Area Specialized Extension Agent-(MIMB) More in My Basket Regional Outreach Facilitator-East

About the role

The Regional Outreach Facilitator (ROF) is an integral part of the NC Cooperative Extension and the More in My Basket program. The ROF is housed in Carteret County Extension Center and works under the guidance and direct supervision of Shawn Banks, Carteret County Extension Director and Dr. Carolyn Bird, Professor and Principle Investigator/Program Director.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with and support Extension Agent outreach in eight primary eastern counties: Carteret, Columbus, Duplin, Jones, New Hanover, Onslow, Wayne, and Wilson.
• Liaison with and provide the MIMB campus-based team with information on specialized needs for the region.
• Organize and/or conduct regional agent update meetings with MIMB agents.
• Collaborate with eastern Extension agents, including those neighboring the primary counties, to engage with the More In My Basket Program, for example, to;
  • Identify organizations serving low-resource audiences to expand partnerships
  • Build and extend community relationships with organizations
  • Participate in the delivery of workshop and booth outreach events
  • Facilitate SNAP eligibility screening and application completion assistance through connection with campus program team
  • Organize and/or conduct regional information meetings and outreach to neighboring counties not currently participating in MIMB
• Serve as liaison between county program staff (Cooperative Extension Agents and CEDs) and NCSU program staff for any programmatic issues.
• Provide day-to-day management of the ROF planned participation in outreach events.
• Provide on-site support to county staff for outreach activities individually or in collaboration with other Program Staff.
• Facilitate program evaluation by assisting with curricula evaluation during MIMB workshops and sending completed forms to the campus team.
• Serve as a liaison between the MIMB campus team and the Outreach Strategy and Planning Manager, Program Coordinator, Communications and Social Media staff, Bilingual Outreach Facilitator, and Resource Navigator.
• Contribute to the campus partnership database through regular reports to support relationships and ongoing communication with collaborators to facilitate outreach events.
• Refer local clients to the campus team for FNS / SNAP benefit screenings and application completion assistance.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated abilities in coordinating multi-county education programs and developing partnerships with organizations serving limited-resource populations.
• Knowledge of and preferably, experience in working with Cooperative Extension Family and Consumer Sciences and 4-H Youth Development Agents is desirable.
• Self-initiating, as well as a collaborator, able to multi-task effectively in a complex educational/academic environment, and be skilled in managing its schedule of participation in events/meetings.
• Proven personal effectiveness skills, including excellent interpersonal communication, team building, and problem solving skills and the ability to provide leadership to an educational program area by working successfully with agents and professors/specialists as well as industry clients in their subject matter area.
• Ability to work extra hours and weekends is required.
• Personal effectiveness skills, including excellent interpersonal communication, team building, and problem solving skills and the ability to provide leadership to an educational program area by working successfully with agents and professors/specialists as well as industry clients in their subject matter area.
• Commitment to excellence and the ability to work effectively as a team member.
• Experience collaborating with community based organizations.
• Experience in team-oriented goal setting and implementation.
• Bi-lingual English and Spanish.
• Experience with programs serving low-income programs and consumers.
• Experience with social media communications such as, blogging and tweeting, and video communications.
• Good technical skills including internet technology including wireless devices and Microsoft Office programs and other relevant software programs.