Community Development Extension Educator

Job Category: Academic Staff; Employment Type: Regular; Job Profile: Outreach Specialist.

About the role

The Community Development Extension Educator supports Eau Claire, Chippewa, and Dunn County governments in addressing county priorities through research‑based education, facilitation, community engagement, and organizational and leadership development. The Educator works closely with county leadership to identify emerging needs, establish priorities, and advance initiatives that address locally identified opportunities and challenges. Priority issues may vary among the three counties over time. Whenever possible, the Educator will work with county leadership to align priorities across the three counties to maximize impact and reduce the number of priority issues the Educator is supporting. Priorities will be established in partnership with county leadership and Extension program leadership and revisited regularly to ensure the scope and workload remain focused and manageable across the three counties.

The Educator's program focus is facilitation, community engagement, strategic planning, and organizational and leadership development.

• Design and facilitate strategic planning, visioning, goal‑setting, and action‑planning processes.
• Identify relevant research, data, and technical expertise to inform decision‑making.
• Identify organizations, groups, and individuals working on one or more of the identified county priorities.
• Design and facilitate community engagement processes.
• Facilitate alignment and collaboration among county government, municipal governments, community organizations, businesses, residents, and other stakeholders whose involvement is relevant to county priorities.
• Design and deliver educational programs for organizational leaders, managers, boards, staff, and volunteers focused on leadership, communication, decision‑making, collaboration, and organizational effectiveness.

The Educator serves as a point of connection between county governments and the research, educational