Education Program Assistant Master Gardener

Education Program Assistant 2:
Master Gardener

This recruitment will be used to fill one part-time (approximately 32 hours per week) Master Gardener, Education Program Assistant 2 position for the Division of Extension and Engagement's Extension Lane County with Oregon State University (OSU). This position will be located in Eugene, Oregon. This Education Program Assistant 2 (EPA2) position is based at the Oregon State University Division of Extension and Engagement's (division) Extension Service office in Lane County, Oregon.

This EPA position provides critical support by assisting the Community Horticulture faculty member with volunteer management and educational delivery of the Master Gardener volunteer program including outreach, management, advertising, and record keeping for the program. Programs are delivered in a manner that is respectful of local norms and culture. This EPA assists the Community Horticulture faculty member with ensuring that educational programs and outreach activities serve broad and diverse populations in an accessible, inclusive, equitable, and socially just manner.

This includes complying with civil rights and language/visual access regulations.

The division has built the capacity and expectation for employees to use digital communications and technologies in the modern-day workplace. This reflects our demonstrable commitment to using digital communications tools and changing technologies as a primary way to raise Oregonian's awareness of and engagement with our organization, programs and resources. This EPA position requires working outside the office. Active and effective communication with staff and key stakeholders is critical to the success of this position.

About Lane:
Lane County is one of 36 counties in Oregon and is located in Western Oregon. The faculty, staff, and trained volunteers of the OSU Extension Service in Lane County work alongside local partners to provide educational workshops, activities, and services tailored to the unique industries, natural resources, and people in the Lane County communities. To learn more about Lane County, visit the Lane County Oregon webpage and the Extension Lane County webpage.

About the Extension Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (ASNR) Program:
The ASNR program aims to promote improvements in the economic, environmental and social well-being of Oregon residents. The ASNR program serves broad and diverse audiences in Oregon communities having specialized interests by delivering information through faculty who have a presence in 36 county offices, 11 branch agricultural experiment stations at 15 locations, and who represent 11 academic departments at Oregon State University.

To learn more about our ASNR program, please visit.

About the division:
The Division of Extension and Engagement (division) is core to Oregon State University's mission. The Division helps create real solutions and positive impact across Oregon and beyond. The division is aligned under the leadership of the Vice Provost for Extension and Engagement. To learn more about our division and its core units and initiatives, please visit.

Oregon State University strives to ensure that all educational programs, services, activities, and materials we offer to the public are identified, developed, delivered, and evaluated in an accessible, inclusive, equitable, and socially just manner. OSU division's educational programs, services, activities, and materials are available to all people. OSU division prohibits discrimination in all its programs, services, activities, and materials. All employees are responsible for and expected to comply with Civil Rights obligations and actively work to expand access to all eligible populations.

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