Post Rock District Family and Community Wellness Extension Agent

About This Role

Extension agents are professional educators, community connectors and innovators who serve as a link between Kansas State University and communities across Kansas. Agents are jointly responsible to the director of KState Extension (represented by a designated administrator) and the local extension board.

• Collaborate with other Post Rock District family and community wellness agents, volunteers, and extension colleagues to encourage wellness across the lifespan, promote healthy living through nutrition and physical activity education, strengthen individuals' and families' financial well-being, support Medicare and health insurance education and consultations, build community capacity, and lead volunteer development.
• Share responsibility for 4H youth development programming for school-aged youth. This will entail efforts to meet local (county-level) programming needs and to support district-wide youth programs related to family and consumer sciences.
• Engage in community vitality programming that helps our communities become better places to live, work, and play by strengthening social, civic, economic, and technological capacity through leadership development and civic engagement.
• Successful extension programs require agents to:
  • Identify local needs and emerging issues related to KState Extension's five critical issues (water and natural resources; community vitality; health; developing tomorrow's leaders; and global food systems) by engaging with program development committees and other community organizations and professionals.
  • Design appropriate educational strategies to respond to emerging needs and engage clientele by aligning with the imperatives of the KState Next-Gen Strategic Plan. Strategies might include educational programming in a community-based setting; events and activities that provide experiential learning opportunities; use of innovative technologies; individual educational consultations; and group facilitation.
  • Collaborate with local partners to meet community and programmatic needs.
  • Recruit and manage volunteers to further the reach and impact of programming.
  • Develop and implement strategies to serve all community audiences.
  • Collect and communicate evidence of educational program impact.
  • Cultivate expertise in a subject matter competency area by engaging as a member of a Program Focus Team.
• Pursue internal and external funding to support educational programming.
• Provide supervisory support for Post Rock District support staff (including office professionals and program assistants) in collaboration with the district director.
• Serve as a member of the Post Rock District team, cooperating in the planning and delivery of district-wide programming and related events.

K-State Extension connects Kansans to research-based information and education that helps individuals, families, businesses and communities thrive. It is a partnership between Kansas State University and federal, state, and county governments. Through local extension offices, K-State Extension provides practical solutions and programs in areas such as agriculture, health, youth development, and community vitality. Learn more at extension.k-state.edu.

Extension agents are Kansas State University faculty working throughout the state to serve the needs of local communities.

Post Rock District is comprised of Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Osborne, and Smith counties in north-central KS with a combined population of 18,737. We are a vibrant district with vigorous in-person and digital educational outreach. Our team has a strong history of community partnerships and an exciting future, with many opportunities to collaborate to address community health and wellness needs. The district's staff consists ofseven extension agents and ten support sta.

This agent will serve the people of the Post Rock Extension District. The Post Rock Extension District has offices in Beloit, Lincoln, Mankato, Osborne, and Smith Center, KS. This agent's primary office is negotiable between Lincoln, Mankato, Osborne, and Smith Center, KS.

Work for this position is on site
on-site at an Extension office determined…