Visiting Extension Outreach Associate, Health and Community Wellness

Duties Responsibilities Program Planning, Delivery, and Evaluation • Deliver educational programs, trainings, and resources that support program deliverables. Facilitate communications, meetings, and outreach strategies that organize and assist groups and communities to address food access and health. • Use multiple communication, outreach, and engagement approaches to connect with individuals, groups, and communities to share resources and educational information on food-safety net programs. • Provide resources and assistance for food benefit program applications. • Participate in and facilitate technical assistance networks. • Lead trainings and organize continuing education for community-based professionals. • Collaborate with team members to ensure successful execution of deliverables. • Evaluate the impact of program initiatives in a planned and statistically relevant fashion. • Evaluate and document changes in clientele practices. Research and Evaluation • Continually seek professional development opportunities to enhance competency in subject matter areas. • Contribute to background research to support the development of educational materials. • Use research and evaluation findings to create innovative materials and make changes to existing offerings in order to improve quality. • Share principles of evidence-based best practice with peers. Organizational Requirements • Assist unit staff with gathering program participant demographic information to ensure compliance with civil rights reporting requirements. • Comply with all reporting deadlines and requirements (e.g., plans-of-work, activity, and impact reporting, etc.). • Perform other duties that contribute to the mission of University of Illinois Extension programming, as assigned. • Local, regional, statewide, and (limited) interstate travel required.