Extension Specialist – Volunteer and Partnership Engagement

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Posted: 31-Dec-23

Location: Greensboro, North Carolina

Salary: Open

Categories:

Staff/Administrative
Technology Transfer

Internal Number: 26311

Description:

Provides leadership in the development, management, implementation, and evaluation of research based, integrative statewide Extension programs that meet the needs of limited-resource and socially-disadvantaged audiences.
Delivers training and educational support materials for field staff and their clientele/ customers in building capacity to effectively engage and support volunteers and partner relationships consistent with the philosophy, policy and overall mission, goals and educational objectives of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Program.
Specifically, this position will include planning and designing programs and processes to support field staff in implementing successful volunteer management systems, and cultivating beneficial community and statewide partnerships.

Primary Function of Organizational Unit:

The Cooperative Extension at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is an educational outreach organization within the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences. Cooperative Extension at N.C. A&T provides researched-based educational information, programming, and technical assistance to limited-resource audiences that address a diverse range of issues in four programmatic areas – Agriculture and Natural Resources, Family and Consumer Sciences, Community and Rural Development, and 4-H Youth Development.
A dynamic and resourceful system is formed with its partners – North Carolina State University Extension, U.S. Department of Agriculture, state and county governments.
In addition to campus operations, Cooperative Extension has professionally staffed offices in almost half of the 100 counties in North Carolina and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indian Nation.

Internal job number: 009926

Requirements:

An earned doctorate from an accredited institution in Volunteer Administration, Extension Education, Community Development, Leadership, or closely related field and professional Extension or related practice in a non-profit or private sector.
· Experience in designing and implementing community-based Extension or non-formal educational programs through the engagement
· Computer literacy (proficiency in MS Excel, PowerPoint, Office)
· Demonstrated ability to conduct effective program evaluation.
· Demonstrated ability to design, promote, implement and evaluate youth and adult programs.
· Excellent written and oral communication skills and strong interpersonal skills.
· Experience in program planning, implementation, and evaluation.
· Demonstrated ability to interact and gain support from constituencies outside the university such as business and industry, state and federal agencies, non-profits, and private foundations.
· Demonstrated ability to handle multiple demands and set priorities.
· Valid Driver's license and personal transportation.
· Ability to travel and work after hours/weekends as needed.

Preferred:

In addition to Ph.D., three or more years of professional experience in Cooperative Extension program development or other non-formal community-based settings.

Three or more years of experience planning, implementing, marketing, and evaluating educational programs in community-based settings.

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North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is one of the nation’s most highly respected doctoral research, land-grant institutions. With an enrollment of almost 11,000 students, we are committed to fulfilling our mission through exemplary undergraduate and graduate instruction, scholarly and creative research, and effective public service. As a member of the A&T family you will be an integral part of its history and future – joining more than 1,800 current faculty and staff. You will be expected to be a leader and mentor. You will influence the minds that will affect our world. As a change agent, you will use your intellect and influence to make a positive impact on the greater A&T community. A&T will be more than your job, it will become your passion—and that commitment to yourself and others will last a lifetime. Because that’s what Aggies Do!
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