Part Time Extension – Regional Livestock Educator (Iowa, Grant, Green, Lafayette Counties) in Darlington, WI 53530
Job Description
POSITION VACANCY LISTING PVL#University of Wisconsin-Madison
Business Title: Regional Livestock Educator – Grant, Green, Iowa, & Lafayette Counties
Official title: Outreach Specialist(OE009)
Qualifications:
Required:
Three or more years relevant professional experience
Demonstrated skills in interpreting, utilizing, and applying evidence-based information and research
findings
Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbal, through a variety of
technologies
Strong interpersonal relationship and problem-solving skills in a team setting
Preferred:
Demonstrated ability to communicate scientific materials in both written and verbal forms for a
variety of lay and other audiences
Experience building collaborative partnerships to accomplish goals
Ability to work independently, as well as a member of a team
Job Summary: 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 Dairy and Livestock Program: Dairy and Livestock Program is part of the Division of Extension’s Agriculture Institute and provides timely resources and information to help Wisconsin producers and their consultants manage livestock more efficiently and profitably.
About this Position: Extension has been working with farmers for more thanyears, and we’re diversifying our staffing portfolio to meet the evolving needs of our clientele. The Regional Livestock Educator position is designed to work with livestock producers and agribusiness professionals across a multi-county service area to solve production challenges and incorporate new research findings into outreach and educational materials that improve the efficiency and profitability of livestock production.
The Regional Livestock Educator will work with producers in their service area to identify needs and deliver research-based solutions to help them meet their goals. This position will cover Grant, Green, Iowa, and Lafayette Counties, geography may expand in the future. Home base office location flexible within the four county area.
The Regional Livestock Educator will:
-Collaborate with Extension colleagues to identify needs and develop and maintain robust, high-
quality outreach education programs to find solutions to the most critical livestock management
issues facing Wisconsin producers.
Develop and maintain a specific expertise related to livestock production and management to share
with colleagues in similar positions across the state. This position will focus on beef cow/calf
production and management.
Build trust-based relationships with various stakeholder groups including; producers, commodity
organizations, ag industry professionals, county, regional, and state colleagues.
The ideal candidate will have experience with developing and evaluating educational programming and a track record of building positive relationships.
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The Division of Extension has a deep and profound commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity, believing that these values are foundational elements to eliminate disparities and expanding access for all. As Extension, we acknowledge the need for strategic and coordinated actions that help us form a more equitable, anti-racist, non-biased, and inclusive organization.
Standard Summary: OE009 Outreach Specialist Delivers and assists with planning outreach program activities, strengthens partnerships, ensures adherence to policy, and assists with program administration to promote stable and productive relationships between the university and local community. Strives to expand and ensure access to programs, facilities, and educational services to diverse audiences. May assist with tracking and managing the outreach program budget.
Essential Responsibilities:
– 20% Identifies, promotes, and maintains external partnerships to support the outreach program
10% Schedules and secures resources and communicates logistics in support of an outreach
program
20% Delivers outreach program content and materials to community members
10% Researches, develops, and facilitates outreach program content and materials
20% Develops and evaluates curriculum and programs and provides recommendations for
improvement
5% May assist with the monitoring of outreach program budget spending
– 5% Leads the implementation of programs, policies, and procedures through oversight of day-
to-day activities for program staff and student and community volunteers
Unique Responsibilities: – 10% Communicate plans, activities, and achievements to Area Extension Director, Program Managers, Partners, and relevant Stakeholders via monthly reporting portal and verbal updates
Education: Required Bachelor’s Degree In a field related to the job summary Preferred Master’s Degree In a field related to the job summary
Additional Information: Please note that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.
How to Apply: We are eager to learn more about how your experience and passion may align with this position. Please submit a cover letter referring to your related work experience and a resume detailing your educational and professional background. Please keep in mind, applicants need to articulate all required qualifications in their cover letter and/or resume. Applicants who have preferred qualifications should share those too in the cover letter and/or resume. The application reviewers will be relying on written application materials to determine who may advance to preliminary interviews.
A Regional Livestock Educator often writes articles on current topics impacting the livestock industry. Articles are submitted to news outlets, posted to social media sites, and commodity organization magazines. In addition to your cover letter and resume, please submit a writing sample (approximately- 1,200 words). Your writing should utilize research-based information to address a pressing issue you believe faces the livestock industry today.
We are committed to reducing bias in the recruitment process and utilize a redacted application
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process, which is the practice of removing personally identifiable information from application materials, before the screening of applicants begins. This may include, but is not limited to, name, gender, age, education, address, dates (such as graduation dates), photos, references, links to personal webpages, supervisor names, and/or citizenship.
To ensure consideration, application must be received by: October 23,
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.
A period of evaluation will be required ************************* The University of Wisconsin is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.
If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website: https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for- applicants/
Employment will require a criminal background check. It will also require you and your references to answer questions regarding sexual violence and sexual harassment.
The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7).
The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report (https://jobs.wisc.edu/asr) contains current campus safety and disciplinary policies, crime statistics for the previouscalendar years, and on-campus student housing fire safety policies and fire statistics for the previouscalendar years. UW-Madison will provide a paper copy upon request; please contact the University of Wisconsin Police Department.
Job Group: Outreach and Community Engageme Job Subgroup: Engagement and Outreach
FLSA Status: Exempt Employee class: Academic Staff Department(s): A473120 / EXT/ANRCD Full time salary rate: Minimum $57,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications Term: This is a renewable appointment.
Appointment percent: 100%
Anticipated begin date: November 20,
Number of positions:
Department Contact: Lynn Perkins Phone: 608-341-6307W Chapel St StePhone TTY: N/A Iowa County Uw-Extension Fax: N/A Dodgeville, WI 53533-1396 Email: lynn.perkins@wisc.edu
For more information, please visit: University of Wisconsin-Madison: http://www.wisc.edu Office of Human Resources: http://www.hr.wisc.edu
Jobs at UW: http://jobs.wisc.edu
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