs. Extension faculty have Juab County, departmental, and University responsibilities. An office will be provided at the Juab County Extension building.
Rank will be commensurate with experience, qualifications and current rank. Appointment opportunities include Extension Assistant or Associate Professor (tenure track). A Master's degree is required for either rank.
The estimated start date for this position is October 1, 2022
We welcome candidates with knowledge in one or more home and community program areas, appropriate to the county assignment, including, but not limited to:
- Family and consumer sciences
- Health and wellness
- Workforce development
- Economic development
- Entrepreneurship/business development
- Positive psychology and solution-focused mental health
- Suicide prevention
- Food sciences, preservation and safety
- Diabetes education
- Nutrition
- Gerontology, human development, family studies
- Personal finance education
- Public health
- Social work
- We are especially interested in candidates that are well versed in using online educational platforms to develop and deliver clientele-focused, home and community related programming.
More information about Utah State University Extension and the Home and Community Department can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=XvXITaFAltE&feature=youtu.be
Responsibilities
- Provide leadership to Extension activities
- Develop, implement and evaluate programs for adults and youth
- Develop partnerships and employ innovative approaches to reach clientele and new audiences
- Pursue internal and external funding to support Extension programming
- Document impacts and produce scholarly publications based on Extension programming
- Manage budgets, personnel, and volunteers
- Serve diverse audiences and support the civil rights mandate of Utah State University Extension
- Serve and collaborate with other Extension county faculty and specialists, University personnel, community and government agencies, and stakeholders
Minimum Qualifications:
- An earned Master's degree in a discipline such as: family and consumer sciences, public health, nutrition, food sciences, social work, mental health, psychology, finance, business, human development, family studies, health and wellness or related area.
- Ability to plan, organize and direct educational programs
- Experience in teaching adult and/or youth audiences
- Excellent oral and written English communication skills
- Ability to act as a liaison between federal, state, university and county clientele
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and as a team member
- Must have access to reliable transportation
- Must be willing to work with community leaders, partners, agencies, and USU county faculty and state specialists to meet various county needs in the program areas described in the position summary, including reaching diverse audiences
Preferred Qualifications:
- Program development and/or delivery related to area of expertise, as listed above or similar
- Using various technology platforms for the creation and dissemination of educational webinars, on-line classes, and educational video productions
- Implementing applied research activities
- Grant writing
- Recruiting, supervising, and working with staff and volunteers
- Working with diverse, low income and under-served audiences
- Marketing and community engagement via social media
- Willing and able to collaborate with colleagues via partnerships and working groups to meet the diverse needs of communities
- Fostering positive relationships with related organizations, agencies and community stakeholders
- Public speaking and presenting
- Ability to communicate effectively in English and Spanish (Bilingual)
- Willingness and ability to reach various cultural diversity needs within the county, including - Latino programming
- Prior experience with the Land Grant University System
Required Documents:
Along with the online application, please attach:
- Resume/CV to be uploaded at the beginning of your application in the Candidate Profile under “Resume/CV”
- Three professional references with contact information
- Documents below to be uploaded at the beginning of your application in the Candidate Profile under “Documents 1-10”
- Cover Letter - In your cover letter, please highlight how you have or how you could meet these job expectations and qualifications”
- Transcript(s)
**Document size may not exceed 10 MB.**
ADA:
Employees typically work indoors and are protected from weather and/or contaminants, but not, necessarily, occasional temperature changes.
University Highlights:
Utah State University (USU) was founded in 1888 and is Utah’s land-grant and space-grant university. USU is one of only 146 research institutions in the U.S. classified as R1 “very high research activity” by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. As one of the two premier research institutions in Utah, USU provides a high-quality education at an affordable price. With its main campus in Logan, the university serves approximately 27,500 students, including 24,255 undergraduates and 3,171 graduate students. USU Online has served students from all 50 states and 55 countries for 25 years.
USU’s statewide system features three residential campuses, 30 total campus locations, and 23 Extension education centers. The university employees 903 full-time faculty members, 124 executive administrators, and 1,649 full-time support staff. USU offers 115 undergraduate majors, as well as 91 master’s and 42 doctoral degrees. Learn more about USU.
A core characteristic of USU is engagement with communities and people in economic development, improvements to quality of life, and human capital. Through the practical application of knowledge, the University and its faculty engage and share expertise with the state, nation, and world, preserving the historical land-grant tradition of partnering with communities to address critical societal issues in the interest of the public good.
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USU is sensitive to the needs of dual career couples and provides a Dual Career Assistance program to support careers for partners who are also seeking employment.
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