Community Development Extension Educator

The Community Development Extension Educator supports Eau Claire Chippewa and Dunn County governments in addressing county priorities through research-based education facilitation community engagement and organizational and leadership development.

The Educator works closely with county leadership to identify emerging needs establish priorities and advance initiatives that address locally identified opportunities and challenges. Priority issues may vary among the three counties over time. Whenever possible the Educator will work with county leadership to align priorities across the three counties to maximize impact and reduce the number of priority issues the Educator is supporting. Priorities will be established in partnership with county leadership and Extension program leadership and revisited regularly to ensure the scope and workload remain focused and manageable across the three counties.

The Educators program focus is facilitation community engagement strategic planning and organizational and leadership development. The Community Development Educator is not expected to serve as a subject-matter expert in the county-identified priority issue areas. Instead the Educator helps the counties access relevant expertise from local state and university sources.

County Priority Initiatives: The Educator helps counties identify organize around and advance priority issues. Examples include:

• Design and facilitate strategic planning visioning goal-setting and action-planning processes.
• Identify relevant research data and technical expertise to inform decision-making.

Community Engagement and Stakeholder Alignment: The Educator helps counties engage the people organizations and systems necessary to address priority issues and achieve desired outcomes. Examples include:

• Identify organizations groups and individuals working on one or more of the identified county priorities.
• Design and facilitate community engagement processes.
• Facilitate alignment and collaboration among county government municipal governments community organizations businesses residents and other stakeholders whose involvement is relevant to county priorities.

Organizational and Leadership Development: The Educator works primarily with local governments and when connected to identified county priorities nonprofit organizations coalitions and other organizations to strengthen organizational capacity and leadership. Examples include:

• Design and deliver educational programs for organizational leaders managers boards staff and volunteers focused on leadership communication decision-making collaboration and organizational effectiveness.

• The Educator serves as a point of connection between county governments and the research educational resources and subject-matter expertise available through Extension and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

• Educators are expected to contribute to statewide efforts related to their area of expertise. Through statewide engagement the educator remains connected to emerging research promising practices educational innovations and professional networks that can be leveraged to support county priorities.

The main office for this position is located in Eau Claire WI with a primary programming focus of Eau Claire Chippewa and Dunn counties; however some programming may also be conducted over a broader geographical area.

It is anticipated this position requires work be performed in-person onsite at a designated campus work location.

This position may be required to work occasional nights and weekends to meet the program needs and priorities of the communities served.

It is expected that employees will make individual arrangements for transportation adequate to meet position responsibilities and essential job functions. Read more about UW-Madison Driver Authorization.

Applicants are required to: Have a valid drivers license and a reliable source of independent transportation for periodic in-state work travel and/or comply with requirements for UW-Madison vehicle use authorization.

• Schedules and secures resources and communicates logistics in support of an outreach program

• Delivers outreach program content and materials to community members

• May assist with the monitoring of outreach program budget spending

• Researches develops and facilitates outreach program content and materials

• Leads the implementation of programs policies and procedures through oversight of day-to-day activities for program staff and student and community volunteers

• Develops and evaluates curriculum and programs and provides recommendations for improvement

• Identifies promotes and maintains external partnerships to support the outreach program

Extension embodies the Wisconsin Idea by developing and connecting the research and educational resources of UWMadison with residents and communities to address local statewide and national issues. We teach learn lead and serve transforming lives and communities.

The Extension Institute of Community Development provides educational programming to assist leaders communities and organizations realize their fullest potential. We work with communities to build the vitality that enhances their quality of life and enriches the lives of their residents. We educate in leadership development organizational development food systems community economic development local government education and much short the Community Development Institute plants and cultivates the seeds for thriving communities and organizations.

The minimum annual (12 months) starting salary for the position is $60795 but is negotiable based on experience and qualifications

Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation holidays and paid time off; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits. Benefits information can be found at ( Qualifications:

• At least two years of professional experience in community development local government nonprofit organizations organizational development public engagement or a related field.
• Experience facilitating groups meetings planning processes or community engagement.
• Experience building relationships and working collaboratively with different stakeholders.
• Experience designing delivering or supporting educational programs.

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Application Deadline is October 19 2026 at 11:59pm (CDT).

Michele Blakeman (Human Resources)

Kristen Bruder (Hiring Manager)

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