Position Summary
Salary and Other Benefits
Based on experience.
Position Description
JOB DESCRIPTION AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Assistant Dean is responsible to the Dean of the University of Tennessee Extension. Responsibilities include:
• Providing leadership and direction to the agriculture, natural resources and community economic development agents, specialists, and programs.
• Working closely with department heads, specialists, and regional agriculture program leaders in the overall program planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating statewide Extension and outreach programs in agriculture, natural resources, and community economic development.
• Providing leadership and oversight to budget development and management.
• Providing leadership and direction for agent and specialist development including in-service training, professional development, and effective outreach efforts.
• Providing direct supervision and administrative direction to the Directors of the Center for Profitable Agriculture and the Soil, Plant and Pest Center.
• Providing leadership for obtaining extramural funding including grants, contracts, and gifts to support Extension educational programs.
• Coordinating, developing, and maintaining effective working relationships with other university departments and external organizations, state and federal agencies and commodity groups.
• Cooperating with the UT Extension Assistant Dean of Family & Consumer Sciences, Director and 4-H State Program Leader, and Tennessee State University (TSU) Extension Agriculture and Natural Resource Program Leader on program efforts.
• Assisting the Dean of UT Extension in other tasks that may be assigned.
• Champions a culture of engagement and belonging by providing leadership in an environment that actively promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• The Assistant Dean will be working with our Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
• Coordinating UT Extension agriculture, natural resources, and community economic development programs with Tennessee State University Extension.
• Providing leadership for a program of activities that meets the needs of eligible clientele regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, and parental status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law.
Required Qualifications
• Earned doctorate in agricultural sciences or natural resources, or closely related field of study. • Work experience which has demonstrated communication, public relation, management, and decision-making skills necessary to successfully perform the duties of the position. • Demonstrated effective leadership and administrative experience for the duties and responsibilities of the position. • Demonstrated success in grant and contract efforts. • Knowledge of and commitment to equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, and diversity. • Experience in budgetary oversight and management. • Experience or previous employment with Cooperative Extension Service.
Preferred Qualifications
Preference will be given to applicants that hold a PhD in agricultural sciences or natural resources and have qualifications for rank of full professor with tenure
Travel Requirements
Travel required.
Driver’s license or alternate transportation required?
yes
Contact Name
Dr. Janet Fox, Search Committee Chair
Contact Email
jfox35@utk.eduApplication Instructions
Please submit (email or hard copy) the following information to the Search Committee Chair: 1.) Letter of interest detailing specific expertise and experiences, which illustrates commitment to Extension, 2.) Curriculum vita, 3.) Names, mailing addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers of four references. NOMINATIONS: To nominate a person for the position, please submit the name and contact information to the Search Committee Chair. Search Committee Chair Contact Information: The University of Tennessee Extension, Attn: Dr. Janet Fox, Assistant Dean & Search Committee Chair, 122 Morgan Hall, 2621 Morgan Circle Drive, Knoxville TN 37996-4530, jfox35@utk.edu.
About The University of Tennessee Extension
The University of Tennessee Extension (UT Extension) provides Real. Life. Solutions. throughout Tennessee. With an office in each of the state’s ninety-five counties, UT Extension helps Tennesseans to improve their quality of life and solve problems through the application of research and evidenced-based knowledge about agriculture and natural resources, family and consumer sciences, 4-H youth development, and community development.
UT Extension provides a gateway to the University of Tennessee as the outreach unit of the Institute of Agriculture. It is a statewide educational organization, funded by federal, state and local governments, that brings research-based information about agriculture, family and consumer sciences, and resource development to the people of Tennessee where they live and work.