Title: Assistant Extension Agent – Livestock

Position Number: 0085514

Hiring Unit: College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience (CTAHR), Department of Human Nutrition, Food, and Animal Sciences (HNFAS)

Location: Hilo, HI

Date Posted: October 2, 2025

Closing Date: Continuous - application review begins December 16, 2025

Monthly Type: 11 Month

Additional Salary Information: Minimum Starting Salary $89,868; commensurate with education and experience.

Tenure Track: Tenure

Full Time/Part Time: Full Time

Temporary/Permanent: Permanent

Other Conditions: Position Workload: 100% Extension.  First review to begin December 16, 2025 or soon thereafter. For best consideration, all application materials should be submitted by December 15, 2025, 11:59PM HST.

The department seeks candidates whose service is centered on cooperative extension education and outreach for livestock production in Hawai´i County. Candidates with multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary experience in large and small animal production are encouraged to apply. The department is particularly interested in candidates who have experience working with students, industry and government stakeholders. Based in Hilo, County of Hawai´i the successful candidate will be expected to develop a successful livestock extension program addressing critical issues in livestock production (poultry, swine, goats, sheep, and cattle), range and pasture management, and will provide advice and support for 4-H/Youth livestock programs.

Our campus welcomes all student but given our responsibilities to the community in which we operate, as part of our strategic mission, we strive to become a Native Hawaiian Place of Learning, a place that is committed to integrating Native Hawaiian language, culture and/or values into its academic and campus environment.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership in extension education and outreach programming to assist existing and potential livestock producers of cattle, swine, small ruminants, and poultry in Hawai´i County. Emphasis will be on beef cattle, range and pasture production and management, swine and small ruminants (e.g., sheep, goats). Responsibilities also include poultry.
• Develops multi-disciplinary, collaborative partnerships with Hawai´i County and other CTAHR faculty, government/community agencies, livestock associations, and stakeholder groups. Work with stakeholders may involve meetings that occur after normal working hours or on weekends, and at off-site locations.
• Demonstrates collaboration with other extension agents, specialists, and researchers to develop and conduct applied research and extension outreach programs and projects, transfer research-based information and technology to stakeholders, and foster and enhance the livestock industries, including small livestock operations.
• Develops extension education programming that uses a variety of teaching methods and tools such as social media resources, distance education technology, as well as traditional field day programs and workshops for stakeholders to foster and enhance sustainable livestock production in Hawai´i County.
• Publishes scholarly information that addresses industry needs through appropriate media methods such as hard copy publications; web-based publications, social media and other communication and media alternatives.
• Establishes and sustains independent and external funding sources to support programming efforts, including grants and contracts, and cost recovery practices. 
• Advises and supports the Hawai´i County 4-H/youth livestock programs, clubs and projects, individually and in collaboration with other 4-H/youth development faculty. 
• Supports and provides livestock quality assurance training to adult and youth audiences.
• Provides service to the HNFAS Department, CTAHR, University, and Hawaii County CE, and community.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A Master’s degree from a college or university of recognized standing, with major work in animal science, range management, or a related field, or, in addition to the Bachelor’s degree, 30 credit hours of post-baccalaureate academic work in a field appropriate to the position.
• At least three years of successful experience in Cooperative Extension work or equivalent in a closely related field.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and to assume responsibility for developing a collaborative extension program that applies Extension teaching methods. 
• Ability to engage successfully with other agents in an integrated extension system and with other agencies.
• Ability to travel independently to various geographical locations in a timely manner. Requirement may be fulfilled by a valid Hawai'i Driver's License (Class 3), comparable driver's license, or other means of transportation that meets position needs.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively through oral, written, and visual channels using traditional and modern educational methods and tools, i.e. computer-word processing, database management, desktop publishing, web meetings, social networking platforms.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and commitment to working with diverse stakeholders and historically underserved or under resourced populations.
• Demonstrated evidence of scholarly activities, including but not limited to peer-reviewed manuscript and extension publications. 
• Experience with grant-writing and obtaining additional sources of programmatic support.

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1. Cover letter indicating how you satisfy the minimum and some, if not all, desirable qualifications;
2. Curriculum vitae (CV);
3. Statement of extension philosophy;
4. Names of three (3) professional references (contact information including email address); and
5. Official transcripts or original documentation from the institution confirming the degree (copies acceptable; however, official transcripts sent directly from the degree-granting institution are required upon hire).  Diplomas will not be accepted.

Note:  Complete applications and required document attachments must be submitted before close of vacancy.  Incomplete applications will not be reviewed by the hiring committee.

Inquiries: Mark Thorne, thornem@hawaii.edu

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Employment is contingent on satisfying employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986; reference checks of previous employers; and for certain positions, criminal history record checks.
 
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