Farms Extension & Research Associate ; Korean, Chinese, or Spanish Bilingual Riverside

Small Farms Extension & Research Associate 2 (Korean, Chinese, or Spanish Bilingual) – Riverside, CA

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Small Farms Extension and Research Associate will assist UC ANR Small Farms Advisors in delivering technical assistance, training, outreach, and applied research to support small-scale, diversified, and historically underserved farmers. The role focuses on on‑farm production challenges, regulatory compliance, marketing, and incentive program support. Must provide expert, technical assistance in English and one of Korean, Chinese, or Spanish to enhance on‑farm productivity and access to resources.

75% of time

• Provide growers with direct, one‑on‑one, bilingual technical assistance and extension support. Travel to farms, conduct farm visits, and meet with farmers individually to assist with production challenges, marketing, regulatory compliance, and access to grants, incentives, and economic relief programs. Assist farmers with online applications and collect data to identify barriers to program access.
• Assist with survey development and data collection for county‑level and statewide needs assessments to inform strategic planning of outreach, training, and applied research. Assist with translation and review of survey questions and with recruitment of survey participants.
• Collect and organize evaluation data from participants at workshops and individual farm visits, gather input from farmers, and conduct basic analyses to inform program improvements.
• Organize and maintain electronic records such as farmer contact lists and coordinate bilingual outreach through radio, social media, newsletters, farm visits, and networking. Organize, promote, and assist with extension workshops on a range of research, extension, and technical assistance topics.
• Gather data to inform policy discussions, summarize results for policy communications, and develop presentations for meetings with nonprofit partners, regulatory agencies, and policymakers to discuss research‑based information on small‑farm needs and challenges.
• Develop and design bilingual educational materials and deliver educational programming to assist small‑scale farmers in accessing markets and assistance programs, complying with regulations in areas such as food safety, labor, groundwater use, fertilizer use, pesticide use, and organic certification, and addressing crop production challenges through improved irrigation, nutrient management, pest management, and other practices.
• Serve as a lead worker on multi‑county outreach and technical assistance efforts, acting as a subject matter expert for specific project topics.
• Collect soil, plant, insect, water, and other types of samples to assist with research and technical support activities.

15% of time

• Assist the Small Farms Advisor with research activities and data management, including data collection for field research trials. Travel to field research sites to complete activities.
• Keep accurate and timely records, develop systems to organize reporting data, manage database and Excel records, assist with tracking activities, farmer contacts, expenses, and prepare data summaries.
• Conduct basic data analysis on demographic, survey, and field trial data.
• Provide oral and written reports on data collection and results on a regular basis.
• Assist in development of reports required by funding agencies and internal reporting procedures.

10% of time

• Provide coordination and bilingual support for outreach projects with growers, such as on‑farm demonstrations and tailgate meetings.
• Order supplies for research and extension projects.
• Prepare equipment and supplies necessary for fieldwork and data collection.
• Recruit farmers to participate in on‑farm research trials and assist with translation and communication to facilitate research activities.
• Coordinate logistics necessary for data collection with county office staff and other research assistants.
• Keep academics, staff, and other project collaborators informed of data collection status, pertinent results, and issues affecting research projects.
• Travel to farms to conduct outreach, training, and research activities.

• A minimum of a Bachelor's…