Alabama Cooperative Extension System · Alabama · posted yesterday
The Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES) is seeking a self-motivated Aquatic Resources Extension Agent to serve a 19-county region. This role focuses on educating landowners, professionals, and the public on key aquatic resource topics, including farm pond management, watershed conservation, stormwater management, and drought preparedness. Program Priority Area: Aquatic Resources (AQR) The Agent will be housed in Fayette, Alabama Geographic Area of Responsibility: Lauderdale, Limestone, Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence, Morgan, Marion, Winston, Lamar, Fayette, Walker, Cullman, Jefferson, Bibb, Chilton, Lowndes, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Sumter, Greene, Hale, Perry, Choctaw, Marengo, Dallas, Wilcox Counties. The Extension Agent (EA) will join a highly motivated team of agents and specialists as an active member of the Aquatic Resources Extension Team, which includes several existing programs, such as Recreational Fishpond Management, Freshwater Aquatic Resource Management, Alabama Watersheds, and Aquaculture-related programming. This will include organizing, delivering, and evaluating educational programs related to recreational and farm pond management, freshwater ecology, and fisheries management, and assisting in developing and implementing new programs, as needed, to meet the needs and address the challenges of recreational fishpond owners. Programming should focus on research-based management practices and their environmental impacts. The EA will occasionally contribute to grant writing and other activities that support applied research and demonstrations benefiting clients. The EA will use multiple educational delivery methods to share information with clients, including printed materials, workshops/group meetings, applied research and demonstration projects on farms or at Auburn University research farms, pond-related consultation visits, social media, and web resources. The EA will assist the Aquatic Resources team leader and administrators in project outcome and impact evaluations. The candidate will work with local clientele, advisory groups, commodity organizations, and other interested parties to determine program needs in the region. As a team member, the EA will partner with Aquatic Resources team members and the region’s County Extension Directors (CEDs) to plan, implement, and evaluate aquatic educational programs conducted in the region. Participating in regional and state discipline-related associations and other stakeholder groups helps the EA build a reputation as an educational leader with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. Team Description: Extension Agent’s (EA’s), Urban Extension Agent’s (UEA’s), County Extension Directors (CEDs), and Specialists form the core of Extension teams. This EA will participate as a cohesive team member working with local clientele, advisory groups, volunteers, and other interested parties to determine regional needs for program outreach. As a team member, the EA will partner with other EA’s and CEDs to provide educational leadership in planning, implementing, evaluating, and reporting programs conducted in the region.
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