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Agriculture Extension Associate Senior

🇺🇸 Princeton, KY

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $44K - $70K

💻 Other

🗓️ November 24th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

University of Kentucky is hiring an Agriculture Extension Associate Senior. This role leads the strategic coordination, development, and evaluation of beef extension educational programs for cattle producers and stakeholders across Kentucky. The position manages field demonstrations, develops outreach, generates impact reports, and collaborates with faculty, Extension agents, and industry partners to support statewide beef education initiatives.

Highlights
  • Lead coordination and development of beef extension educational programs
  • Manage field demonstrations and outreach activities
  • Produce impact-driven reports on program effectiveness
  • Collaborate with faculty, Extension agents, and industry stakeholders
  • Required skills include Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Photography, Graphic Design, Web Design, and Photoshop
  • Must hold a MS degree; no prior experience required
  • Salary range of $43,805 to $70,075 per year
  • Physical requirement includes lifting up to 50 lbs
  • Standard work hours Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, with occasional nights and weekends
  • Department: Animal and Food Sciences

Agriculture Extension Associate Senior Full Description

Agriculture Extension Associate Senior

 Posting Details 
Job Title  | Agriculture Extension Associate Senior
Requisition Number  | RE52414
Working Title  |
Department Name  | 81070:ANIMAL AND FOOD SCIENCES
Work Location  | Princeton, KY
Grade Level  | 44
Salary Range  | $43,805-70,075/year
Type of Position  | Staff
Position Time Status  | Full-Time
Required Education  | MS
Click here for more information about equivalencies:  | https://hr.uky.edu/employment/working-uk/equivalencies
Required Related Experience  | No experience required.
Required License/Registration/Certification  | None.
Physical Requirements  | Lifting up to 50 lbs
Shift  | Mainly 8:00 am-5:00 pm; Monday-Friday (nights and weekends as needed).

Job Summary 
The extension associate will work with the Beef Extension Team to lead strategiccoordination, development, and evaluation of educational programming for beefextension educational programs targeted for beef cattle producers and stakeholdersacross Kentucky. This role involves managing field demonstrations, developingoutreach, and producing impact driven reports. The ideal candidate willdemonstrate strong project management, communication, and data managementskills, and collaborate effectively with faculty, Extension agents, and industrypartners to advance our statewide beef education initiatives.
Skills / Knowledge / Abilities  | Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Photography, Graphic Skills, Web Design, and PhotoShop.
Does this position have supervisory responsibilities?  | No
Preferred Education/Experience  |
Deadline to Apply  | 11/30/2025

Our University Community  | We value the well-being of each of our employees and are dedicated to creating a healthy place for everyone to work, learn and live. In the interest of maintaining a safe and healthy environment for our students, employees, patients and visitors, the University of Kentucky is a Tobacco & Drug Free campus.

The University follows both the federal and state Constitutions as well as all applicable federal and state laws on nondiscrimination. The University provides equal opportunities for qualified persons in all aspects of institutional operations and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnic origin, religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, uniformed service, political belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, genetic information or social or economic status.

Any candidate offered a position may be required to pass pre-employment screenings as mandated by University of Kentucky Human Resources. These screenings may include a national background check and/or drug screen.
Posting Specific Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
  1. * Rate your level of expertise in using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Windows, Excel, and PowerPoint). 
    • None
    • Basic
    • Average
    • Proficient
    • Expert
  2. * How many years of paid work experience do you have in facilitating change management? 
    • None
    • More than 0, through 6 months
    • More than 6 months, through 1 year
    • More than 1 year, through 3 years
    • More than 3 years
  3. * Describe a specific project to which you contributed that impacted organizational improvement. 
    (Open Ended Question)
  4. * How many years experience (paid or non-paid) do you have working with youth? 
    • None
    • More than 0, through 1 year
    • More than 1 year, through 3 years
    • More than 3 years, through 5 years
    • More than 5 years
Applicant Documents
Required Documents
  1. Resume
Optional Documents
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