Requisition Number: F_230137

Department: Cooperative Ext Division-0788

Description of Work:

1. Work in tandem with the Extension Dean and the EET to envision and develop Strategic Initiatives that guide and facilitate the growth, development, and effectiveness of Nebraska Extension.
2. Facilitate the development and delivery of relevant, innovative, and impactful Extension programs addressing critical issues for Nebraska. Seek and pursue opportunities for program integration and collaboration.
3. Identify and pursue opportunities for program integration and collaboration to address critical, evolving, and/or complex challenges faced by Nebraskans.
4. Engage with IANR Unit Leaders/Chairs/Directors, Program Area Leaders, Engagement Zone Coordinators (EZC's), state and federal organizations and agencies, stakeholder groups, and private partners to stay informed of evolving critical issues and to leverage Extension resources to meet the needs of Nebraskans.
5. Coordinate communication among all Program Area Leaders with special emphasis for those intimately involved with Agriculture and Natural Resources.
6. Collaborate with faculty and Program Area Leaders to develop and deploy professional capacity building opportunities focused on Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension professionals that enhance their technical knowledge, build their skills in contemporary Extension andragogy and pedagogy, and increase their effectiveness engaging new and existing clientele.
7. Actively identify, acquire, and develop key talent to pursue and achieve our Agriculture and Natural Resources mission.
8. Represent the Nebraska Extension Dean on University, State, North Central Regional, and National committees and serve as the Dean's chief liaison on state/regional/multistate initiatives.
9. Pursue and coordinate resources (financial and other) and coordinate these resources with peers to support and/or lead collaborative, integrated proposal development and engagement opportunities.
10. Contribute to state and federal reporting requirements.
11. Promote an inclusive, equitable, and diverse culture, ensuring that opportunities are available to all and that every effort is made to engage diverse audiences, especially those that are traditionally underrepresented and/or underserved.
12. Participate in personal and professional development opportunities that enhance personal knowledge, skills, and competencies relevant to this leadership role.
13. Lead, contribute, and follow Nebraska Extension as we energize Nebraska's future with The Big-3 (https://extension.unl.edu/our-strategic-direction).
14. Lead, contribute, and follow Nebraska Extension as we pursue excellence, change lives, and serve in a leadership position among our peers; locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Terminal degree in an area related to agriculture and natural resources.
• Five years of significant and successful leadership in Extension or related field including direct supervision/coaching of faculty and staff, budgets/expenditures, and program development.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of land-grant University System.
• Successful record of grantsmanship and/or securing other external resources.
• Experience serving as an academic faculty member in the agriculture and natural resources area.
• Demonstrated experience effectively communicating, engaging, partnering and collaborating with stakeholders.
• Tenured or Tenure Eligible at the time of hire.

Job Type: 12 Month (Faculty Only)

About University of Nebraska Lincoln

With over 25,000 students, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is a diverse educational insitution with international stature. The intellectual center for the state of Nebraska and beyond, we are a land-grant, top tier national research-extensive insitution. Part of the Big Ten conference, Big Ten Academic Alliance, our mission includes growing relationships and resources that enable the University of Nebraska to change lives.

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