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2023-24 call for UCCE positions

I am pleased to announce the new 2023-24 Call for UC Cooperative Extension (CE) Advisor and Specialist positions. Building on the more than 100 CE positions released over the last couple of years, we continue to prioritize growing our academic footprint to provide the expertise needed to improve the lives of all Californians and address emerging and future needs. We plan to release 20 new priority CE Advisor positions and 10 new priority CE Specialist positions.

There are several phases with the same timeline for CE Advisor and CE Specialist positions:

1. Identifying priority positions/connecting interested groups – until Dec. 18, 2023
2. Proposal co-creation and submission – by Feb. 19, 2024
3. Program Council reviews and develops recommendations – March 2024
4. UC ANR Vice President makes final decision and releases positions – May/June 2024

Please see the 2023-24 CE Position Call webpage for more detailed process information and important documents, such as the required proposal template. 

The processes for new CE Advisor and CE Specialist positions take a similar approach, but have different groups working together and submitting. As always, UC ANR strongly encourages engaging both internal and external stakeholders in identifying and developing proposals for priority positions. The process has been improved in response to feedback. The UC ANR Program Teams have an important role given they engage and represent the CE and AES (Agricultural Experiment Station) network including statewide programs and institutes.

• For CE Advisor positions, County Directors and the Research and Extension (REC) System will prioritize in their regional teams and work closely with UC ANR Program Teams.
• For CE Specialist positions, UC ANR Program Teams and the REC system will identity their top priority needs and campuses will select the position ideas that align with their academic planning. Working together, they will develop the proposals.

I look forward to seeing the proposals developed through this collaborative prioritization.

Regards,

Glenda Humiston
Vice President

ANR releases 16 UCCE Specialist positions

I am delighted to announce 16 UCCE Specialist positions will be recruited over the next 12 months. This is in addition to the five UCCE Specialist positions released last fall and two additional co-funded UCCE Specialist positions since May 2021 (one located at the Kearney REC in partnership with UC Merced and one position to be recruited in partnership with UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine). To date, 106 UCCE Specialist and Advisor positions have been released since this time in 2021 to grow the UCCE footprint, thanks to the increased 2021-22 state funding. We are positioned to make an even bigger difference in the lives of Californians by having so many more boots on the ground!

We currently have UCCE Specialists located on six campuses (UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz and UC Merced), RECs and in county offices. We are excited to strengthen partnerships with additional UC campuses by placing UCCE Specialists on the following campuses for the first time: UC Irvine and UCLA. We look forward to working with UCCE Specialist positions on these campuses to strengthen the UC ANR network and further our mission.

I want to commend our long-term campus partners at UC Berkeley, UC Davis and UC Riverside for helping departments on their campuses that are new to UC ANR understand the value of UC Specialists. We now have a position in UC Berkeley's School of Public Health. I also want to again thank the Program Teams for their review and input on the UCCE Specialist proposals. The Program Team prioritization and stakeholder engagement described in the proposals were critical to informing the release of these positions.

The positions below are organized in numerical order; clicking on the link will go to the full position description. Alterations to the original proposals are noted in parentheses, where applicable.

59 Agricultural Toxicology Specialist, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Molecular Biosciences and CAES Department of Environmental Toxicology

60 Agroecology Specialist, UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology and Department of Environmental Studies

62 Climate Resilience and Labor Specialist, UC Berkeley School of Public Health

63 Dairy Cattle Production Health and Management Economics Specialist, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Teaching & Research (located in Tulare County)

64 Diseases of Nursery Greenhouse and Native Crops Specialist, UC Davis CAES Department of Plant Pathology

65 Economics of Diversity and Equity Specialist, UC Berkeley RCNR Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics

66 Economics of Food Supply Chains Specialist, UC Davis CAES Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics

67 Engineered Wood Products and Design Specialist, UC Berkeley RCNR Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management

69 Food Crop Safety Specialist (80% UCCE, 20% OR appointment), UC Riverside CNAS Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology

