4-H PROGRAM ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
- Employer
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Location
- Wisconsin, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not Specified
- Date posted
- Aug 26, 2021
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Job no: 239914-LI
Work type: Onsite, Staff-Full Time
Department: EXT/YFH/YTH/4H/WI 4-H
Location: Wisconsin
Categories: Dean, Director, Executive, Extension, Outreach, Public Engagement, Youth Programming/Development
Position Summary:
The Wisconsin 4-H Associate Program Director is a leader for a statewide team of youth development professionals who develop youth membership programs reaching over 25,000 youth and support nearly 9,000 volunteers. The Wisconsin 4-H Program Associate Director will oversee development of statewide program resources and manage systems needed for locally-based colleagues and partners to advance program quality and develop program models that expand access and reach. The person in this position will supervise a state staff team that assures consistent management and operational support for local and state-level programs. The 4-H Program Associate Director will also lead a team of educational program specialists and link to other Extension programmatic resources to provide responsive learning resources and educational programs to meet the needs of diverse Wisconsin youth. And the person in this position will maintain and grow relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to secure programmatic resources and build the 4-H brand.
Position Duties:
List of Duties
Institutional Statement on Diversity:
Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.
For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion
Degree and Area of Specialization:
Required: Master's or other graduate degree with academic preparation in a field that relates to the responsibilities of this position such as education, youth development, human ecology, social work, non-profit management, etc.
Preferred: Doctorate or terminal degree in a discipline relevant to the focus of the Institute for Positive Youth Development.
Minimum Years and Type of Relevant Work Experience:
Required:
1. 5 or more years of professional experience in leading and managing youth development or education programs, including planning and implementing programs, evaluation, and communicating program impact and value to stakeholders
2. Two years or more of supervisory experience.
3. Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills
4. Experience managing budgets
5. Established track-record of building partnerships with diverse groups.
6. Demonstrated experience effectively interacting with people from different cultural backgrounds including those associated with race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, socioeconomic status, gender, disability, sexual orientation and other aspects of human diversity
Preferred:
1. Experience implementing policy and practices consistent with youth development, youth protection, and volunteer management principles.
2. Proven ability to successfully introduce new initiatives and other changes to a broad range of stakeholders.
3. Proven success as a team leader in a collaborative environment.
4.. Experience developing organizational partnerships and managing organizational relationships
5. Successful experience obtaining funding through grants, contracts, gifts, and/or revenue generation
6. Established record of contribution to the youth development field through scholarship, program development, or other leadership roles.
7. Track record of expanding access to programs and resources, particularly for underserved
populations.
8. Experience working in or engaging with Land Grant Institutions and Extension Programs
Additional Information:
WORKING CONDITIONS:
1. Assume multiple travel days per week throughout geographies served and occasional travel within the state.
2. Make individual arrangements for transportation adequate to meet position responsibilities and essential job functions.
3. Work evenings or weekends as needed to meet position needs.
The primary location of this position is negotiable with an expectation of some negotiated office hours in Madison.
Please note that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment. Department(s):
A473830-EXTENSION/YFH/YTH/4H/WI 4-H
Work Type:
Full Time: 100%
This position requires work be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location.
Appointment Type, Duration:
Ongoing/Renewable
Salary:
Negotiable
ANNUAL (12 months)
Instructions to Applicants:
We are eager to learn more about how your experience and passion may align with this position. Please submit a cover letter referring to your related work experience and a resume detailing your educational and professional background. Please keep in mind, applicants need to articulate all required qualifications in their cover letter and/or resume. Applicants who have preferred qualifications should share those too in the cover letter and/or resume. The application reviewers will be relying on written application materials to determine who may advance to preliminary interviews.
We are committed to reducing bias in the recruitment process and utilize a redacted application process, which is the practice of removing personally identifiable information from application materials, before the screening of applicants begins. This may include, but is not limited to, name, gender, age, education, address, dates (such as graduation dates), photos, references, links to personal webpages, supervisor names, and/or citizenship.
Contact:
Matthew Calvert
matthew.calvert@wisc.edu
608-262-1912
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1 (out-of-state: TTY: 800.947.3529, STS: 800.833.7637) and above Phone number (See RELAY_SERVICE for further information. )
Official Title:
DIR, UNSPECIFIED (7)(M93DN)
Employment Class:
Limited
Job Number:
239914-LI
The University of Wisconsin is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.
If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website: https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is engaged in a Title and Total Compensation (TTC) Project to redesign job titles and compensation structures. As a result of the TTC project, official job titles on current job postings may change. Job duties and responsibilities will remain the same. For more information please visit: https://hr.wisc.edu/title-and-total-compensation-study/ .
Employment will require a criminal background check. It will also require you and your references to answer questions regarding sexual violence and sexual harassment.
The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7).
The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains current campus safety and disciplinary policies, crime statistics for the previous 3 calendar years, and on-campus student housing fire safety policies and fire statistics for the previous 3 calendar years. UW-Madison will provide a paper copy upon request; please contact the University of Wisconsin Police Department .
