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2018 Call for Cooperative Extension positions – final submission phase 3 underway

Colleagues,

On Aug. 1, phase 2 of the Cooperative Extension Positions Call process ended and phase 3 began. During phase 2, the Program Teams reviewed the 40 phase 1 proposals and submitted six additional proposals. All submitted proposals are posted on the 2018 Call for Position web page: http://ucanr.edu/2018callforpositions.

Phase 3:

• The statewide programs and institutes are now reviewing all 46 proposed positions to determine if there are any positions they feel are of higher priority.
• If so, they can propose up to two additional CE Advisor positions and two additional CE Specialist positions by September 15 – keeping in mind that the more proposals there are at the end, the lower the probability of being approved for recruitment.
• The proposals that did not make the phase 1 final 40 can be picked up during these subsequent phases. They can be found on the proposal ideas web page. New proposals are not limited to these ideas. 

We thank the ANR network for actively engaging in this participatory process to strengthen and rebuild CE positions statewide. 

Sincerely,

Wendy Powers
Associate Vice President

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Phase 2 of 2018 call for Cooperative Extension positions is underway

Dear Colleagues,

The UCCE county directors and REC directors have submitted 20 CE advisor position proposals and the executive associate deans, working with campus departments, have submitted 20 CE specialist position proposals. Both groups engaged program teams, statewide programs/institutes, and external stakeholders in the development of these proposals. All 40 phase 1 proposals are posted on the 2018 Call for Position web page: http://ucanr.edu/2018callforpositions.

Phase 2 is underway:

• Program teams are reviewing the 40 phase 1 proposals to determine if there are any positions they feel are of higher priority.
• If so, each program team can propose one additional CE advisor position and one additional CE specialist position by August 1-- remembering that the more proposals there are at the end, the lower the probability of being approved for recruitment.
• The proposals that didn't make the phase 1 final 40 can be picked up by Program Teams. Proposed positions available for pick up can be found on the proposal ideas web page.

We thank the ANR network for actively engaging in this participatory process to strengthen and rebuild CE positions statewide.

Sincerely,

Wendy Powers
Associate Vice President

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2018 Call for Cooperative Extension positions released

Colleagues,

ANR is committed to increasing our academic footprint for more effective deployment of Cooperative Extension (CE) specialists and advisors to address local issues with global impact. The 2018 CE Call for Positions is released, with the aim to identify positions that address programmatic gaps and emerging needs. The call, including the position proposal template, new process flowchart and timeline, and criteria are posted at http://ucanr.edu/2018callforpositions.

The advisor and specialist position proposal-development processes will be open from Feb. 8 to Sept. 15, with three phases of groups working collaboratively to develop proposals, and later phases reviewing earlier proposals to add proposals that they think are higher priority. Each proposal development phase is intended to include internal consultation and external input from ANR stakeholders to identify priority needs.

Strengthening and rebuilding the ANR network remains a top priority for ANR. Since the beginning of 2012, ANR has hired 175 academics (including advisors, specialists, project scientists, academic coordinators and administrators), and has 11 approved CE positions under recruitment in 2018 (list posted on the 2018 call web page). Through this call, we plan to add around 26 additional crucial CE positions.    

As with the current recruitments, we will remain nimble with future hiring in phases over time to enable us to accomplish the search and hiring process in an orderly fashion, evaluate resources on a real-time basis, deal with unexpected changes in staffing, and address unforeseen critical gaps as they emerge. The resources released through retirements and separations continue to enable us to hire new advisors and specialists. The ANR strategic plan 2016-2020 also prioritizes strengthening partnerships to establish new co-funded positions and developing other new sources of revenue to grow the academic footprint.

Sincerely,

Wendy Powers
Associate Vice President

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More than 100 CE positions proposed

Review is beginning for the 109 Cooperative Extension advisor and specialist positions submitted in response to ANR’s 2012 supplemental call for academic positions. Of those proposed, 52 are advisor positions and 57 are specialist positions. The positions remain posted on the publicly accessible site www.ucanr.edu/callforpositions. We encourage all ANR stakeholders as well as employees to offer comments and provide input. The system will remain open to collect comments on the positions until Aug. 7.

Program team leaders, county and multicounty partnership (MCP) directors and executive associate deans will evaluate the proposals and provide feedback and prioritization for Program Council’s consideration.

The program team leaders will review all position proposals (advisors and specialists) that are related to the programmatic coverage of their respective teams. MCP and county directors will review advisor positions associated with their geographic coverage and each executive associate dean will review the specialist positions that are proposed for his or her college or school.

Reviewers are being asked to consider the general description of the position, justification for the position, the issues it addresses, the role this position will play in strengthening or building the ANR continuum, the support that will be provided and the proposed location for the position.

Reviews are scheduled to conclude on Aug. 7 and Program Council will have their initial discussion of all feedback and prioritizations during their Sept. 4–5 meeting. In the late fall, VP Allen-Diaz will announce the positions approved for recruitment.

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Clarification: Call for positions closes Friday, May 18

The online system for submitting proposals for ANR's supplemental call for CE advisor and specialist positions will close on Friday, May 18, at 11:59 p.m.

Position submissions are being accepted from the following groups:

• Program team leaders
• Workgroup chairs
• Strategic initiative leaders
• Department chairs from the colleges/school and executive associate deans
• County and MCP directors

If you do not hold one of the above titles or roles, please communicate with people in the above groups designated to submit positions.

Please talk with your colleagues and encourage external stakeholders to help us identify the Division's greatest needs. People will be able to comment on proposed positions between May 18 and Aug. 7. The call is posted on a publicly accessible website: http://ucanr.edu/callforpositions.

Details on the submission process and calendar are included on the site. Please click on "View entire call" at http://ucanr.edu/callforpositions to access position templates, positions released for recruitment in 2011, and the full position submittal and review process. You may also refer to the April 17 ANR Update for background.

 

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