Research Center Director, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Weslaco

Job Title

Research Center Director, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Weslaco

Agency

Texas A&M Agrilife Research

Department

Research Director Management

Proposed Minimum Salary

Commensurate

Job Location

Weslaco, Texas

Job Type

Faculty

Job Description

About the Organization

Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Weslaco

2415 E. Business 83, Weslaco, Texas 78596
weslaco.tamu.edu

The Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Weslaco houses agriculture, life sciences and natural resources research, technology development and extension expertise to benefit South Texas food and commodity crop systems, with impacts across the state, the U.S. and the world.

The center at Weslaco is one of 13 Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension centers across the state. Each regional center addresses agriculture, life sciences and natural resources issues that are relevant to the food and commodities thriving where we operate. The centers also collaborate statewide on a range of teaching, research and extension initiatives. Each of the regional centers is administrated by Texas A&M AgriLife Research and houses faculty and staff from a range of organizations within The Texas A&M University System.

About Texas A&M AgriLife

With oversight by the Office of the Vice Chancellor, Texas A&M AgriLife, a member of the Texas A&M University System, includes: Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences at Texas A&M University, Texas A&M Forest Service and Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory. Texas A&M AgriLife Research is the leading research and technology development agency in Texas for agriculture, natural resources, and the life sciences. Our discoveries yield economic, environmental, and health benefits that are key to our state’s success and vital to the lives of its citizens. With 13 Research and Extension Centers throughout the state, AgriLife Research is dedicated to research that improves the Texas economy and lives of local and state-wide stakeholders through research encompassing the Agriculture and Food Value Chain.

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service provides programs, tools and resources on a local and statewide level that teach people improved agriculture and food production, advanced health practices, environmental protection, economic and youth programs. Health and wellness programs focus on diabetes education, nutrition, exercise, food safety, child safety and injury prevention, and early cancer detection.

Position Information

Title: Research Center Director, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Weslaco
Appointment: 12 months
Reports To: Director, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Location: Weslaco Research & Extension Center, Weslaco, TX

Texas A&M AgriLife Research seeks a full-time, research-active and dynamic faculty member to serve as Center Director. This person will be responsible for administering and coordinating all aspects of the center as well as leading a robust, nationally recognized research program in agricultural sciences and food systems. This is a 12-month appointment and will be linked with a departmental affiliation within Texas A&M University that best fits the candidate’s background and interest.

This position is expected to provide visionary leadership for the center, recognizing and responding to dynamic research and public service needs regionally and statewide, and to serve as a catalyst for the design and implementation of innovative research projects. Additionally, the Center Director is responsible for fostering productive partnerships and relationships with relevant organizations; recruiting and retaining highly qualified faculty and staff; promoting professional development among faculty and staff; facilitating the acquisition of external funding; and providing sound management of human, physical, and fiscal resources. Central to the success of this position is the ability to foster interdisciplinary research and collaborate on the subject matter with Department Heads, University central administration, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, local/state/national government entities, civic and business leaders and advisory and commodity groups.

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