- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
Colleagues,
Continuing our commitment to deploying Cooperative Extension (CE) specialists and advisors to address critical issues, ANR is soliciting proposals for these CE positions. The new 2014 call aims to identify positions for strengthening and rebuilding the ANR network to address programmatic gaps and emerging needs. The call, including the updated position proposal template as well as the process flowchart timeline and criteria documents, is posted at http://ucanr.edu/sites/anrstaff/Divisionwide_Planning/2014_Call_for_Positions/.
The online position proposal submittal process will be open from January 14 – May 19 to...
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
Colleagues,
In 2011, UC ANR created the Taxonomy and Personnel System (TPS) to inventory and report the collective expertise within the Division. You may wonder, “Who else works in urban agriculture, or in livestock and dairy, or in community development, or with watersheds, or with beneficial insects, etc.?” With the Taxonomy system, you can click on any such category, and many more, to get a list of names and/or display them on a GIS map!
We’re asking all UC ANR academics to review and update their areas of expertise in TPS now. Timing is important. You and Program Council can use TPS to gather information on ANR’s programmatic footprint to inform the development of positions in response to the...
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
Dear Colleagues,
Continuing our commitment to hiring Cooperative Extension specialists and advisors, I am announcing the release of positions for future rounds of hiring. These positions are now in the queue and will be released for recruitment as we are sure funding is available to move forward. We will continue to be nimble and retain the ability to address unforeseen critical gaps as they emerge, so the hiring schedule may vary. Some positions have been, or may be, modified based upon timely programmatic analyses.
As a reminder, these positions emerged from the process where more than 120 Cooperative Extension positions were proposed and a thorough review was conducted. This review included the consideration of...
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
UC ANR will soon be hiring a UC Cooperative Extension term area advisor specializing in table grapes in Tulare, Kern and Kings counties. Thanks to an $840,000 gift from the California Table Grape Commission, the advisor position will be funded for six years by the $1.4 billion annual table grape industry.
"The UC Cooperative Extension farm advisor system is an integral part of the growth story of the table grape industry in California,” said Kathleen Nave, president of the California Table Grape Commission. "Continuing that growth is critical to the industry but also to the rural communities in which table grapes are grown. With this gift, the University will be able to expand its ability to help growers cope with...
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
Dear Colleagues:
After receipt of over 100 proposed positions and review of 800+ comments from individuals, agricultural organizations, governmental agencies, youth and nutrition coalitions and many others, I am pleased to announce the release of 19 new Cooperative Extension advisor and specialist positions. Hiring for the first seven positions will begin immediately in Round One. Hiring for Rounds Two and Three will begin approximately in February and May 2013 respectively.
Position proposals and comments were evaluated by a variety of groups within the University including county directors, college/school leadership, and ANR program teams among others. Criteria used to evaluate all positions included critical issues to...