Community Development Extension Educator

Community Development Extension Educator

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Job Category: Academic Staff

Employment Type: Regular

Job Profile: Outreach Specialist

Job Summary: Join UW‑Madison Division of Extension as a Community Development Educator serving Sheboygan County! The Community Development Educator strengthens Wisconsin communities by delivering research‑based education, fostering partnerships, and facilitating positive impacts that support effective local units of government, vibrant communities, and strong economies.

• Serve Sheboygan County by designing, delivering, and evaluating educational programming focused on local government education, zoning, land use, and comprehensive planning.
• Collaborate with town and county officials to provide training on zoning code enforcement, ethics, budgeting, open meetings, and public records.
• Develop education, tools, and resources related to effective community engagement processes and strategies.

Programmatic Focus: Local Government Education with an emphasis on zoning, zoning ordinance updates, and comprehensive planning. This position’s work will serve local government within the county, acting as a conduit to other Local Government Education expertise, including our municipal clerk specialists.

• Support local zoning committees by educating new members on local zoning codes.
• Support existing local zoning committees by researching and educating on various land use issues.
• Act as a liaison with county GIS Department to facilitate updated zoning maps.
• Attend town and municipal meetings.

Meeting Other Local Needs: The Community Development Educator will prioritize and spend most of their time on a clearly defined programmatic focus: local government education with emphasis on zoning education for towns. To the degree local needs shift or other programmatic needs arise, the Educator will serve as the primary conduit for the community to access the appropriate research and educational resources.

Statewide Contributions:

• Develop tools and resources for effective community engagement.
• Lead trainings for elected officials and committees on land use strategies and planning processes.
• Assist the local government education program by educating town elected officials on zoning regulations at Spring and Fall workshops as needed.

• Schedules and secures resources and communicates logistics in support of an outreach program.
• Develops and evaluates curriculum and programs and provides recommendations for improvement.
• Communicate plans, activities and achievements to Area Extension Director, Program Managers, partners and relevant stakeholders.
• May assist with the monitoring of outreach program budget spending.
• Work with town clerks to provide training and guidance related to new clerks in Sheboygan County, as well as overall support for existing clerks in the County.
• Identifies, promotes, and maintains external partnerships to support the outreach program.
• Delivers outreach program content and materials to community members.
• Facilitate the development of updated Comprehensive Plans with Sheboygan County local municipalities, including community engagement plans, and education on the compilation of demographic, geographic, land use data and culturally or historically significant data sets.
• Researches, develops, and facilitates outreach program content and materials.
• Leads the implementation of programs, policies, and procedures through oversight of day‑to‑day activities for program staff and student and community volunteers.

Department: The Division of Extension, Community Development Institute, Local Government Education Program is hiring for a Community Development Educator.

About Extension: UW‑Madison’s Division of Extension serves the people and communities of Wisconsin by addressing local, statewide, and national issues, improving lives through research‑based education, fostering partnerships and action, and facilitating positive impacts.

About the Institute: The Institute of Community Development provides educational programming to assist leaders, communities, and organizations in realizing…