Agricultural Best Practices Educator (CES 4) – Ventura, CA, Job ID 71774

Date Posted: August 14, 2024
Closing Date: Until Filled

The Agricultural Best Practices Instructor (Community Education Specialist 4) will focus primarily on developing, conducting, managing, and evaluating an education program to increase the impact of extension programs in Ventura County. The instructor will be responsible for the delivery of hands-on training on best practices in irrigation and nutrient management, spray application technology, farm worker safety, and other relevant topics to farm workers in Ventura County. This includes direct program delivery, evaluating program implementation and outcomes, collecting and compiling enrollment, evaluating data from participants and writing reports. Programs will take place in small to medium-sized groups in classroom and field settings on local farms. As a technical leader, the CES 4 will function with a high degree of autonomy to coordinate with UC ANR Advisors and academic specialists, and externally with Pest Control Advisers, Certified Crop Advisers, growers and other stakeholders to develop the curriculum and course materials, and maintain subject matter competence. The CES 4 will foster and maintain an informal network of partners and will implement special projects that advance the program's objectives, while coordinating statewide educational activities with ANR collaborators based in different counties. The trainings will be designed to improve water, fertilizer and pesticide use efficiency, to support growers in addressing environmental regulation requirements, and to promote farm worker safety and environmental sustainability. Each training module will provide attendees with a certificate of completion, in an effort to facilitate regulatory requirements by state agencies, such as the State Water Resources Control Board and Department of Pesticide Regulation.  

This position is a career appointment that is 100% fixed.

Pay Scale: $59,000.00/year to $81,200.00/year

This job is open until filled. The first application review date will be 9/5/2024.

UCANR is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status.  

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The University reserves the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of the background check. This is a designated position requiring a background check and may require fingerprinting due to the nature of the job responsibilities. UC ANR does hire people with conviction histories and reviews information received in the context of the job responsibilities.

As a condition of employment, you will be required to comply with the University of California Policy on Vaccination Programs, as may be amended or revised from time to time.  Federal, state, or local public health directives may impose additional requirements.

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