Employer: NC State University

Location: Raleigh, NC – Some travel expected

Application deadline: Open until filled

Full position description and application instructions

Summary of duties:

The Extension Associate will provide leadership for the development, delivery, and evaluation of educational programming and materials, with an emphasis on prescribed fire and fire science. In addition, the Extension Associate will build collaborative partnerships with a variety of stakeholders including county Extension personnel, landowners, state and federal agencies, non-government organizations, natural resource professionals and others to increase the visibility and reach of Extension Forestry. Presents instructional programs to students regarding environmental education, natural science, human relations, and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) curriculum by demonstration and instruction in a natural setting.

• Assist in conducting coordination, implementation, education and outreach components of the Southeast Regional Partnership for Planning and Sustainability (SERPPAS) Southeast Prescribed Fire Initiative.
• Assist in planning, implementing, and evaluating fire science delivery programs for the multi-institution Southern Fire Exchange (SFE) program as part of the nationwide Joint Fire Science Program Fire Science Exchange Network.
• Understand and connect with the actors and organizations engaged in wildland fire, prescribed fire, and fire science in the southeastern U.S. and deliver SFE programs that support their fire science information needs.
• Serve as the primary editor of the monthly Driptorch Digest newsletter and support development of the bimonthly SFE Fire Lines newsletter.
• And more…