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Posted 11/28/2023
Urban Agriculture, Food Systems and Environmental Issues Advisor (Applied Research and Extension) AP 22-38
Institution: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
County Location: San Diego County
Location: UC ANR - Davis
Date Posted: November 12, 2023
Closing Date: December 31, 2023
Job Description: https://ucanr.edu/publicFiles/jobs/2671.pdf
Position Overview
The University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) offers a unique recruitment opportunity for a UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Urban Agriculture, Food Systems and Environmental Issues Advisor. UC ANR operates a statewide network of researchers and educators dedicated to the development and application of knowledge to address local agricultural, environmental and health issues.
Over 150 UC ANR UCCE Advisors conduct research, outreach and education from locally based CE offices serving all 58 counties from 70+ locations throughout the state. Our mission is to bring the University of California directly to Californians through research, extension and education programs that support:
- •Sustainable, safe, and nutritious food production and delivery
- Economic success in a global economy
- A sustainable, healthy, and productive environment
- Science literacy and youth development
By working and living among those we serve, UC ANR expands the University of California's reach to engage all people and communities in California, ensuring equal access to the UC system.
Learn more about Skills and Areas of Programmatic Review (including Professional Competence, University and Public Service and Affirmative Action and DEI) at: https://ucanr.edu/sites/anrstaff/files/319460.pdf
Closing Date: To assure full consideration, application packets must be received by December 31, 2023 - (open until filled)
Questions? Contact Mikyla Perez; email [email protected]
Apply: https://apptrkr.com/4805347
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Posted 11/14/2023
Mental Health Field Specialist I Position with South Dakota State University Extension
Institution: South Dakota State University
Posting Number: NFE02187P
Department: SDSU-Food & Families Programs-Ext
Date Posted: November 13, 2023
Closing Date: December 4, 2023
Job Description: https://yourfuture.sdbor.edu/postings/36950
Position Overview
At South Dakota State University Extension, we pride ourselves on developing strong communities using cutting-edge, research-based programming to support state-wide emerging issues. Our Food and Families Program is looking for a mental health professional to serve in a statewide leadership role as an Extension Field Specialist I focusing on mental health. This position will be located in one of the regional offices in: Aberdeen, Lemmon, Mitchell, Pierre, Rapid City, Sioux Falls, or Watertown and is a 12-month, full-time, benefit-eligible position.
For a complete listing of responsibilities, the minimum and preferred qualifications, the application deadline, contact information for questions on position, and to apply, visit https://YourFuture.sdbor.edu, search for the position, and follow the electronic application process. Full Consideration Deadline: December 4, 2023.
For questions on the electronic employment process, contact SDSU Human Resources at (605) 688-4128. Learn more about Brookings by visiting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT8OnH5eIgQ&feature=youtu.be.
The department actively provides access to and opportunities for all to receive the benefit of and participate in education, research, and service and is especially interested in candidates that can contribute to this land-grant access mission. South Dakota State University is an AA/EO employer – vets, disability.
Apply: https://yourfuture.sdbor.edu/postings/36950 |
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Posted 10/30/2023
Soil Health and Organic Materials Management Advisor (Applied Research and Extension) AP 22-03
University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
County Locations: Los Angeles County, Orange County, San Diego County
Locations: Office of the President - Oakland and UC ANR - Davis
Date Posted: October 18, 2023
Closing Date: December 4, 2023
Job Description: https://ucanr.edu/publicFiles/jobs/2652.pdf
Position Overview
The University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) offers a unique recruitment opportunity for a UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Soil Health and Organic Materials Management Advisor. UC ANR operates a statewide network of researchers and educators dedicated to the development and application of knowledge to address local agricultural, environmental and health issues. Over 150 UC ANR UCCE advisors conduct research, outreach and education from locally based CE offices serving all 58 counties from 70+ locations throughout the state. Our mission is to bring the University of California directly to Californians through research, extension and education programs that support:
• Sustainable, safe, and nutritious food production and delivery
• Economic success in a global economy
• A sustainable, healthy, and productive environment
• Science literacy and youth development
By working and living among those we serve, UC ANR expands the University of California's reach to engage all people and communities in California, ensuring equal access to the UC system.