74 Nutrition and Health Equity Specialist, UC Davis CAES Department of Nutrition

76 Regenerative Agriculture Specialist, UC Merced Department of Life and Environmental Sciences

78 Soil Health Specialist, UC Davis CAES Department of Land, Air and Water Resources

81 Subtropical Fruit Crop IPM Specialist (80% UCCE, 20% OR appointment), UC Riverside CNAS Department of Entomology

83 Urban Water Quality, Health and Justice Specialist, UC Irvine Department of Civil and Environment Engineering

85 Water Equity and Adaptation Policy Specialist, UC Los Angeles Luskin Center for Innovation

87 Weed Science Specialist (80% UCCE, 20% OR appointment; position description to be amended to have a primary focus on agricultural production systems), UC Riverside CNAS Department of Botany and Plant Sciences

The full list UCCE positions released is posted on the 2021-22 Release of UCCE Positions web page. More about the process is available on the 2021 Call for Positions web page.

Thank you to all who have, or will, participate in the recruitment process! Information on all UC ANR jobs open for recruitment can be found at https://ucanr.edu/About/Jobs; please help us find great candidates for these positions! I look forward to meeting our new and recent hires, in person, as we emerge from this pandemic.

Glenda Humiston
Vice President

2022 UCCE advisor positions released for recruitment

I am thrilled to announce another monumental milestone to grow UC ANR's Cooperative Extension footprint – 48 more CE Advisor positions will be recruited over the next 12 months! Thanks to the increased 2021-22 state funding, the 2021 Call for CE Positions has concluded. Additional CE Specialist positions will be announced in early April 2022.

We want to recognize and commend the active engagement and collaboration across the UC ANR network to develop the position proposals, and in particular the groups that worked together to submit joint proposals. We also want to thank the Program Teams for their additional review and input on the CE Specialist proposals. The stakeholder engagement described in the proposals and Program Team prioritization were critical to informing the release of positions. More about this process is available on the 2021 Call for Positions web page.

The following CE Advisor positions will be staged for recruitment to avoid overwhelming our Human Resources colleagues. Coverage areas are indicated in parentheses for each position. In some cases, coverage areas were modified from the proposed locations. In other cases, modifications are needed to the position description. Vice Provost Bell is aware of the changes needed and these modifications will be addressed at time of recruitment. Positions listed with a number correspond to the proposed position. Positions listed without a number will require development of a position proposal, working with Vice Provost Bell, the local County Directors, and appropriate Statewide/Institute Directors. The positions below are organized in numerical order. Staged releases will be determined by Academic HR and Vice Provost Bell.

• 01 4-H Community Engagement & Development Youth Area Advisor (Tulare, Fresno, Kings)
• 03 4-H Youth Development Area Advisor (San Diego, Orange)
• 05 Agronomy and Weed Management Area Advisor (Merced)
• 06 Agronomy and Weed Science Area Advisor (Tehama, Glenn, Shasta)
• 07 BIPOC Community Development Advisor (with modification; Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, San Francisco)
• 10 Climate Resilient Indigenous Farming and Food Sovereignty Area Advisor (San Diego, Riverside

• 14 Community Health and Nutrition Advisor (San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced)
• 15 Community Health and Nutrition Advisor (Shasta, Trinity, Tehama)
• 17 Community Health and Nutrition Older Adult Area Advisor (Marin, Napa, Sonoma)
• 19 Community Health Nutrition and Food Security Area Advisor (Butte, Glenn, Colusa, Sutter, Yuba)
• 20 Youth, Families and Communities Area Advisor (Kern, Inyo, Mono)

• 21 Community Nutrition Health and Food Systems Area Advisor (with modifications; Siskiyou, Modoc, Lassen)
• 23 Cultural Burning and Indigenous Land Stewardship Advisor (Mendocino, Lake)
• 24 Dairy Area Advisor (Tulare, Kern)
• 25 Entomology Area Advisor (Ventura, Los Angeles)
• 26 Environmental Horticulture and Forestry Area Advisor (Placer, Nevada)
• 27 Environmental Horticulture and Water Resource Management Area Advisor (Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, San Francisco)
• 28 Environmental Horticulture Area Advisor (Fresno, Madera, Tulare, Kings)
• 29 Food Safety and Organic Production Area Advisor (Imperial, Riverside; with no Ph.D. requirement)
• 30 Forestry Area Advisor (Santa Cruz, San Mateo, Santa Clara)

