Program Associate I

🇺🇸 Jersey City, NJ

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $57K - $85K

💻 Project Management

🗓️ June 20th, 2025

Canvas

Edtech.com's Summary

Rutgers University is hiring a Program Associate I. The role involves recruiting, training, and recognizing volunteers, managing educational outreach and horticultural programs, and supervising staff and volunteers at the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Learning Gardens and Environmental Center.

Highlights

Manages and supervises educational outreach activities and horticultural programs at Hudson County RCE Learning Gardens and Essex County Environmental Center.
Recruits, trains, and recognizes volunteers while developing methods to measure program impact.
Collaborates with county-based Rutgers Cooperative Extension personnel, community volunteers, and organizations.
Requires a bachelor’s degree in agricultural science or related field and at least two years of related work experience.
Needs knowledge of volunteer management, educational program development, public speaking, and computer skills including Microsoft Office, Canvas, Better Impact, Qualtrics, Zoom, and Webex.
Preferred skills include conflict resolution, marketing/public relations, bilingual ability, community engagement, and Cooperative Extension experience.
Salary range from $57,356 to $85,388 with a midpoint of $71,372, and a stated salary of $62,000.
Full-time, exempt position with standard 37.5-hour work week and possible hybrid work arrangement.
Reports to the Department of Agriculture & Natural Resources within NJAES at Rutgers University.
Requires physical ability to carry demonstration supplies and use teaching equipment such as laptops and projectors.