Urban Regional Extension Agent

The Alabama Cooperative Extension System at Alabama A&M University seeks an Urban Regional Extension Agent (UREA) for the Finance and Family Development in Montgomery and surrounding counties.

This position entails identifying, assessing, and prioritizing the local community's needs and responding with learning opportunities to urban, new, and nontraditional audiences focusing on personal finance, healthy aging, family relations, and child development. The UREA will work as part of a support team under the Extension Specialist in Finance and Family Development direction, who provides leadership and develops program content for underserved and underrepresented communities and individuals. The selected candidate will become a part of a small and growing team that directs opportunities to contribute to the direction and success of the program area. This position is 100% in the Finance and Family Development program area based in a County Extension office, (serving Montgomery, Elmore, and Autauga counties) with the potential to travel and implement programs throughout the state.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The selected candidate will work as part of the Finance and Family Development team under the direction of the Extension Specialist and do the following:

• Deliver quality programs on personal finance, healthy aging, family relations, child development, and other family and finance topics to youth, adults, and older adults.
• Utilize a variety of teaching methods and tools to reach target audiences in assigned counties.
• Market programs and activities using public service announcements, social media, news articles, fact sheets, brochures, flyers, and other innovative marketing tools.
• Recruit county volunteers, program partners, and collaborators to support educational outreach.
• Build and maintain valuable partnerships and relationships for program implementation.
• Develop and manage a program advisory committee from which he/she solicits program input.
• Provide leadership and subject-matter support at various levels (local, regional, and state).
• Compose scholarly extension articles and other educational resources.
• Assist with the development and distribution of assessment instruments used to assess needs, collect impact data, measure effectiveness, and report accomplishments.
• Evaluate, analyze, and interpret program data to complete required organization reports and show program impact.
• Seek funding support through grants, contracts, and program agreements with relevant agencies and organizations.
  

Minimum Position Requirements (including years of experience, certifications, licenses, etc.):

• A bachelor's in Family and Consumer Sciences, Human Sciences, Human Development and Family Studies, Finance, or other related discipline specific to family development and/or family finance.
• Degree may be in different areas, but candidate must have prior formal specific education and provide a broad understanding of consumer resource management and/or family relations and child development.

• Candidate without completion of master's degree will be required to obtain a master's degree within 5 years of successfully completing probation.

• Ability to travel using personal vehicle (with mileage reimbursement) and work flexible hours that can include nights and weekends is required to fulfill assigned responsibilities.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills and presentation skills required.
• Knowledge and some experience with current family-related research information, trends, and issues.
• Must be able to work effectively as a member of a team, work with diverse groups, be self-motivated, and manage time and resources.
• Intermediate to Advanced experience with Microsoft Office suite.
  

Preferred skills or experience

• Background in Family, Family Finance, or Personal Finance
• Demonstrated experience in working with limited resource and underserved audiences.
• Master's degree in relevant discipline preferred. Graduate level courses and specialized certifications in related fields preferred.
  

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills required.
• Use of Computer applications, programs, social media, and other communications methods required.
• Ability to collect, analyze, and report impact data for reports, and to appropriate stakeholders.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision in various settings while implementing and evaluating impact driven programming with an understanding of sociological impacts, and exhibit leadership and people skills.
• Must be able to work effectively as a member of a team, work with diverse groups, be self-motivated, and manage time and resources.