• 31 Fruit and Almond Area Advisor (Fresno, Tulare)
• 32 Horticulture and Specialty Crops Advisor (Humboldt, Del Norte)
• 52 Vegetable Crops Area Advisor (with modifications; Capitol Corridor)
• 54 Water and Soil Resources Area Advisor (Sonoma, Marin, Napa, Mendocino)
• 55 Water Management Area Advisor (Tulare, Fresno, Kings, Madera)
• 57 Water Quality-Quantity-Climate Change Area Advisor (Mendocino, Lake)
• 58 Weed Ecology and Management Area Advisor (Fresno, Tulare, Kings)
• 90 Rice Farming Systems Area Advisor (Colusa, Yolo)
• 4-H Animal Science Youth Advisor (San Benito, Monterey, Santa Cruz)
• Forestry Area Advisor (Shasta, Trinity, Siskiyou)
• 33 Indigenous Disaster Resilience Planning and Policy Area Advisor (Central Sierra)
• 34 Integrated Pest Management Area Advisor (Central Sierra)
• 35 Intermountain Irrigated Grass Systems Area Advisor (with modifications; Modoc, Shasta, Lassen)
• 36 IPM Entomology Area Advisor (housed at Kearney REC)
• 37 IPM Entomology Farm Area Advisor (Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito)
• 38 Irrigation and Soils Area Advisor (Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Merced)
• 39 Livestock and Natural Resources Area Advisor (Central Sierra)

• 41 Orchard Systems and Weed Ecology Area Advisor (Glenn, Tehama, Colusa)
• 42 Organic Materials Management and Agri-Food System Area Advisor (with modification; Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, San Francisco)
• 43 Organic Materials Management Area Advisor (Orange, Los Angeles, San Diego)
• 44 Pathology Area Advisor (with modification; Imperial, Riverside, San Diego)
• 45 Production Horticulture Area Advisor (with modifications; Ventura, Santa Barbara)
• 46 Sustainable Systems Agriculture Area Advisor (Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus)
• 47 Restoration Ecology and Weed Science Area Advisor (Kern, Tulare, Kings)
• 48 Sustainable Orchard Systems Area Advisor (Sutter, Yuba, Butte, Placer)
• 49 Urban Agriculture Food Systems and Environmental Issues Advisor (San Diego, Orange)
• 50 Urban IPM Area Advisor (Capitol Corridor)
• 51 Urban Watershed Resilience Area Advisor (Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles)

The new Advisor positions list will be added to the 2021-22 Release web page by March 18.

During the last six months of 2021, 41 other UCCE positions were released and have been filled or are under recruitment. The full list is posted and kept updated on the 2021 Release of UCCE Positions web page. There is also a table of the overall staged process.

Thank you to all who have, or will, participate in the recruitment process! I look forward to meeting our new and recent hires, in person, as we emerge from this pandemic.

Best regards,

Glenda Humiston
Vice President

Eight more UCCE advisor positions released

UC ANR's hiring blitz continues! Thanks to the increased 2021-22 state funding, eight more UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Advisor positions are now released for recruitment. The recruitments are being staged to avoid overwhelming our Human Resources colleagues.

• 06 Central Sierra Local Food Systems Advisor, Amador
• 10 Vertebrate Pest Management Advisor, Napa
• 14 Specialty Crops Advisor, Sonoma
• 17 Viticulture Advisor, San Joaquin (with Sacramento, Stanislaus, and nearby areas)
• 48 Integrated Pest Management Advisor, San Diego
• 51 4-H Youth Development Advisor, Placer-Nevada
• Environmental Horticulture Advisor, Los Angeles
• Fire Advisor, San Benito (with Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Monterey)

The positions with numbers lower than 68 have proposals available on the 2018 Call for Positions webpage. Some modifications have been made to meet present needs. Headquarter counties are indicated above, as are additional coverage counties where decisions vary from the submitted proposal. The positions with no numbers were identified as current, high-priority needs through discussions with UC ANR leadership groups, including County Directors, Statewide Program/Institute Directors, and REC Directors. Program Teams also provided input on priorities.

Including those above, to date 28 UCCE positions have been released over the past three months. The full list is posted and kept updated on the 2021 Release of UCCE Positions web page. There is also a table of the overall staged process.

