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University of California, Davis – – Cooperative Extension Area 4-H Youth Development Advisor Serving Lassen, Modoc, and Siskiyou Counties (AP 25-13)

The University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) invites applications for a UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Area 4-H Youth Development Advisor at the Assistant rank. The Area 4-H Youth Development Advisor is responsible for developing the UCCE 4-H Youth Development extension and research programs in Lassen, Modoc, and Siskiyou Counties. The advisor will develop and deliver a program providing all young people with meaningful youth development opportunities.

They will develop an extension and applied research program framed in positive youth development, emphasizing outdoor education programs and curricula to promote program growth and expanded opportunities for youth participation.

UCCE Advisors are responsible for applied research and extension of knowledge within their local communities. Research activities are applied, needs-based, mission-oriented, and focused on addressing our communities’ challenges. Extension activities are the educational practices advisors use to share research results directly with clientele and communities. Increased knowledge and understanding of science-based research help to support and promote the adoption of practices and technologies that solve problems.

Extension methods may include individual consultations, presentations, organization of educational workshops and short courses, field demonstrations, and farm and site visits.

The advisor is expected to collaborate with other 4-H personnel in implementing all delivery models, including in-school, after-school, community club, and other out-of-school-time programs and projects. Information may also be disseminated via radio outreach, webinars, fact sheets, policy briefs, news blogs, and social media. Publications are expected in various formats, such as newsletters, popular-press articles, curricula, conference proceedings, and peer-reviewed journals.

Successful research and extension programs result in new information that improves knowledge and the adoption of new skills and practices, changes attitudes, informs policies, and improves environmental, health, agricultural, economic, and/or social conditions. UCCE Advisors are evaluated through an academic advancement system based on four criteria: extending knowledge, applied research and creative activity, professional competence and activity, and University and public service.

This position will be headquartered in the UCCE office in Lassen County, 707 Nevada St., Susanville, CA 96130, or the UCCE office in Modoc County, 202 W 4th St, Alturas, CA 96101.

The advisor will develop and extend innovative 4-H Youth Development (YD) programs across the three-county area. They will cultivate both a strong community network and an academic network that support an effective flow of information and creative work promoting positive youth development within the three-county area. The advisor will provide academic oversight of the 4-H community club program and educational leadership to county-based 4-H staff, educators, volunteers, and community members.

The advisor will provide 15% FTE to strengthen the statewide 4-H network of outdoor education programming. Within the three-county area, there are opportunities to develop programs that build on and enhance a strong traditional 4-H program. Excellent youth development opportunities exist in youth-to-youth learning models (e.g., teenager-to-elementary-aged youth), youth-led community and volunteer training events, youth development collaborations with local agencies and organizations, regional camping experiences, and outdoor events to better integrate area youth with their peers.

The new advisor will have numerous community service organizations, agricultural producers, natural resources professionals, and outdoor enthusiasts with whom…