Assistant/Associate Extension Agent (Nutrition and Community Health)

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Job Posting Title:

Assistant/Associate Extension Agent (Nutrition and Community Health)

   

Position Type:

Faculty

   

Department:

LSUAG PL3 - Southwest - Assumption (Margo Lynn Castro (00003296))

   

Work Location:

0101 Assumption Parish Extension Office

   

Pay Grade:

Academic

   

Job Description:

Work Location:  The area to be served includes Assumption, St. Mary and St. Martin parishes.  While this position will have responsibilities in the Southwest region, the proposed domicile for this position is Assumption Parish Extension Office.  The NCH agent will also have Point of Contact responsibilities in Lower St. Martin Parish and St. Mary parishes.

Position Description: This is a non-tenure track, agent level position (100% Extension NCH appointment). The Nutrition & Community Health (NCH) Extension Agent will work under the supervision and direction of the Parish Chair, NCH Regional Coordinator, Regional Director, and NCH state office faculty.  This position includes a seventy percent (70%) Flavors of Health (FOH) appointment and a thirty percent (30%) Centers for Disease Control High Obesity Program (CDC-HOP) appointment.  

For the seventy percent (70%) Flavors of Health (FOH) appointment, the Agent will develop and maintain a plan of work for general nutrition education programming based on current FOH expectations and for serving as a primary point of contact for nutrition programming in Assumption parish.  This will include recruiting clientele for nutrition programs; implementing core curricula; preparing nutrition education materials, communications, and activities that respond to local needs or requests; and facilitating a community advisory committee to provide programmatic direction to strengthen outreach efforts. Flavors of Health programming include delivering programs on chronic disease prevention and management through healthy lifestyle changes.  Additionally, the incumbent will be expected to disseminate research-based information, identify educational opportunities, and participate in other educational meetings aimed at serving stakeholders in Assumption parish. The Agent is expected to use a variety of delivery methods to deliver information and provide educational opportunities, which could include newsletters, social media posts, workshops and other educational events, and contributing to parish websites. 

Additionally, thirty percent (30%) of the Agent’s time will be dedicated to facilitating the Healthy Communities program and will work under the supervision and direction of the Parish Chairs, Regional Director, NCH Regional Coordinator, and NCH state office faculty.  The Agent will implement NCH Healthy Communities projects in Assumption Parish designed to promote a broad initiative to increase healthy food access and physical activity in the parish by addressing the food system and built environment. The agent will organize community-based advisory committees involving stakeholders, local government, volunteers, other health professionals and community residents to identify the most critical needs in the communities served, strategies to address those needs, ways to overcome barriers to good nutrition and health in communities and build community advocacy. Following those needs identified by the advisory committees, the Agent will work with advisory committees and community groups to promote healthy behaviors in the parish. The Agent will provide primary leadership in planning, implementing, evaluating and reporting food and physical activity policy, environmental and systems interventions as well as implementing health and nutrition education programming for adult and youth in the parish leading up to and as a result of these efforts.  Additionally, the incumbent will be the catalyst to educate existing and potential community and programming partners about the importance of nutrition education and complementary policy, systems and environmental strategies for audiences that address nutrition, physical activity, food safety and food security needs.  The agent will work under the administrative supervision and direction of the parish chair, NCH Regional Coordinator, NCH State office staff, and regional director.  To attend and conduct training to meet the needs of the clientele, this position requires some overnight travel and work on evenings and weekends.

Qualification Requirements: A baccalaureate degree in dietetics, community and family nutrition, human ecology, public health, wellness and health , family and consumer sciences, food science, kinesiology, hospitality management , or closely related areas. Must have an undergraduate degree with an overall grade-point average of at least 2.5 (all GPA requirements based on a 4.0 system) and a 3.0 for graduate work attempted, if any, or master’s degree with an overall grade-point average of at least 3.0 or a current grade-point average of at least 3.0 on at least 12 hours of graduate credit. The applicant must demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills. A master’s degree in the field listed above is desired. Experience in recruiting, training and supervising volunteers and experience in teaching and applying principles of leadership development to both youth and adults is also desired.  Knowledge of public relations and the ability to cope with change are highly desirable characteristics.  Ability to work with and through others is essential as is the ability to function with minimum supervision. 

Salary and Benefits:  Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. The LSU AgCenter has an attractive benefits package with a wide variety of benefit options. Benefits offered include retirement, multiple medical insurance options, supplemental insurances (dental, life, long-term disability, accident, vision, long-term care, etc.), Tax Saver Flexible Benefits Plan (saves tax dollars on some child care and medical expenses), university holidays (14 per year, typically includes a week off at Christmas), generous annual (vacation) and sick leave benefits, Employee Assistance Program, and possible educational leave and tuition exemption for coursework at campuses of the LSU System.  Specific benefits depend on job category, percent effort and length of employment.

Conditions of Employment: A personal automobile and appropriate insurance coverage is required (travel allowance provided).  Satisfactory completion of one specific graduate level extension course (3 credit hours) is required in year two or three of employment, prior to promotion eligibility to associate agent.  Additionally, a faculty member who does not have a related master’s degree must complete an additional 12 hours of related graduate level coursework in order to be promoted to associate agent and such promotion must occur in the first seven years of employment.  An exception is that additional agent experience may be substituted for 12 hours of coursework, but not for the required course. 

Date Available: Upon completion of the selection process.

Application Deadline:  October 2, 2026 or until a suitable candidate is identified.

Application Procedure: Qualified candidates must apply online at https://lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU  (or through Workday for internal applicants) by attaching file(s) containing a curriculum vita, a letter of application, official university transcripts, and two letters of reference. Questions about the online application system should be directed to the HRM Office at 225/578-0324. (Paper, faxed, or emailed application materials will not be accepted.)  In lieu of attaching the letters of reference, they may be sent directly to:

Mandy Armentor

NCH Regional Coordinator, Southwest Region Office

1373 Caffey Road

Rayne, LA, 70578

Email: [email protected] 

Phone: 337-788-7547; Fax 337-788-7553

Website:  www.lsuagcenter.com

The Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and applications will be accepted without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, or disability. Information on Equal Employment can be obtained from the EEO and Civil Rights Coordinator, 103 J. Norman Efferson Hall, LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA 70803. Phone 225.578.2258.  It is the policy of the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service to employ only United States citizens or aliens lawfully authorized to work in the United States.

The LSU Agricultural Center is a statewide campus of the LSU System and provides equal opportunities in programs and employment.

   

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Assistant/Associate Extension Agent (Nutrition and Community Health)

   

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Posting Date:

September 2, 2026

   

Closing Date (Open Until Filled if No Date Specified):

  

Additional Position Information:

Background Check - An offer of employment is contingent on a satisfactory pre-employment background check.

 

   

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The LSU Agricultural Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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