VP Humiston plans to announce additional UCCE positions in mid-November.

Later in winter and spring 2022, 70 or so more UCCE positions will be released as a result of the 2021 Call for CE Positions. The new position-proposal development process is underway. People across the ANR network have begun meeting and having conversations about priority proposals to meet current and future needs. More about this process is available on the 2021 Call for Positions web page  

Last but not least, along with the hiring of more than 100 new UCCE academics, UC ANR is investing in critical programmatic and administrative support to make the expansion of the UC ANR footprint successful. Directors have been updated on this plan. A brief, high-level overview will be shared broadly during the October 21 Town Hall.

Ten more UCCE positions released for recruitment

Following up on my July 20 announcement, I am pleased to announce 10 more UC Cooperative Extension positions are now released for recruitment. These positions are made possible by the historic 2021-22 state budget increase Governor Newsom approved in July. We are grateful to begin rebuilding the UC ANR academic footprint to address critical needs in our state. The newly released positions include:

• #09 Orchard Systems Area Advisor, Tehama County (headquarter county)
• #65 Nut Crops Advisor, Merced County (headquarter county)
• #32 Invasive Weed & Restoration Ecology Specialist, UC Davis
• #40 Water Justice Policy and Planning Specialist, UC Berkeley
• Nutrition, Family, and Consumer Science Advisor, Central Sierra Multicounty Partnership
• Nutrition, Family, and Consumer Sciences Advisor, Tulare County (headquarter county, supporting the lower San Joaquin Valley region)
• Fire Advisor, Mariposa County
• Environmental Horticulture Advisor, Capitol Corridor Multicounty Partnership, serving the Sacramento Valley region
• Agricultural Engineer Advisor, Intermountain Research and Extension Center (headquarter location)
• Integrated Pest Management Area Advisor, Butte County (headquarter county)

The UCCE Advisor positions are multicounty positions. For positions with numbers less than 68, the full descriptions are available on the2018 Call for Positions webpage(note: some modifications may be made to meet present needs). The positions with no numbers were identified as current, high-priority needs through discussions with UC ANR leadership groups, including County Directors, Statewide Program/Institute Directors, and REC Directors. Program Teams also provided input on priorities.

In May 2021, Program Council identified 15 UCCE Advisor and five UCCE Specialist positions as critically urgent to fill from a list of the remaining positions from the 2018 position call process (updated in 2019) and more recent departures/priorities. To avoid overwhelming our Human Resources colleagues, the first 10 positions were released in July and this second set of 10 is being released now. We look forward to releasing additional positions for recruitment – both academic and program support members – throughout the next several months.

Glenda Humiston
Vice President

  

For more information:

• On the timing of UCCE position releases, see the matrix below. Please note that the processes and timelines are for UCCE Specialist and UCCE Advisor positions. Identification of all other positions – academic and staff – to be filled as a result of new state funding will use different processes.
• On the new 2021 Call for UCCE Positions (process, required template, criteria, etc.), see the2021 Call for Positions webpage. This is where the submitted proposals will be available for review.

 

UCCE Specialist positions	Campuses*	Directors*	Program Teams*	Program Council	Vice President
5 positions	Identified 2018 -2021		Prioritized spring 2021	Recommended May 2021	Released July through fall 2021
12 to 20 additional positions	Proposals developed, due Dec 10, 2021		Prioritize proposals Dec 17 – Feb 15 2022	Recommend March 2022	Select and release beginning spring 2022
UCCE Advisor positions	Campuses*	Directors*	Program Teams*	Program Council	Vice President
15 positions		Identified since 2018; prioritized spring 2021	Identified since 2018; prioritized spring 2021	Recommended May 2021	Released July through fall 2021
Up to 25 additional positions		Identified since 2018; prioritized spring 2021	Identified since 2018; prioritized spring 2021	Recommended September 2021	Released September 2021
Up to 50 additional positions		Proposals developed, Aug 23 – Dec 10 2021	Proposals developed, Aug 23 – Dec 10 202	Recommend January 2022	Select and release beginning February 2022

*Stakeholder input considered in process of position identification. Campus members are part of Program Teams

**Directors include county, research and extension center, statewide program, and institute directors

 

 

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