Community Outreach Professional I

Position Highlights

This position supports the implementation, coordination, and reporting of externally funded projects at the University of Arizona Center for Urban Smart Agriculture. Detailed instruction is provided and work is reviewed for accuracy.

This position helps to ensure that grant objectives, timelines, and deliverables are met, and to support research, education, and community outreach initiatives focused on urban agriculture, smart farming technologies, and resilient food production systems. The Program Coordinator collaborates with the Center Director, Manager, faculty, and staff to support the Center's mission and associated grant execution and compliance.

The University of Arizona Center for Urban Smart Agriculture advances research, education, and community engagement to promote innovative, equitable, and sustainable urban food systems across Arizona and beyond.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Under the supervision of the Director, assist with coordinating day-to-day activities for one or more grant-funded projects, ensuring alignment with approved scopes of work, timelines, and deliverables.
• Assist and support in planning and implementation of grant-funded workshops, trainings, demonstrations, field days, and outreach events.
• May serve as the main point of contact for coordination among principal investigators, project staff, industry partners, and community stakeholders.
• Under supervision, assist with tracking project milestones, activities, and outcomes to document progress and grant reporting.
• Help to collect, organize, and summarize qualitative and quantitative data for evaluation, impact assessment, and funding reports.
• Maintain accurate project documentation and records in compliance with sponsor and University requirements.
• Under supervision, assist with efforts to secure competitive funds, including grant-writing, budgeting, and reporting with assistance and input from the Center faculty and staff.
• Participate in team meetings and contribute to continuous improvement of grant-funded programming.
• Creatively apply own knowledge, skills, and experience to establish contacts, professional relationship and build collaborations with other agencies and organization to further the mission of the Center locally and nationally in collaboration with the faculty and other staff.
• Assist with budget monitoring, purchasing, invoicing, reimbursements, and financial tracking in coordination with Center and administrative staff.
• Support development of grant-related materials, including reports, presentations, outreach products, and communications.