Extension Specialist, 4-H Youth Development
Core
Organizing, developing, implementing, and evaluating statewide educational programs for youth, families, and communities, with a focus on engineering and technology to foster life skills and career readiness.
Role type
Tenure-track faculty member (Extension Specialist)
Builds
Experiential learning programs in engineering and technology aligned with 4-H national priorities and contemporary agriculture/food systems needs.
Domain
Higher Education / Youth Development / Agriculture and Food Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Youth development program coordination, engineering and technology principles, grant writing and extramural funding, research and teaching, leadership in volunteer groups, needs assessment, stakeholder partnership building
Preferred skills
Ph.D. in youth/child development, education, or life sciences, STEM skill sets, volunteer development, program management, distance education strategies, logic model utilization
Technologies
Artificial intelligence (AI), logic models
Responsibilities
Coordinate statewide engineering and technology program support; lead experiential learning programs with county educators and volunteers; conduct needs assessments and outreach; secure grants and funding; supervise program administration staff; perform teaching, scholarship, and service requirements.
Seniority
Senior, tenure-track faculty