Assistant/Associate Extension Agent (4-H Youth Development)

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Job Posting Title:

Assistant/Associate Extension Agent (4-H Youth Development)

   

Position Type:

Faculty

   

Department:

LSUAG PL3 - Southwest Region (Kathryn Karsh Fontenot (00004655))

   

Work Location:

0101 Vermilion Parish Extension Office

   

Pay Grade:

Academic

   

Job Description:

Work Location: The extension office is in Abbeville, Louisiana. The area to be served is Vermilion Parish, which is in southern Louisiana with a population of approximately 57,400 residents. The parish has 21 schools (public and private) with over 30 school, community, and project clubs engaging approximately 1021 4-H members and approximately 600 reached through enrichment efforts. The parish has a potential youth audience of 5600. The program works with approximately 300 adult and youth volunteers in organizational leader and other roles that help coordinate and support the 4-H club program. The goals of the 4-H Youth Development Program include increasing youth leadership development and community service learning; strengthening the partnership between 4-H and formal education; and expanding volunteer involvement to increase contact hours per youth. Agricultural commodities in the parish include rice, sugarcane, beef, cattle, crawfish, alligators, and shrimp.

Position Description: The LSU AgCenter is actively seeking applicants who can contribute to such an environment through their scholarship, teaching, mentoring, and professional service.

The LSU AgCenter Vermilion Parish Office seeks a 4-H Agent to lead the parish-wide 4-H youth development program. You must demonstrate the ability to work effectively with culturally, ethnically, and socioeconomically diverse audiences. Applicant must have abilities to build and maintain effective working relationships with 4-H adult volunteers, the Vermilion Parish 4-H Advisory Committee, community-based and grassroots organizations, and peers in the LSU AgCenter organization. You will also provide strong leadership in the development of the adult volunteer system and youth-focused life skills educational content that is engaging and relevant to the audience. You will be part of a team that works together in support of initiatives designed to promote and support agriculture and strong families.

As a LSU AgCenter faculty member, you will also: work with agencies and organizations to assist or lead cooperative and interdisciplinary projects, both in the parish and through multi-parish efforts; provide service to schools outside of 4-H programming; develop creative works in support of programming, including presentations, professional posters, and web-based education; write scholarly publications related to the field of expertise; and participate in professional associations and service activities for the LSU AgCenter. You will document efforts through an annual plan of work (POW) and report of accomplishment. For those being hired as an Assistant/Associate agent you will be expected to attain promotion and tenure per LSU AgCenter guidelines.

What you will do:

• Plan, develop, teach, evaluate, and report on youth educational programs that meet the needs of the parish’s diverse population in coordination with the Vermilion Parish 4-H Program and in alignment with the strategic direction of the Louisiana 4-H Youth Development program.
• Deliver youth development programming through 4-H community clubs, special interest clubs/groups, school enrichment, day camps, after school programs, and other events and activities, emphasizing leadership, community service, and workforce development to name a few.
• Coordinate youth and volunteer involvement in multi-parish, state, regional, and the national 4-H program and events.
• Build and lead a strong volunteer base through recruitment, screening, training, and managing adult volunteers, including competency building using state and national 4-H research-based methods.
• Teach and equip volunteers in educational methods to guide and support 4-H member projects in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), including animal sciences, environmental education, robotics, and agriculture, as well as the arts, entrepreneurship, career development, leadership, nutrition, healthy living, and citizenship.
• Assess and identify opportunities for volunteers to serve in management and leadership roles; then recruit, train, and use volunteers i