Area Educator 4-H and Youth Development - Central Region

Position Summary

The Area Educator is responsible for teaching, planning, designing, evaluating, and implementing innovative youth development programs.

Essential Functions, Duties, and Responsibilities

• Work in partnership with schools and other youth-serving organizations, community-based collaborators and 4-H groups to deliver programs that address the specific needs of limited-resource and socially disadvantaged youth, based on changing social economic and demographic factors.
• Develop programs to be aligned with the Lincoln University State Extension Plan of Work - including but not limited to, focus on healthy lifestyles, leadership development, STEAM education, social justice, academic achievement and workforce readiness.
• Write grant proposals, solicit and secure extramural funding.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Preferred qualifications include experience conducting educational sessions vial distance learning technologies.
• Experience teaching and developing audience contacts through the use of social media.
• Ability to tread, speak, and understand Spanish.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Proficient in MS Office and similar computing programs.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in child/adolescent development, psychology, primary or secondary education, or a closely related field is required.
• Minimum of three years of work experience with low-income, ethnically diverse, underserved audiences in informal settings is required.
• Experience in youth programming is preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit at work station for extended periods.
• Occasional ability to lift, carry, and put away parcels weighing up to 25 lbs.
• Normal physical mobility, agility, strength, dexterity, coordination, and endurance.

Lincoln University is an equal opportunity employer. No employee or applicant will be discriminated against in any condition of employment because of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

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