Extension Specialist, UT School of Natural Resources: UTIA

University of Tennessee • Knoxville, TN

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About The Position

The Extension Specialist provides leadership on development, implementation,
evaluation, and reporting on a comprehensive statewide educational program for
private rural and urban, non-industrial landowners, concentrating on forest
management. Specifically, the Extension Specialist develops and delivers
educational programs regarding forest management, enhancing forest productivity,
marketing commercial forest products, and understanding forest ecosystems, all
aimed at assisting landowners with their forest management objectives. Examples
of educational programs include Tennessee Healthy Hardwoods, Welcome to Your
Woods, Tennessee Tree Day, Forestry Worker Curriculum, Teachers Conservation
Workshop, Back Porch Forestry-YouTube, and The Forestry Footnotes Newsletter.

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has shaped leaders, changemakers, and
innovative thinkers since its founding in 1794. The university is home to more
than 38,000 students and 10,000 statewide employees—the Volunteers—who uphold
the university’s tradition of lighting the way for others through leadership and
service.

UT Knoxville offers over 900 programs of study across 14 degree-granting
colleges and schools. As Tennessee’s flagship land-grant university, its
footprint spans the entire state. The university holds the highest Carnegie
classification for research activity and has deep partnerships with industry
leaders and the US Department of Energy’s largest multidisciplinary laboratory,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

The Knoxville campus serves and recruits for UT Knoxville, including the
Institute of Agriculture and the Space Institute, as well as the UT Institute of
Public Service.

UT Knoxville considers its employees its number one asset. With values that
focus on work-life balance, compensation, and innovation leadership, all Vols
are supported to advance professionally. Employees have access to career
development and coaching, continued education, and an extensive list of
development and training possibilities. The Volunteer employee experience
implements structures and practices to attract and retain top-tier talent,
fostering a strong staff community and supporting a culture of involvement and
engagement for everyone.

The university holds a strong commitment to its land-grant mission of learning
and engagement, with a tradition of service and leadership that carries that
Volunteer spirit throughout the state and around the world. It has been ranked
nationally as “Best Employer for New Graduates,” “One of America’s Best Large
Employers,” and “Best Workplace for Women,” and has been designated as “Best
Place for Working Parents” by Forbes Magazine.

Responsibilities

• leadership on development
• implementation
• evaluation
• reporting on a comprehensive statewide educational program for private rural and urban, non-industrial landowners, concentrating on forest management
• develops and delivers educational programs regarding forest management, enhancing forest productivity, marketing commercial forest products, and understanding forest ecosystems
• assisting landowners with their forest management objectives

Benefits

• career development
• coaching
• continued education
• extensive list of development and training possibilities
• work-life balance
• compensation
• innovation leadership

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees