Extension Agent, -H Youth Development, Coffee County, UT Extension: UTIA

Job Description

Position X2631:

County:
Coffee County

4-H Youth

Manchester, TN

Tennessee Extension agents are teachers who work in rural, suburban and urban areas with people from all social, economic, racial and ethnic backgrounds. Our classrooms are everywhere…anywhere a person can learn. The classroom may be the county Extension office, an auditorium, an agribusiness firm, a farm, a suburban garden plot or the family home. Agents also use newspapers, radio, television, web sites, and direct mail (or email) as techniques to reach Tennesseans with the latest research information to improve their lives.

• Plans, executes, and evaluates 4-H Youth Development (100%) educational programs.
• Implements, evaluates, and reports 4-H Youth Development Programs related to organization, leadership, recognition, sponsorship, etc.
• Assumes responsibility for all youth projects, activities, shows, events, and committees.
• Secures and trains volunteer leaders and serves as an educational resource for educational youth programs within the county.
• Responsible to the County Extension Director and must keep current on the latest research information in youth development.
• Provides leadership for a program of activities that meets the needs of all eligible clientele regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, religion, or veteran status.
• Assume other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in Agriculture, Family and Consumer Sciences or a field related to Education and/or youth development is required.
• Applicants must have either a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.7 on a 4.0 point scale, a minimum of 3.0 during their senior year of undergraduate study, or must have earned a Master’s degree. Preference will be given to applicants with a MS Degree, and/or work experience in a related field.
• Applicants graduating prior to position start date are welcome to apply. A complete application package will include a
  1) letter of interest,
  2) a resume or curriculum vitae,
  3) and official or unofficial transcripts showing degree(s) conferred.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without need now or in the future for sponsorship for employment-based visa status.

• Has normally been employed with Extension in their current location a minimum of eighteen (18) months.
• Has a performance rating of satisfactory or above for the previous eighteen (18) months; and
• Training appropriate for the assignment.
• Attach a complete application package which includes a
  1) letter of interest,
  2) a resume or curriculum vitae,
  3) and official or unofficial transcripts showing degree(s) conferred.

UT Extension

212 D Morgan Hall

Knoxville, TN

Phone:

Website: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..edu

• On-Site

• Starting Salary Based On Education & Experience
• Salary:
  Commensurate with training and experience. Coffee County Government funds 100% of the position salary and benefits costs.
• Benefits:
  Group hospitalization and life insurance;
  State Retirement;
  Workers’ Compensation; sick and annual leave; numerous University of Tennessee and state benefits programs, including liberal time off for holidays, and longevity pay after three years of service; reimbursement for official travel. Find more information on UT Benefits here .

UT Extension provides a gateway to the University of Tennessee as the outreach unit of the Institute of Agriculture. It is a statewide educational organization, funded by federal, state and local governments, that brings research-based information about agriculture, family and consumer sciences, and resource development to the people of Tennessee where they live and work.

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