Farm Safety and Health Outreach Specialist

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Job Category:

Academic Staff

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Profile:

Outreach Specialist

Job Summary:

Safe, healthy farms are essential to Wisconsin’s agricultural industry. The Farm Safety and Health Outreach Specialist works with producers, agribusiness, and health professionals to translate research into practical education that supports safer, more profitable operations. This role delivers statewide outreach on key safety risks—chemical, biological, and physical—focusing on risk identification, prevention, and proper PPE use, while building partnerships with stakeholders to support outreach, evaluation, and guidance on the safe adoption of emerging technologies, including automation, while assessing their impacts on workplace safety, workforce attraction and retention, and overall farm sustainability.

Division of Extension headquarters are located within Madison, WI but the position location is flexible and will be determined based on programmatic needs, successful candidate’s preferences, and availability of suitable space.

This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location. Remote work requires an approved remote work agreement (RWA). A RWA requires successful candidates to possess their own high-speed internet and phone to perform the work on a university provided computer. Per University policy, transportation between home and assigned work location is not payable/reimbursable and will be at the expense of the employee.

This position has the possibility of working up to 2 days remote per Extension''s Remote Work Policy .

It is expected that employees will make individual arrangements for transportation adequate to meet position responsibilities and essential job functions. Read more about UW-Madison Driver Authorization.

Applicants are required to:

• Have a valid drivers license and a reliable source of independent transportation for periodic in-state work travel, and/or comply with requirements for UW-Madison vehicle use authorization.

The ideal candidate will have experience with developing and evaluating educational programming and a record of accomplishment of building positive relationships.

• May assist with the monitoring of outreach program budget spending
• Communicate plans, activities, and achievements to Program Manager, partners, and relevant stakeholders
• Schedules and secures resources and communicates logistics in support of an outreach program
• Leads the implementation of programs, policies, and procedures through oversight of day-to-day activities for program staff and student and community volunteers
• Delivers outreach program content and materials to community members
• Researches, develops, and facilitates outreach program content and materials
• Identifies, promotes, and maintains external partnerships to support the outreach program
• Develops and evaluates curriculum and programs and provides recommendations for improvement

The Division of Extension, Agriculture Institute, Farm Management Program is hiring for a Farm Safety and Health Outreach Specialist.

Extension embodies the Wisconsin Idea by developing and connecting the research and educational resources of UW–Madison with residents and communities to address local, statewide, and national issues. We teach, learn, lead and serve, transforming lives and communities.

The UW-Madison Division of Extension Agriculture Institute addresses emerging issues related to Wisconsin’s agriculture and horticulture systems with research-based outreach to advance economically sustainable, socially responsible, and environmentally sound practices.

Farm Management Program is part of the Division of Extension''s Agriculture Institute and works with the agriculture community to develop research-based information, resources and tools that help inform decisions for profitable, healthy farm businesses.

The minimum annual (12 months) starting salary for the position is $70,000 but is nego