Overview
The University of Nevada, Reno is recruiting for an Extension Agriculture Educator. This position is in Fallon, NV, at the Churchill County Extension Office and reports to the Northern Extension Area Director.
The Agriculture Educator’s primary role is to advance agricultural production in Nevada by teaching producers innovative, sustainable solutions to agriculture issues. The successful candidate will develop creative hands-on public events and demonstrations of agricultural practices in Churchill, Mineral, and Pershing Counties to expand their knowledge, growth, and engagement in Nevada Agriculture. This position requires working effectively with diverse cultural and community interests and developing and maintaining solid working relationships. A benefit and joy of Extension work is engaging in improving communities and individuals’ lives in Nevada. This position will report to the Northern Area Extension Director.
About University of Nevada, Reno Extension
University of Nevada, Reno Extension is a major unit of the University of Nevada, Reno and resides in the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources. Extension uses peer-reviewed research to find solutions to community-based issues and needs within six broad legislatively mandated areas: Agriculture; Children, Youth, and Families; Community Development; Health and Nutrition; Horticulture; and Natural Resources. The mission is to discover, develop, disseminate, preserve and use knowledge to strengthen the social, economic and environmental well-being of people and their communities. Extension has offices in 16 of Nevada’s 17 counties with programs that span large urban centers with over two million residents to isolated ranching and farming communities of several hundred or fewer inhabitants.
