Extension Agent - FCS
- Employer
- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
- Location
- North Carolina, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not specified
- Date posted
- Jun 12, 2021
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Health & Medicine, Nutrition, Science, Technology & Mathematics, Agriculture & Animal Sciences, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Human Development & Family Sciences, Administrative, Academic Affairs, Extension Services, Business & Administrative Affairs, Food Services Management
- Employment Level
- Tenured/Tenured Track
- Employment Type
- Full Time
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The FCS Extension Agent will be located in Brunswick County and
will be responsible for planning, executing and evaluating
effective and comprehensive family and consumer sciences programs
that meet the needs of the county's limited resource population and
align with the mission and vision of Cooperative Extension at North
Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Programs
include non-formal education and training in human development,
resource management, and supplemental nutrition assistance with
targeted audiences. The extension agent collaborates with county
and community based organizations to deliver programs and recruit
program participants; determines program needs and priorities by
conducting needs assessments; and evaluates data collected from
multiple sources including advisory committee members, county
residents and program participants. Program priorities in Brunswick
County include childhood and adult obesity; chronic diseases with
nutrition and lifestyle related risk factors (i.e. diabetes,
cardiovascular disease; cancer); decreasing the health disparities
related to race/ethnicity, disability, and socioeconomic status;
safe food handling and food preservation; food insecurity and
management of food budgets.
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