Community Education Specialist 2

Community Education Specialist 2 - Mariposa, CA, Job ID 73295
University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
Job Description
The Community Education Specialist 2 will perform the full range of program implementation duties. Incumbent will be responsible for the coordination, management, and delivery of education to community members through a combination of direct education and volunteer management. This includes training, guiding, and supporting volunteer extenders with education, information and resources; evaluating program implementation; collecting and compiling enrollment, documentation, and evaluation data from volunteer extenders and participants; and writing reports in compliance with funding requirements. The Community Education Specialist 2 helps to coordinate and monitor fiscal oversight and compliance of statewide program units (4-H, CalNat, UC MG, UC MFP), ensures compliance with statewide program policies and procedures, and effectively resolves conflicts and complaints.
Incumbent will build and maintain an informal network of partners, align special education projects with UC approved curricula and educational materials, develop news releases and news articles, and maintain subject matter competence.
This position's primary focus will be on conducting, managing, and evaluating an education program to improve the environment of the school and community.
This position is a contract appointment that is 50% variable and ends one year from date of hire with the possibility of extension if funding permits.
Pay Scale $21.65/hour to $28.78/hour
Job Posting Close Date:
This job is open until filled. The first application review date will be 10/16/2024.
Key Responsibilities:
40%
Recruits, trains, and provides support for agency and school representatives who act as educators/extenders to deliver UC approved curricula and activities. May recruit for other team members. Coordinate with volunteers for lesson delivery and management as needed. Reviews evaluation data when completed by volunteers to ensure minimum evaluation requirements are achieved. Makes recommendations to volunteers to ensure participant success. Completes required documentation of enrollment and evaluation for reporting purposes. Prepares all reports as necessary for documenting program accomplishments.
25%
Using the UC approved curricula and lessons activities, delivers lessons utilizing adult and/or youth learning techniques. Lesson delivery will include preparing and implementing lesson activities such as demonstrating recipes, physical activity, gardening techniques, and/or other learner-centered activities. May deliver lessons to youth or volunteers directly, or may coordinate the education delivery through the use of volunteers. Extends education to community partners and/or program participants to utilize their skills and knowledge gained by recommending ways to make positive changes within their work and living environments. Promotes environmental changes designed to influence the development of policy and systems change.
25%
Assists in developing strategic outreach plans to ensure all eligible ethnic groups and races have received information regarding program education opportunities. Meets with local partners (i.e. community leaders, school administrators, teachers, parent educators) to discuss the delivery of lessons to their students and clientele. Develops liaisons with and between other programs in order to coordinate outreach efforts. Attends community events representing the program. Maintains appropriate records tracking the partnerships, collaborations and community events.
10%
Works as a team member to assist in the development of annual work plan to optimize direct delivery, to manage volunteer extender programs, to develop recommendations for improvement, and to facilitate environmental change activities with partner agencies. May provide leadership and mentoring to interns, new staff, volunteer extenders, and CES 1 staff, including working with them to assess the successes and challenges of lesson delivery.
Requirements:

• Associate degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training.
• Continuing education in related field required.
• Knowledge of community education and or teaching practices.
• Working knowledge of conducting needs assessment.
• Proficient in use of Windows-based computer with knowledge of Microsoft Office programs (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Experience teaching and working with a diverse youth, adult and volunteer audience.
• Familiarity with schools and community-based agencies in the local area serving eligible adults and youth.
• Skills to communicate and work in large and small groups, give presentations and organize units of activities.
• Ability to write newsletters, correspondence, and reports.

Preferred Skills:

• Bilingual communication/translation abilities in English and Spanish/Hmong/Mandarin/Vietnamese or other language spoken in the community.

Special Conditions of Employment:

• Must comply with regulatory agency reporting requirements (California's Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act).
• Travel, including travel outside normal business hours may be requested.
• Must possess valid California Driver's License to drive a County or University vehicle. Ability and means to travel on a flexible schedule as needed, proof of liability damage insurance on vehicle used is required. Reimbursement of job-related travel will be reimbursed according to University policies.
• 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 of January 1, 2014, ANR is a smoke- and tobacco-free environment in which smoking, the use of smokeless tobacco products, and the use of unregulated nicotine products (e-cigarettes), is strictly prohibited.

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