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

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