Applications Open: Aug 26 2021 Central Daylight Time
Applications Close: Sep 15 2021 11:55 PM Central Daylight Time
Work type: Onsite, Staff-Full Time
Department: EXT/YFH/YTH/4H/WI 4-H
Location: Wisconsin
Categories: Dean, Director, Executive, Extension, Outreach, Public Engagement, Youth Programming/Development
Position Summary:
The Wisconsin 4-H Associate Program Director is a leader for a statewide team of youth development professionals who develop youth membership programs reaching over 25,000 youth and support nearly 9,000 volunteers. The Wisconsin 4-H Program Associate Director will oversee development of statewide program resources and manage systems needed for locally-based colleagues and partners to advance program quality and develop program models that expand access and reach. The person in this position will supervise a state staff team that assures consistent management and operational support for local and state-level programs. The 4-H Program Associate Director will also lead a team of educational program specialists and link to other Extension programmatic resources to provide responsive learning resources and educational programs to meet the needs of diverse Wisconsin youth. And the person in this position will maintain and grow relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to secure programmatic resources and build the 4-H brand.
Position Duties:
List of Duties
Institutional Statement on Diversity:
Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.
For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion
Degree and Area of Specialization:
Required: Master's or other graduate degree with academic preparation in a field that relates to the responsibilities of this position such as education, youth development, human ecology, social work, non-profit management, etc.
Preferred: Doctorate or terminal degree in a discipline relevant to the focus of the Institute for Positive Youth Development.
Minimum Years and Type of Relevant Work Experience:
Required:
1. 5 or more years of professional experience in leading and managing youth development or education programs, including planning and implementing programs, evaluation, and communicating program impact and value to stakeholders
2. Two years or more of supervisory experience.
3. Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills
4. Experience managing budgets
5. Established track-record of building partnerships with diverse groups.
6. Demonstrated experience effectively interacting with people from different cultural backgrounds including those associated with race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, socioeconomic status, gender, disability, sexual orientation and other aspects of human diversity
Preferred:
1. Experience implementing policy and practices consistent with youth development, youth protection, and volunteer management principles.
2. Proven ability to successfully introduce new initiatives and other changes to a broad range of stakeholders.
3. Proven success as a team leader in a collaborative environment.
4.. Experience developing organizational partnerships and managing organizational relationships
5. Successful experience obtaining funding through grants, contracts, gifts, and/or revenue generation
6. Established record of contribution to the youth development field through scholarship, program development, or other leadership roles.
7. Track record of expanding access to programs and resources, particularly for underserved
populations.
8. Experience working in or engaging with Land Grant Institutions and Extension Programs
Additional Information:
WORKING CONDITIONS:
1. Assume multiple travel days per week throughout geographies served and occasional travel within the state.
2. Make individual arrangements for transportation adequate to meet position responsibilities and essential job functions.
3. Work evenings or weekends as needed to meet position needs.
The primary location of this position is negotiable with an expectation of some negotiated office hours in Madison.
Please note that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment. Department(s):
A473830-EXTENSION/YFH/YTH/4H/WI 4-H
Work Type:
Full Time: 100%
This position requires work be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location.
Appointment Type, Duration:
Ongoing/Renewable
Salary:
Negotiable
ANNUAL (12 months)
Instructions to Applicants:
We are eager to learn more about how your experience and passion may align with this position. Please submit a cover letter referring to your related work experience and a resume detailing your educational and professional background. Please keep in mind, applicants need to articulate all required qualifications in their cover letter and/or resume. Applicants who have preferred qualifications should share those too in the cover letter and/or resume. The application reviewers will be relying on written application materials to determine who may advance to preliminary interviews.
We are committed to reducing bias in the recruitment process and utilize a redacted application process, which is the practice of removing personally identifiable information from application materials, before the screening of applicants begins. This may include, but is not limited to, name, gender, age, education, address, dates (such as graduation dates), photos, references, links to personal webpages, supervisor names, and/or citizenship.
Contact:
Matthew Calvert
matthew.calvert@wisc.edu
608-262-1912
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1 (out-of-state: TTY: 800.947.3529, STS: 800.833.7637) and above Phone number (See RELAY_SERVICE for further information. )
Official Title:
DIR, UNSPECIFIED (7)(M93DN)
Employment Class:
Limited
Job Number:
239914-LI
The University of Wisconsin is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.
If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website: https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is engaged in a Title and Total Compensation (TTC) Project to redesign job titles and compensation structures. As a result of the TTC project, official job titles on current job postings may change. Job duties and responsibilities will remain the same. For more information please visit: https://hr.wisc.edu/title-and-total-compensation-study/ .
Employment will require a criminal background check. It will also require you and your references to answer questions regarding sexual violence and sexual harassment.
The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7).
The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains current campus safety and disciplinary policies, crime statistics for the previous 3 calendar years, and on-campus student housing fire safety policies and fire statistics for the previous 3 calendar years. UW-Madison will provide a paper copy upon request; please contact the University of Wisconsin Police Department .
Applications Open: Aug 26 2021 Central Daylight Time
Applications Close: Sep 15 2021 11:55 PM Central Daylight Time
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