Purpose:

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

Essential Job Functions:

• Work in partnership with schools and other youth-serving organizations, community-based collaborators, and 4-H groups to deliver programs that address 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.
• Meet deadlines by submitting reports accurately and on time.
• Write grant proposals, solicit, and secure extramural funding.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the extension Administrator.

Additional Duties and Responsibilities:

• May include supervisory responsibilities of volunteers, students, and program participants.
• Other duties as assigned by the Regional Coordinator and Cooperative Extension Administrators.
• May be required to work evenings and weekends.
• May require traveling around the region and occasional travel around and outside the state of Missouri.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university in Human Development, Youth Development, Child and Family Development, Social Work Family Science, Psychology, or closely related field.
• Must have a minimum of two (2) years of experience working with low-income, ethnically diverse individuals from marginalized communities in informal settings.

Preferred:

• Demonstrated success in securing extramural resources through donations, gifts, and grant funds.
• Have experience conducting educational sessions via distance learning and on virtual platforms.
• Have experience teaching and developing audience contacts with social media.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Personal Characteristics:

Required:

• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Computer proficiency to include Microsoft Office-Excel, Work and Outlook.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to work as part of a larger team.

Preferred:

• Ability to read, speak, and understand Spanish.

Physical Demands:

• Ability to sit at a workstation for extended periods.
• Ability to occasionally lift, carry and put away parcels.
• Normal mobility, which includes movement from place to place on the job.
• Normal physical agility, which includes ability to maneuver body while in place.
• Normal physical strength to handle routine office materials and tools.
• Normal endurance.

This job description is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, or skills required for the job and is subject to review and change at any time, with or without notice, in accordance with the needs of Lincoln University. Since no job description can detail all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time in the performance of a job, duties and responsibilities that may be inherent in a job, reasonably required for its performance, or required due to the changing nature of the job shall also be considered part of the jobholder's responsibility.