The Oregon State University Division of Extension and Engagement is seeking a Technology in Natural Resources Specialist. This is a full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month, professional faculty position.
This Information and Technology (IT) professional position is with the Division of Extension and Engagement’s (division) Extension Computing and Technology Unit. This dynamic and innovative Technology in Natural Resources Specialist will span boundaries to lead Extension Service efforts at the intersection of technology and natural resources for forest landowners and farmers across Oregon, and is a joint effort between the College of Agricultural Sciences’ Extension Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources Program and the College of Forestry’s Extension Forestry & Natural Resources Program at Oregon State University.
This Technology in Natural Resources Specialist will be supervised by the Extension Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources Program Leader. Decisions regarding this position are made collaboratively with the supervision team which includes the Executive Director for Digital Extension & Inclusion and the Extension Forestry & Natural Resources Program Leader.
This position will focus on harnessing the potential of natural resources technologies including Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance sustainability, resilience, and productivity in the natural resources arena. This Specialist will work with IT leaders of each respective college and Extension to help synthesize the application of these technologies in a way that other Extension academic and professional faculty can integrate in their daily program offerings to the stakeholders in Oregon.
This Specialist will teach, collaborate with Extension academic and professional faculty, stakeholders, and disseminate findings to advance industries reliant on agriculture and forestry; and will focus on any of a broad range of topics associated with the use of emerging technologies, including AI, to promote sustainable natural resource management.
This Specialist is responsible for designing, developing, maintaining and/or carrying out educational programming and outreach activities to serve broad and diverse populations in an accessible, inclusive, equitable, and socially just manner. This includes complying with Civil Rights and Language/Visual Access regulations.

10% - ACCOUNTABILITY AND REPORTING

• Establish metrics and evaluation criteria to assess the impact of technology on natural resources educational programs and initiatives and share that with Extension employees.
• Prepare and submit timely reports that highlight program outcomes, successes, and areas for improvement.
• Contribute actively to Extension and the colleges’ assessment and strategic planning efforts around technology.
• Complete the division’s civil rights training(s).
• Report appropriate civil rights data from educational programming and outreach activities into the division’s reporting system for the internal civil rights review.