County Educator Vacancies

• Area extension directors (AEDs) continue to work through the hiring process to fill more than 40 priority vacancies through our two main waves of hiring for county educators. Nineteen of the positions have been filled. Most of the remaining positions to be filled in the first two waves of hiring since this fall are in various stages of the interview process, therefore, there are currently no new posted positions for county-based educator and coordinator roles at this time.
• AEDs have proposed solutions to the assistant deans to meet continued demand for Cooperative Extension programming and to minimize gaps in service while addressing the reality that there is a limit to the number of co-funded positions that Cooperative Extension can support. They expect to agree on solutions by the end of April and develop a standardized approach to prioritize filling vacancies in the future.

Other postings related to the nEXT Generation Cooperative Extension model:

• Community Development Institute Director – Closes 04/30/2018
• Farm Management Outreach Program Manager – Closed 04/15/2018
• The Search and Screen Committee for the Natural Resources Institute Director selected four finalists. Final interviews were held on April 9-10.
• The Search and Screen Committee for the Agriculture Institute Director selected three finalists. Final interviews were held on April 2-3.
• The Health & Well-Being Institute Director position posting – Closed on 3/28/2018.

If you have general questions, the nEXT Generation project website is available as a resource for understanding the decisions that have been made as part of this project.