Location Headquarters: Orange County, CA, UC ANR South Coast Research and Extension Center, Irvine, CA.
Purpose. The Soil Health and Organic Materials Management Advisor will implement an innovative extension education and applied research program addressing issues related to the diversion of organic waste from landfills into alternative end markets contributing to the improved health of agricultural and landscape soils.
This position offers the opportunity to address a myriad of issues related to green and food waste management and its subsequent use on urban soils in the form of mulch and compost. It is envisioned that it will also become more critical to identify methods of disposal and/or uses of both of these organic materials locally, in order to reduce the impact of hauling and subsequent land application hundreds of miles from their original source. There is also a significant need to address the public's adverse response to the use of some organic waste products, potentially containing contaminants, as soil amendments, especially urban soils used for food production.
This is an exciting opportunity to build a research and extension program around topics such as the use of organic materials as soil amendments, land cover applications of both compost and mulch, innovative processing technologies, adoption of management practices (behavior changes), identification and management of chemical contaminants in organic wastes, and innovative markets for diverted and processed organic waste products.
There are many opportunities for extension and research partnerships with individual municipalities, counties, and members of the waste management community to bridge the gap between regulations and best available science in organic waste management by end users in urban agriculture, landscape, and open spaces. The advisor will also partner with UCCE volunteer programs such as Master Gardeners (focused on compost education), Master Food Preservers, and 4-H Youth Development STEM projects, where appropriate.
The advisor joins a team of highly motivated UCCE colleagues who are passionate about their work and are dedicated to making a difference within the communities and throughout California. The potential for collaborative projects within the UC ANR system is nearly limitless.
Counties of Responsibility. This position will be strategically located at the UC ANR South Coast Research and Extension Center (SCREC) to mainly serve Orange, Los Angeles, and San Diego Counties.
Reporting Relationship: The CE Advisor serves under the administrative guidance of the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) South Coast REC Director with input from the other relevant county Directors.
Qualifications and Skills Required
Required Qualifications
Education: A minimum of a Master's degree in soils, environmental science, environmental engineering, or closely related discipline is required at the time of appointment.
Additional Requirements
• Ability and means to travel on a flexible schedule as needed, proof of liability and property damage insurance on vehicle used is required. Must possess valid California Driver's License to drive a County or University vehicle.
• This is not a remote position. The candidate must be available to work onsite.
Desired Experience
• Experience in waste management, methods of statistical analysis, and experience participating in interdisciplinary research is highly desirable
• Passion and desire to pursue a career in Cooperative Extension
• Experience in building partnerships and with multidisciplinary teams
• Demonstrated ability to effectively plan projects, manage teams and implement an applied research and outreach program, including setting measurable goals and objectives.
Skills Required
To be successful, the CE Advisor requires skills in the following area:
Technical Competence and Impact
The candidate should have a deep understanding of waste management and alternate end markets and be able to design and implement a program that leads to positive changes and impact within the community and beyond. There is an expectation that advisors evolve and grow across their career and respond to changes in the industry and by clientele.
Communication
Demonstrated excellence in written, oral, and interpersonal and information technology communication skills. Public speaking to stakeholders is a routine part of this position.
Demonstrated ability to share complex information in a manner tailored to the audience.
Collaboration, Teamwork and Flexibility
Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively as a team member with industry and other stakeholders. Able to adapt as circumstances warranted.
Aware and willing to actively promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Lifelong Learning
Demonstrated commitment to ongoing self-improvement. Ability to shift program focus as times and organizational needs change.
Learn more about Skills and Areas of Programmatic Review (including Professional Competence, University and Public Service and Affirmative Action and DEI) at: https://ucanr.edu/sites/anrstaff/files/319460.pdf
Salary & Benefits
Salary: The salary range for this Cooperative Extension Advisor position is Assistant Rank, Step I ($79,500) to Step VI ($100,900). Step placement in the advisor series is based on applicable experience and professional qualifications. For information regarding Cooperative Extension Advisor salary scales, please refer to the University of California website: https://ucanr.edu/sites/anrstaff/files/358478.pdf. If the successful candidate is currently a UCCE Advisor, the candidate will be offered the position without change to the candidate's current rank, step, salary and/or appointment terms; and if applicable, is eligible to retain indefinite status.
