Associate Dean and Associate Director of Cooperative Extension (#0089069)

Posting number: 2025-02226

Department: University of Hawai'i at Manoa - College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience

Division: Dean's Office

Job classification: ASSOCIATE DEAN, UHM

Posting type: Open

Categories: Administration, Executive Management, Higher Education, Program Management

Summary

The Associate Dean and Associate Director for Cooperative Extension in the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience (CTAHR) must be a visionary leader for the Cooperative Extension programs, serving as the catalyst for the development of Extension programs responding to the needs of stakeholders for Hawai'i's agriculture and communities. The individual must embrace the shared vision and mission for CTAHR and espouse the values of excellence, relevance, and collegiality.

Working with other college administrators, the individual is responsible for developing and participating in an environment that is supportive and respectful of faculty, staff, and students and creating a college that values excellence in scholarship, ethical behavior, diversity, and service to others. The Associate Dean of Extension serves with the Dean and Director of Research and Cooperative Extension, Associate Dean and Associate Director for Research, and the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs in the daily operations of CTAHR. The Associate Dean of Extension is accountable to the Dean and Extension Director of CTAHR. The principal duties are as follows:

• Provides leadership and establishes goals for a relevant and effective agricultural and human resources cooperative Extension program in consultation with the administrative management team, department chairpersons, faculty, and clientele.
• Approves, monitors, and evaluates Extension projects; initiates specific projects; coordinates interdepartmental and interdisciplinary projects; and integrates Extension policies, priorities, and programs with those of the Associate Dean and Associate Director for Research and the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs.
• Develops policies and budgets with the Dean's concurrence.
• Maintains liaison with National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) partnership offices on issues relating to Cooperative Extension, including all Smith­ Lever funds, annual plans of work, and accomplishments, and impact/implementation reports. Represents CTAHR regionally and nationally, including attendance at the regular meetings of the Western Extension Directors Association.
• Actively seeks and encourages Extension faculty to seek external funding for Extension/research programs.
• Develops and implements, in collaboration with University resources, a faculty development program focusing on Extension faculty enhancement.
• In cooperation with the Associate Dean and Associate Director for Research, manages an internal grants program.
• Identifies Extension position priorities and position reassignments according to evolving Extension priorities.
• Participates in the administration of off-campus research/Extension centers with department chairpersons, county administrators, and CTAHR Administration.
• Oversees the Agriculture Diagnostic Service Center.
• Coordinates the Extension budget and allocations of State and Federal Extension funds.
• Participates in promotion, tenure, and post-tenure evaluation of CTAHR faculty.
• Serves on designated college, University, and national committees related to Extension outreach programs.
• Seeks involvement and leadership roles in Associate of Public and Land-grant Universities