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

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