Extension Agent - Disaster Assessment and Recovery - Vernon Job at Texas A&M AgriLife
Job Title
Extension Agent - Disaster Assessment and Recovery - Vernon
Agency
Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service
Department
County Program D03
Proposed Minimum Salary
Commensurate
Job Location
Vernon, Texas
Job Type
Staff
Job Description
The Extension Agent, under general supervision, implements and plans educational programs and activities in assigned program areas. Supports and assists in the implementation of educational programs and activities in program areas for which other staff members have assigned leadership responsibilities.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Shares in the responsibility for extension program development, information and data input, and organization maintenance.
- Assists appropriate Extension program area committees in developing specific plans to reach annual and/or long-range goals.
- Assumes leadership responsibility in implementing planned educational programs and activities in emergency response and recovery.
- Supports and assists in the implementation of educational programs and activities for which other staff members have assigned leadership responsibilities.
- Uses a variety of appropriate educational methods, techniques, activities, and materials in conducting educational programs.
- Identifies, recruits, and trains local volunteers enabling them to perform effectively their duties in committees, clubs, and organizations.
- Works with and supports Extension-sponsored groups toward achieving increased participation and strengthening programs.
- Uses appropriate evaluation techniques to determine the progress of program activities in reaching desired objectives and uses evaluation findings and target audience participant suggestions in making program revisions.
- Maintains appropriate communications with county, district, state and administrative staffs to facilitate full understanding of the county program.
Specific Duties:
- Lead educational outreach associated with individual, business, and community emergency preparedness, recovery, wildfire mitigation and resiliency.
- Collaborate with other agencies within the Texas A&M University System with training efforts on responding to emergencies, identifying future sites for debris management and temporary housing, and other needs as identified.
- Establish status of County Animal Issue Committees and related plans to ensure each county served as functioning Animal Issues Committees and plans.
- Inventory local VOAD/COAD and existing long-term recovery committees work in each county served and establish and maintain working relationship with each.
- Establish and maintain animal supply point operations in support of Texas Animal Health Commission.
- Serve as a liaison between local landowners/livestock k producers and Texas A&M Forest during wildfire suppression operations.
- Coordinate with Extension Agent Liaisons to maintain daily contact with local elected officials during recovery operations.
- Be a surge force that deploys into the disaster theater for response as well as during recovery operations in support of Texas Division of Emergency Management. Such deployments will require overnight travel that may last several days or weeks at a time.
- Complete preliminary damage assessments of agricultural operations and infrastructure.
- Team with Texas Division of Emergency Management and local jurisdictions/entities in completion of preliminary damage assessments (public assistance and individual assistance), development and submission of request for public assistance and subsequent submission of reimbursement documentation through the FEMA Public Assistance Program.
- Complete site inspections of completed site inspections of completed Public Assistance Program Projects of the Texas Division of Emergency Management.
- Conduct site inspections and other related duties associated with the General Land Office of Texas disaster recovery housing program.
- Assist veteran outreach efforts of Combined Arms to enhance veteran awareness of Combined Arms services and program.
- Requirement to serve multiple counties with extensive travel within assigned programming area, as well as, other assigned locations.
- Must be willing to work and travel nights and weekends.
Additional Responsibilities:
Other duties as required.
Minimum Requirements:
Education – Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline.
Preferred Education - Bachelor’s degree emergency management, community/urban planning, or related discipline.
Experience – None.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities - Knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet and database applications. Technical competence in appropriate subject matter and the ability to apply this knowledge to the solution of problems. Understanding of the learning and development processes of youth and adults. Knowledge of a variety of teaching methods to provide effective learning experiences. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to multi-task and work cooperatively with others.
Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Bi-Lingual (Spanish) preferred. Completion of Incident Command Systems Courses 100, 200, 300 and 400; and National Incident Management Systems Courses 700 and 800. Must be able to lift up to 75 pounds.
All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability Employer committed to diversity.
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