Job Posting Title

SMALL FARM REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST

Agency

645 CONSERVATION COMMISSION

Supervisory Organization

Conservation Commission

Job Posting End Date (Continuous if Blank)

June 06, 2025

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Estimated Appointment End Date (Continuous if Blank)

Full/Part-Time

Full time

Job Type

Regular

Compensation

$50,000 annual salary based on Education and Experience. All Applicant must submit cover letter along with transcript and supporting documents verifying qualification for position.

Job Description

Basic Purpose

This is a project term field technician position working as part of a multi-partner pilot effort to support the production and community accessibility of locally grown produce.  This position will be hired as an Oklahoma Conservation Commission (OCC) employee working under immediate supervision of the Small-Scale Farm Planner. The position will work with the local project team to conduct conservation planning, provide outreach and education, and complete field work on small scale and related specialty cropping system producers within the project area. Field duties include designing and helping construct hoop houses, advising on IPM (integrated pest management), crop rotation, composting, soil health for small scale farms, general mentoring, and providing expert technical advice. The position will be located on the extension campus of Murray State College in Ardmore, OK.  

Typical Functions

The functions performed in this job family will vary by level, unit and organization, but may include the following:

• Working through the project partnership, provides technical assistance to small scale/urban ag producers to promote, plan, and verify implementation of soil health and regenerative agriculture practices;

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• Surveys and gathers data related to soil health for producer consults, including obtainment of soil samples and data necessary to support WORMS and other soil health assessments;

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• Assists with the Urban Ag Center Micro-Grant Program.

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• Assesses the needs of local specialty crop production community.

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• Assists with project implementation, promotions, presentations, booth exhibits, on-farm demonstration field days and education events and activities;

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• Assists Project Planner with soil and regen ag focused content for social media feeds, newsletters, website, and reports. This includes real time photo documentation and posting to directed social media channels;

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• Assists in the creation of a method to gather producer feedback on education, projects and microgrant program.

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• Maintains detailed records of daily activities.

Level Descriptor

Levels are distinguished based on the complexity of assigned duties, the level of expertise required for completion of work assignments, and the responsibility assigned for the supervision of others.

This is the specialist level where employees are routinely assigned independent responsibility at the advanced level in management of a single or multi-program environmental or health protection area. Employees at this level may have a clear specialization in an environmental discipline and may be recognized as an expert in the specialty. The work is generally performed with a high degree of technical and administrative freedom to plan, develop, organize and conduct all phases of the work necessary for completion within broad program guidelines.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Competencies

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities required at this level include knowledge of the principles and practices of environmental quality and sanitation; of biological, microbiological, radiological and chemical analysis; of environmental problems; of sample collection; of laboratory methodologies; of complaint investigations; of the survey and inspection of environmental and sanitary conditions; of consumer protection; of epidemiology; of water and air quality regulations; of hydrological and geological survey methods; of the principles of ground and surface water geology and hydrology; of the preparation, coordination and review of environmental program applications and of laboratory procedures; and of the caus