Assistant/Associate Extension Agent (Nutrition & Community Health)

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Job Posting Title:

Assistant/Associate Extension Agent (Nutrition & Community Health)

   

Position Type:

Faculty

   

Department:

LSUAG PL4 - Southeast Region (Glen Talmage Gentry Jr. (00003155))

   

Work Location:

0101 Washington Parish Extension Office

   

Pay Grade:

Academic

   

Job Description:

(This is a 50% grant-funded, non-tenure track position. Funding must be available for any continuation of appointment.) 

Work Location: Washington and Tangipahoa parishes. The domicile location will be Washington parish. The areas to be served are Washington and Tangipahoa 50% for SNAP-Ed efforts with supervision of a SNAP-Ed educators in both parishes and at 50% for FOH (Flavors of Health) efforts for both parishes. 

 

Position Description: The Assistant/Associate Extension Agent (Nutrition and Community Health) will serve as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Education Program (SNAP-Ed) agent and will work under the supervision and direction of the Parish Chair, Regional Director, NCH Regional Coordinator, and State SNAP-Ed Program Coordinator. (50%) The agent will provide primary leadership in planning, implementing, evaluating, and reporting nutrition education programming for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients and other low-income families. The agent will work on Healthy Communities projects in Washington and Tangipahoa Parishes, designed to improve the nutrition and health of the SNAP-Ed eligible community members using a model that may be replicated across the state. The community development project will promote broad programs in health and nutrition education and physical activity opportunities in the parish. The agent will organize community-based nutrition advisory committees involving stakeholders, volunteers, and other health professionals to identify the most critical needs in the communities served as well as programs to address those needs. The agent will provide general nutrition programming for FOH (Flavors of Health) to other individuals and families as well in both parishes (50%). 

In order to attend and conduct programming to meet the needs of clientele, this position may require overnight travel and work on evenings and weekends. The incumbent is expected to be computer literate and able to use mobile devices such as iPads as teaching tools for nutrition education. The incumbent will support community nutrition for target population neighborhoods and will coordinate with staff and leaders to initiate community and school gardens as they relate to nutrition education. The incumbent is expected to complete an annual plan of work with teaching objectives and perform other tasks that may be assigned by supervisor(s). This individual will be responsible for reporting, in addition to following deadlines, for any other local or state reporting called upon to complete. Employee must maintain an extensive record keeping system which involves evaluation of knowledge, skills, and behavior change for accountability purposes. This individual will be responsible for reporting, in addition to following deadlines, for any other local or state reporting called upon to complete. The agent is expected to perform other tasks as assigned by supervisor(s). 

 

Qualification Requirements: A baccalaureate degree in community nutrition, human foods and nutrition, family and consumer sciences, dietetics, public health, education or closely related field from an accredited college or university is required. A master’s degree in nutrition or a health-related field is preferred. Must have an undergraduate degree with an overall grade-point average of at least 2.5 (all GPA requirements based on a 4.0 system) and a 3.0 for graduate work attempted, if any, or master’s degree with an overall grade-point average of at least 3.0 or a current grade-point average of at least 3.0 on at least 12 hours of graduate credit. The applicant must demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills. Experience in recruiting, training, and supervising volunteers and experience in teaching and applying principles of leadership deve