This position is eligible for indefinite status following three successful reviews and subject to terms noted in UC ANR Policy and Procedure Manual, Section 315 https://ucanr.edu/sites/anrstaff/files/118501.pdf
Benefits: The University of California offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, retirement plans, two days per month paid vacation, one day per month paid sick leave, and paid holidays. This position is eligible for sabbatical leave privileges as per the terms of the University policy. For more information, refer to the UC Benefits website at: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html
How to Apply
If interested in this position, please visit: https://recruit.ucanr.edu/ and choose \“applicants\” (refer to position #22-03)
Closing Date: To assure full consideration, application packets must be received by
December 4, 2023 - (open until filled)
Questions?
Contact Mikyla Perez email: mailto:[email protected] |
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Posted 10/12/2023
University of Kentucky
Location: Lexington, KY
The University of Kentucky School of Human Environmental Sciences has two new health-focused faculty positions posted. We will begin reviewing materials for both positions on December 15, 2023 and continue until the position is filled.
See below for the current openings and links to apply:
Assistant/Associate Extension Professor Community and Family Health: https://ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/492187
The University of Kentucky School of Human Environmental Sciences is seeking an Assistant/Associate Extension Professor Community and Family Health to provide statewide leadership in the areas of community and family health with an emphasis on health equity. This is a twelve-month, Extension Title Series, tenure-eligible position at the University of Kentucky with appointment in the School of Human Environmental Sciences at the assistant or associate rank. The anticipated distribution of effort is 95% Extension and 5% Service. The distribution of effort is reviewed annually and may include teaching effort in the future.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Mental Health and Well-Being: https://ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/492188
The University of Kentucky School of Human Environmental Sciences is seeking an Assistant Clinical Professor of Mental Health and Well-Being to provide statewide leadership in the areas of mental health and well-being. This is a twelve-month (non-tenure eligible), Clinical Title Assistant Professor, position at the University of Kentucky. The position will be held within the School of Human Environmental Sciences. The anticipated distribution of effort is 95% Extension, 5% Service. The distribution of effort is reviewed annually and may include teaching effort in the future. |
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Posted 9/28/2023
Utah State University Extension
Professor or Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor (Iron County)
Iron County
Apply at jobs.usu.edu
Or direct link: https://tinyurl.com/USUExtIronCounty
Overview
Utah State University Extension invites applications for a County Extension faculty position in the Home and Community Department. This is a 12-month, fiscal-year appointment, tenure track or non-tenure track Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor Position. Extension faculty develop, implement, evaluate, and coordinate research-based educational programs to enhance quality of life 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. This Extension position includes university responsibilities and is based in Iron County.
An office will be provided at the USU Extension office in Cedar City, Utah.
Rank will be commensurate with experience, qualifications and current rank. Appointment opportunities include Extension Assistant or Associate Professor (tenure track), or Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor (non-tenure track). A Master's degree is required for Extension Assistant or Associate ranks. A Bachelor's degree and substantial professional experience is required for the Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor
The estimated start date for this position is January 1, 2024. Applications received by October 16, 2023 will receive first consideration.
For full details and to apply, please visit https://tinyurl.com/USUExtIronCounty |
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Posted 9/28/2023
Utah State University Extension
Home and Community Extension Assistant/Associate Professor or Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor
Sevier County
Apply at jobs.usu.edu
Or direct link: https://tinyurl.com/USUExtSevierCounty
Overview
Utah State University Extension invites applications for a County Extension faculty position in the Home and Community Department. This is a 12-month, fiscal-year appointment, tenure-track or a non-tenure track Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor Position. Extension faculty develop, implement, evaluate, and coordinate research-based educational programs to enhance quality of life 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. This Extension position includes university responsibilities and is based in Sevier County.
An office will be provided at the USU Extension office in Richfield, Utah.
Rank will be commensurate with experience, qualifications and current rank. Appointment opportunities include Extension Assistant or Associate Professor (tenure track), or Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor (non-tenure track). A Master's degree is required for Extension Assistant or Associate ranks. A Bachelor's degree and substantial professional experience is required for the Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor
The estimated start date for this position is January 1, 2024. Applications received by October 16, 2023 will receive first consideration.
