Aquatic Resources Extension Agent - West Region Job Fayette area,Alabama USA,Education / Teaching

Overview

Extending knowledge, improving lives! Make an impact in your community and in the lives of Alabamians.

The Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES) is seeking a self-motivated Aquatic Resources Extension Agent to serve a 19-county region. This role focuses on educating landowners, professionals, and the public on key aquatic resource topics, including farm pond management, watershed conservation, stormwater management, and drought preparedness.

Reasons you’ll love being an Extension Agent atACES– Auburn:

Job Satisfaction! Be a part of life-changing work in your community!
Excellent full-time benefits that start on Day 1!
Medical, dental, and vision insurance options!
Work/life balance!
4 weeks of vacation accrued each year.
96 hours of sick leave accrued annually.
7 paid holidays in addition to 2 weeks of paid leave during Christmas/New Years when the University closes.
6 weeks of paid parental leave for the birth or adoption of a child (available forBOTHmoms & dads).
AU tuition assistance for you and your dependents after a year of service.
Generous state retirement plan along with other voluntary retirement plan options and benefits.
Fun, flexible & diverse work environment. Every day is different!
Supportive leadership & peers. TheACESteam supports you and your work!

Program Priority Area:

Aquatic Resources (AQR)

Agent will be housed in Fayette, Alabama Geographic Area of Responsibility

Lauderdale, Limestone, Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence, Morgan, Marion, Winston, Lamar, Fayette, Walker, Cullman, Jefferson, Bibb, Chilton, Lowndes, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Sumter, Greene, Hale, Perry, Choctaw, Marengo, Dallas, Wilcox Counties.

Responsibilities

The primary role of an Extension Agent is to provide programmatic leadership in a subject-matter discipline.

Program Leadership

Cooperates and informs internal stakeholders and has a positive working relationship with staff and clients in assigned geographical and subject-matter area.

Conducts and analyzes needs assessment results.

Participates and contributes to the development of the Priority Program Team (PPT) plan-of-work and develops an individual plan-of-work involving other Extension Agents and County Extension Directors.

Offers comprehensive disciplinary programming to support transformational change and participates in interdisciplinary programming.

Functions as an effective educator using innovative and creative approaches and demonstrates outstanding written and oral communication skills.

Conducts program evaluations to reach plan-of-work objectives and impacts have a positive effect in assigned area.

Submits well prepared and timely reports and shares results with stakeholders and partners.

Program Management

Budgets and manages fiscal resources within ACES policies and guidelines and serves as a good steward of all resources.

Builds relationships with volunteers and partners; recruits and manages volunteers within ACES policy, and trains new volunteers.

Secures extramural funding (grants, contracts, donations, sponsor ships, programming fees, etc.) to support and expand programming.

Provides supervision and/or program support for staff/volunteers where appropriate.

Identifies innovative ways to engage targeted under-served and under-represented audiences.

Public Relations

Provides subject-matter support to local and regional stakeholders and organizes new networks or coalitions to build community capacity.

Establishes relationships with stakeholder organizations, participates in stakeholder organizational programming, and serves as ACES primary subject-matter representative.

Establishes media contacts and actively uses multiple media outlets.

Serves as a positive role model for the organization, establishes positive relationships, and contributes to the mission…