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Assistant/Associate Extension Agent (Agriculture & Natural Resources)

0101 Madison Parish Extension Office · Contract

Work authorization required$324k-$578kDetected 30 days ago
HRHRISResearchCommunicationAgronomy

About the role

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Responsibilities

  • The Agent will be expected to become familiar with other major commodities in the domicile parish and work with and support other agents assigned to that parish for those commodities.
  • The agent will establish advisory committees to identify clientele needs, develop extension programming, implement a system of program evaluation, and report program accomplishments and impacts annually.

Requirements

  • A Master's degree in a field listed above is desired.
  • Knowledge of public relations and the ability to cope with change are highly desirable characteristics.
  • The ability to work with and through others is essential as is the ability to function with minimum supervision.
  • Satisfactory completion of one specific graduate level extension courses (3 credit hours) is required in year two or three of employment, prior to promotion eligibility to associate agent.
  • An exception is that additional agent experience may be substituted for 12 hours of coursework, but not for the required course.
  • As an Extension employee, the agent must be willing to continue professional development and remain current with agriculture and natural resources research and its application to programming.

Compensation

  • Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Benefits

  • The LSU AgCenter has an attractive benefits package with a wide variety of benefit options.
  • Specific benefits depend on job category, percent effort and length of employment.
  • Positions employed through Employer of Record Services will be offered benefits and retirement as applicable through their provider and will not be eligible for State of Louisiana benefits and retirement.
  • Conditions of Employment: A personal automobile and appropriate insurance coverage is required (travel allowance provided).

Equal opportunity

  • The LSU AgCenter, is one of eight campuses within the broader LSU enterprise (LSU System).
  • The LSU AgCenter includes the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, which conducts agricultural-based research, and the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service, which extends the knowledge derived from research to the people of the state.
  • The AgCenter is headquartered in Baton Rouge and has 12 "on campus" academic departments and five regions which are made up of 15 branch research stations and an extension office in each parish.
  • For more information, visit the AgCenter's website at www.lsuagcenter.com.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • It is the policy of the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service to employ only United States citizens or aliens lawfully authorized to work in the United States.
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