For full details and to apply, visit https://tinyurl.com/USUExtSevierCounty |
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Posted 9/20/2023
Full Professor tenure-track, Food and Nutrition Security Cluster Hire Lead, University of Tennessee Knoxville (UTK).
The College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences (CEHHS) seeks applications from associate and full professors for a Full Professor position in the Department of Nutrition to co-lead, with a new hire in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, a cluster hire that will strengthen the university’s ability to develop a national reputation in the area of food and nutrition security, using a food systems perspective. This cluster hire will include six faculty in the home units of Nutrition; Retail, Hospitality, and Tourism Management; Nursing; Agricultural and Resource Economics; Food Science; and Family and Consumer Sciences. Faculty hired as part of this cluster will collaboratively work across the University of Tennessee Knoxville (UTK) and University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (UTIA) campuses, using a team science approach, in building a strategic plan that emphasizes enhancing collaboration and impact by creating an interdisciplinary, translational human health and wellness identity at UT in food and nutrition security. This strategic plan will include a focus on interdisciplinary academic programming and scholarship. Within the area of scholarship, this cluster hire will help lead UT in building an equitable and inclusive research enterprise, which supports a diverse and inclusive workforce, community-engaged scholarship, and research that enhances population representativeness.
This Full Professor position will also include a joint appointment in Family and Consumer Sciences and have a 30% administrative appointment for leading cluster initiatives. The successful candidate will also co-lead the effort to fill four positions within the cluster, in the units of Retail, Hospitality, and Tourism Management; Nursing; Food Science; and Family and Consumer Sciences, and thus have considerable influence in building a team of food and nutrition security scholars.
We seek an established and recognized scholar whose work targets enhancing diet quality in populations experiencing food and nutrition insecurity. The candidate should be able to provide leadership in the cluster hire and related initiatives, apply health-relevant theoretical frameworks in research, have strong quantitative or mixed methods research skills, and have expertise with interdisciplinary collaboration. The successful candidate will: (a) lead interdisciplinary academic and research programming in food and nutrition security; (b) participate in related collaborative research programs; (c) mentor faculty hired within the cluster hire initiative; (d) provide limited teaching in the Department of Nutrition's educational programs; (e) mentor MS/PhD students; and (f) provide limited outreach and service in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences (joint appointment).
This 9-month, fulltime (1.0 FTE), position begins August 1, 2024. Starting salary is commensurate with experience. UTK has a competitive benefits package, and 9-month tenure-track faculty are eligible for summer salary. The start-up package for the position is designed to support the launch of the cluster hire. UTK is Tennessee's flagship land grant university and is currently in the midst of unprecedented growth in enrollment, with approximately 35,000 enrolled students. The University is also a Carnegie Foundation Research (R1) University with the highest research activity and has achieved a Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement.
Qualifications
The Knoxville campus of the University of Tennessee is seeking candidates who have the ability to contribute in meaningful ways to the diversity and intercultural goals of the University. Candidates must have earned their doctorate in nutrition or a related public health, social, or behavioral science field. The candidate must have an extensive record of extramural funding, scholarly productivity, and successful mentoring. The successful candidate must meet the qualifications for being a full professor within UTK’s faculty handbook. Candidates with demonstrated experience in productive interdisciplinary collaborations, successful team leadership, experience in team science, and/or administrative experience are preferred.
Application Instructions
Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2023, and will continue until the position is filled. Individuals interested in applying for this position should submit electronically at apply.interfolio.com/129754 a letter of application, curriculum vita, and list of three references who can address the applicant’s capabilities with complete addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses. Questions can be directed to Dr. Hollie Raynor, search committee chair, at [email protected].
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment and admission without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, and parental status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law. In accordance with the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the University of Tennessee affirmatively states that it does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, or disability in its education programs and activities, and this policy extends to employment by the university. Inquiries and charges of violation of Title VI (race, color, and national origin), Title IX (sex), Section 504 (disability), the ADA (disability), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (age), sexual orientation, or veteran status should be directed to the Office of Equity and Diversity, 1840 Melrose Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996-3560, telephone 865-974-2498. Requests for accommodation of a disability should be directed to the ADA Coordinator at the Office of Equity and Diversity. |
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