Assistant​/Associate Extension Agent (4-H Youth Development

Assistant/Associate Extension Agent (4-H Youth Development)

The extension office is in Clinton, Louisiana. The area to be served is East Feliciana Parish, which is in southeast Louisiana with a population of approximately 21,000 residents. The parish has 8 public schools and 1 parochial school. The parish has a potential youth audience of 2,000 youth. The program works with over 20 adult and youth volunteers and other non-profit organizations that help support youth programs.

The goals of the 4-H Youth Development Program include increasing youth leadership development and community service learning; strengthening the partnership between 4-H and formal education; and expanding volunteer involvement to increase contact hours per youth. Agriculture commodities are cattle, forestry, horticultural crops, and hay production.

The LSU AgCenter is actively seeking applicants who can contribute to such an environment through their scholarship, teaching, mentoring, and professional service.

4-H Youth Development:
The LSU AgCenter East Feliciana Parish Office seeks a 4-H Agent to lead the parish-wide 4-H youth development program. You must demonstrate the ability to work effectively with cultural, ethnically, and socioeconomically diverse audiences. Applicants must have abilities to build and maintain effective working relationships with 4-H adult volunteers, the East Feliciana Parish 4-H Advisory Committee and Foundation, community-based and grassroots organizations, and peers in the LSU AgCenter organization.

You will also provide strong leadership in the development of the adult volunteer system and youth-focused life skills educational content that is engaging and relevant to the audience. You will be part of a team that works together in support of initiatives designed to promote and support agriculture and strong families.

As a LSU AgCenter faculty member, you will also: work with agencies and organizations to assist or lead cooperative and interdisciplinary projects, both in the parish and through multi-parish efforts; provide service to schools outside of 4-H programming; develop creative works in support of programming, including presentations, professional posters, and web-based education; write scholarly publications related to the field of expertise;

and participate in professional associations and service activities for the LSU AgCenter. You will document efforts through an annual plan of work (POW) and report of accomplishment. For those being hired as an Assistant/Associate agent you will be expected to attain promotion and tenure by LSU AgCenter guidelines.

What you will do:

• Plan, develop, teach, evaluate, and report on youth educational programs that meet the needs of the parish's diverse population in coordination with the East Feliciana Parish 4-H Program and in alignment with the strategic direction of the Louisiana 4-H Youth Development program.
• Deliver youth development programming through 4-H community clubs, special interest clubs/groups, school enrichment, day camps, after school programs, and other events and activities, emphasizing leadership, community service, and workforce development to name a few.
• Coordinate youth and volunteer involvement in multi-parish, state, regional, and the national 4-H program and events.
• Build and lead a strong volunteer base through recruitment, screening, training, and managing adult volunteers, including competency building using state and national 4-H research-based methods.
• Teach and equip volunteers in educational methods to guide and support 4-H member projects in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), including animal sciences, environmental education, robotics, and agriculture, as well as the arts, entrepreneurship, career development, leadership, nutrition, healthy living, and citizenship.
• Assess and identify opportunities for volunteers to serve in management and leadership roles; then recruit, train, and use volunteers in those roles.
• Ensure the volunteer screening process is implemented and up to date and oversee all aspects of 4-H program risk management as directed by Louisiana 4-H Headquarters and local policies.
• Develop…