CALS- Extension Support Specialist - Veteran Project Associate- School of Integrative Plant Sciences; SIPS

Extension Support Specialist I
- Veteran Project Associate

The Opportunity

As a university founded to be a place where "…any person can find instruction in any study," inclusion and belonging are at the core of our values and mission. We strive to be a welcoming, caring, healthy, and equitable community where students, faculty, and staff with different backgrounds, perspectives, abilities, and experiences can learn, innovate, and work in an environment of respect, and feel empowered to engage in any community conversation.

As a member of the Cornell University community, it is important to recognize our shared responsibility to each other to cultivate a culture of inclusion for all. Cornell core values

As an individual contributor you will model and support a culture of inclusion, belonging, and wellbeing and continually seek to understand how your role, behaviors, and actions impact the success of this culture.

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About the College

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) is a pioneer of purpose-driven science and Cornell University's second largest college. We work across disciplines to tackle the challenges of our time through world-renowned research, education, and outreach. The questions we probe and the answers we seek focus on three overlapping concerns:
We believe that achieving next-generation scientific breakthroughs requires an understanding of the world's complex, interlocking systems. We believe that access to nutritious food and a healthy environment is a fundamental human right. We believe that ensuring a prosperous global future depends on the ability to support local people and communities everywhere. By working in and across multiple scientific areas, CALS can address challenges and opportunities of the greatest relevance, here in New York, across the nation, and around the world.

About SIPS:
The CALS School of Integrative of Plant Science (SIPS) encompasses five fields:
Horticulture, Plant Biology, Plant Breeding & Genetics, Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, and Soil and Crop Sciences.

Combined there are 100+ faculty, ~200 undergraduate majors, 200+ graduate students in six fields, and 600+ other employees located in Ithaca, Geneva, and other satellite locations across New York State. The School offers the multidisciplinary undergraduate major in the Plant Sciences and is also home to the Agricultural Sciences major.

School faculty also contribute to the Biology, Global Development, and Viticulture & Enology majors.

The Cornell Small Farm Program (SFP) engages in research and extension projects and collaborations that support and enhance the viability of small farms in New York. This position will support the Farm Ops Project, a SFP effort focused on supporting military veterans pursuing agricultural careers through beginning farmer training, support networks, and informational resources.

This Veteran Project Associate will support the Veteran Project Lead in all aspects related to the aims of the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets and towards facilitating military veterans entering into farming as a career.

Essential duties include:

• Support all activities related to farmer veteran project goals.
• Demonstrate support and understanding of the veteran audience through further development of existing communications platforms and messaging.
• Facilitate communications to attract veterans to project activities.
• Develop teaching materials or training strategies for military veterans transitioning into or currently involved in agriculture.
• Host peer learning circles of military veterans interested or currently engaged in agriculture.
• Support the development of a farmer veteran networking program in New York State.
• Facilitate relationship building with veteran farmers and veterans seeking careers in agriculture with the aim of creating a mentorship system.

While position…