Internal Job Number: P08930UF
Description:
The Division of Extension and Engagement is seeking a Technology in Natural Resources Specialist. This is a full-time (1.00 FTE ), 12-month, professional faculty position. Refer to the Working Conditions/Work Schedule section for information on establishing a remote work location in the state of Oregon.
This Information and Technology (IT) professional position is with the Division of Extension and Engagement's (division) Extension Computing and Technology Unit. This dynamic and innovative Technology in Natural Resources Specialist will span boundaries to lead Extension Service efforts at the intersection of technology and natural resources for forest landowners and farmers across Oregon, and is a joint effort between the College of Agricultural Sciences' Extension Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources Program and the College of Forestry's Extension Forestry & Natural Resources Program at Oregon State University.This Technology in Natural Resources Specialist will be supervised by the Extension Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources Program Leader. Decisions regarding this position are made collaboratively with the supervision team which includes the Executive Director for Digital Extension & Inclusion and the Extension Forestry & Natural Resources Program Leader.
This position will focus on harnessing the potential of natural resources technologies including Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance sustainability, resilience, and productivity in the natural resources arena. This Specialist will work with IT leaders of each respective college and Extension to help synthesize the application of these technologies in a way that other Extension academic and professional faculty can integrate in their daily program offerings to the stakeholders in Oregon.
This Specialist will teach, collaborate with Extension academic and professional faculty, stakeholders, and disseminate findings to advance industries reliant on agriculture and forestry; and will focus on any of a broad range of topics associated with the use of emerging technologies, including AI, to promote sustainable natural resource management.
This Specialist is responsible for designing, developing, maintaining and/or carrying out educational programming and outreach activities to serve broad and diverse populations in an accessible, inclusive, equitable, and socially just manner. This includes complying with Civil Rights and Language/Visual Access regulations.
About the division:
The Division of Extension and Engagement (division) is core to Oregon State University's mission. The division helps create real solutions and positive impact across Oregon and beyond. The division is aligned under the leadership of the Vice Provost for Extension and Engagement. To learn more about our division and its core units and initiatives, please visit: .
The division has built the capacity and expectation for employees to use digital communications and technologies in the modern-day workplace. This reflects our demonstrable commitment to using digital communications tools and changing technologies as a primary way to raise Oregonian's awareness of and engagement with our organization, programs and resources.
Oregon State University strives to ensure that all educational programs, services, activities, and materials we offer to the public are identified, developed, delivered, and evaluated in an accessible, inclusive, equitable, and socially just manner. OSU division's educational programs, services, activities, and materials are available to all people. OSU division prohibits discrimination in all its programs, services, activities, and materials. All employees are responsible for and expected to comply with Civil Rights obligations and actively work to expand access to all eligible populations.
Minimum Qualifications (Staff) / Guidelines (Faculty):
Typically requires Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, education or related field. 3 years' experience in education design and web development.
Requirements :
This position is designated as a critical or security-sensitive position; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a criminal history check and be determined to be position qualified as per University Standard: 05-010 et seq. Incumbents are required to self-report convictions and those in youth programs may have additional criminal history checks every 24 months.
This position requires driving a university vehicle or a personal vehicle on behalf of the university; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a motor vehicle history check, possess and maintain a current, valid driver's license in their state of residence, be determined to be position qualified and self-report convictions as per University Policy 05-030.
Type:
Traveling/driving will be required to fulfill the responsibilities of this position which include delivering educational programming and collaborating and engaging with internal and external partners.
Flexibility to perform work in a variety of settings and in the evening and on weekends.
The Division of Extension and Engagement's Computing Technology Unit is located on OSU's campus in Corvallis, Oregon. However, a remote work location may be established via an OSU Flexible Work Arrangement Agreement, with predetermined periodic reviews of on-going work for continuation of the agreement. Due to the responsibilities of this position and the traveling/driving requirements, the remote work location will be limited to the state of Oregon.
Additional Salary Information: $57,472-$74,532
About Oregon State University
Oregon State is a leading research university located in one of the safest, smartest, greenest small cities in the nation. Situated 90 miles south of Portland, and an hour from the Cascades or the Pacific Coast, Corvallis is the perfect home base for exploring Oregon's natural wonders. Oregon State University has always been a place with a purpose - making a positive difference in quality of life, natural resources and economic prosperity in Oregon and beyond. Through discovery, innovation and application, we are meeting challenges, solving problems and turning ideas into reality.Founded in 1868, Oregon State is the state's Land Grant university and is one of only two universities in the U.S. to have Sea Grant, Space Grant and Sun Grant designations. Oregon State is also the only university in Oregon to hold both the Carnegie Foundation's top designation for research institutions and its prestigious Community Engagement classification.As Oregon's leading public research university, with $261.7 million in external funding in the 2011 fiscal year, Oregon State's impact reaches across the state and beyond. With 12 colleges, 15 Agricultural Experiment Stations, 35 county Extension off ... ices, the Hatfield Marine Sciences Center in Newport and OSU-Cascades in Bend, Oregon, State has a presence in every one of Oregon's 36 counties, with a statewide economic footprint of $2.06 billion. Oregon State welcomes a diverse student body of over 26,000 students from across Oregon, all 50 states and more than 100 countries. They can choose from more than 200 undergraduate and more than 80 graduate degree programs, including over 30 degrees online offered through Oregon State Ecampus. Oregon State increasingly attracts high-achieving students, with nationally recognized programs in areas such as conservation biology, agricultural sciences, nuclear engineering, forestry, fisheries and wildlife management, community health, pharmacy and zoology. Oregon State also ranks high in sustainability, fourth among universities nationwide for using renewable energy and first in the Pac-12 Conference. And our students literally help power the university: 22 exercise machines at Oregon State University has always been a place with a purpose - making a positive difference in quality of life, natural resources and economic prosperity in Oregon and beyond. Through discovery, innovation and application, we are meeting challenges, solving problems and turning ideas into reality. For more information visit 400-acre main campus in Corvallis includes a Historic District, making Oregon State one of only a handful of U.S. university campuses listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The district includes such icons as Weatherford Hall, the Memorial Union and Benton Hall, the oldest building on the oldest building on campus.OSU commits to inclusive excellence by advancing equity and diversity in all that we do. We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer, and particularly encourage applications from members of historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, individuals with disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ community members, and others who demonstrate the ability to help us achieve our vision of a diverse and inclusive community.
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