Cr Director

COTTON RESEARCH AND PROTECTION COUNCIL
- The Arizona Cotton Research and Protection Council (ACRPC) is an organization formally established by statute in 1984 to serve as a vehicle through which Arizona cotton growers could provide adequate funding for research and applied technology to address industry needs relating to pest control and crop production._
- ACRPC provides, maintains, and monitors innovative technology and programs for the Arizona cotton industry. Through this agency, the Arizona cotton industry will be provided with sustainable programs and technologies to eradicate, control, and manage cotton pests._

**EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR**

Job Location:
Address: 3721 E WIER AVENUE
PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85040

Posting Details:
**Salary**: $80,000 - $120,000

Grade: 07

Closing Date: 05/03/2024

Job Summary:

- This position may offer the ability to work remotely, within Arizona, based upon the department's business needs and continual meeting of expected performance measures._
- The State of Arizona strives for a work culture that affords employees flexibility, autonomy, and trust. Across our many agencies, boards, and commissions, many State employees participate in the State’s Remote Work Program and are able to work remotely in their homes, in offices, and in hoteling spaces. All work, including remote work, should be performed within Arizona unless an exception is properly authorized in advance._

Job Duties:

- Oversee the preparation and implementation of financially sound budgets to most effectively fund programs and other activities authorized by the Council.
- Coordinate the collection of bale assessment fees to fund ACRPC activities.
- In accordance with statutory authority, with staff and scientific support, develop, direct, and coordinate the implementation of a program for the production and marketing of aflatoxin mitigating products to a variety of grower cooperators and distributors.
- Through a well-defined organizational structure, implements and directs the activities of the Council’s field staff including, but not limited to pest control, eradication and monitoring programs, plow down field inspection, cotton seed breeding, and other program activities related to cotton or aflatoxin.
- Oversee, with staff assistance, operations related to legal or statutory requirements pertaining to the Council as a state agency including but not limited to audits, rule review, sunset review, grower referenda, procurement and employment statutory requirements, lien collections, etc.
- Oversee Council funds in a fiscally responsible way to ensure adequate cost support for authorized program activities including adequate positive carryover balance from one fiscal year to the next.
- Direct the agency’s disbursement of research and grant funding in a scientifically and fiscally sound manner, in accordance with the Council’s stated purposes.
- Ensures through staff that all procurement rules and guidelines are adequately addressed, including procurement, repair, and maintenance of Council fleet, and surplus disposition of vehicles.
- Direct the agency’s cooperative activities with the Arizona Department of Agriculture relating to cotton plow down rules and regulations.
- Prepare and deliver educational and informational presentations to private, state, and federal cooperators in a variety of program settings. Such presentations shall be made available to the Council prior to dissemination.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

- Knowledgeable or able to obtain the Knowledge of basic principles of cotton crop production, entomology, agronomy, weed science, plant pathology, and pest control as these disciplines relate to cotton and related crop systems.
- Knowledge of Arizona statutes, rules, and regulations as they pertain to the Council and related activities.
- Knowledge of basic budgetary and accounting principles.
- Knowledge of basic operational and personnel management principles.
- Skill in dealing with personnel on a level that builds trust, confidence, and teamwork.
- Skill in multitasking and correspondingly establishing clearly defined priorities.
- Skill in communicating clearly and concisely, including writing reports, documents, and other correspondence in a clear and concise manner.
- Skill in negotiation.
- Ability to analyze complex situations and to produce well-defined solutions or courses of action.
- Ability to build consensus and teamwork ethic.
- Ability to prioritize daily workload.
- Ability to see the big picture and avoid externalities that will distract from or minimize the main objectives at hand.
- Ability to build subordinates' confidence by guiding them to develop skills and decision-making abilities.
- Ability to plan ahead despite dealing with an ever-changing set of contingencies.
- Ability to react to changing fiscal parameters to maintain positive budgetary outcomes.

Selective Preference(s):

- Agricultural experience of 5 years
- Minimum of 3 years as a manager