Assistant​/Associate Extension Agent; Nutrition

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Assistant/Associate Extension Agent (Nutrition)## Position Type:

Faculty## Department:

LSUAG PL4 - Southeast - Parish - Jefferson (Sabrina Hoffmeister ))##

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0101 Jefferson Parish Extension Office## Pay Grade:

Academic##

Job Description:

** Work Location**:
Jefferson Parish.  The domicile location is Jefferson, LA, in Jefferson Parish.
** Position

Description:

** The LSU AgCenter is actively seeking applicants who can contribute to such an environment through their scholarship, teaching, mentoring, and professional service. The assistant/associate extension agent will provide 80% effort as the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) supervising agent.  The employee will provide leadership to EFNEP, including the hiring, training, evaluating and the supervision of local EFNEP personnel;

develop and sustain collaborative relationships with community agencies and grassroots organizations serving limited-resource audiences; train and support volunteers’ role within the program; collect and analyze program data, create reports and communicate outcomes; manage program assets and funds and promoting EFNEP goals and objectives that meet the requirements of federal program policy guidelines.

Additionally, the agent will spend 20% of their time and effort focusing on nutrition, health, and wellness by planning, implementing, and evaluating educational workshops, series of lessons and other teaching activities for general audiences with the Flavors of Health (FOH) program.

The agent will work on Healthy Communities projects in Jefferson Parish for both EFNEP and FOH.  Healthy Communities projects are designed to improve the nutrition and health of all community members using a model that is being replicated throughout the state. The agent will organize community-based nutrition advisory committees involving stakeholders, volunteers, community partners, and health professionals to identify the most critical needs in the communities served as well as programs to address those needs.  

The agent will identify, recruit, and maintain relations with community partners for EFNEP and the FOH programs.
Coordination and collaboration with other LSU AgCenter Extension faculty and staff will be essential.  The agent will support community nutrition outreach for target populations within diverse, urban neighborhoods and communities within the assigned parish. The agent is expected to be computer literate. The incumbent is expected to complete an annual plan of work with teaching objectives and will be responsible for reporting programmatic results to parish, regional and/or state partners as required by local or regional supervisor(s), state office personnel or state nutrition administrators.  

As an extension employee, the agent must be willing to continue professional improvement to maintain professional competence as a faculty member of the LSU AgCenter.  To meet the needs of clientele and for professional development opportunities, this position requires occasional overnight travel and work on evenings and weekends.  Additionally, the agent is expected to perform other tasks that may be as assigned by supervisor(s).
** Qualification Requirements:
** A baccalaureate degree in community nutrition, human foods and nutrition, family and consumer sciences, dietetics or a closely related field from an accredited college or university is required. A master’s degree in nutrition or health promotion is preferred. Must have an undergraduate degree with an overall grade-point average of at least 2.5 (all GPA…