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Education Specialist

Job Description: 
AgSafe is the educational leader for the food and farming industries in supporting their commitment to a healthy and safe workforce and a sustainable wholesome food supply. Our vision is to be the one-stop resource providing safety, health, human resources and food safety solutions for the agricultural industry. 
 
We have an immediate opening for an Educational Specialist.  This position does not have to be based in Modesto, the location of the AgSafe office. Given the amount of travel required, the individual may work from home, or AgSafe may find remote office space.
 
The primary responsibilities of the Educational Specialist is to assist in the execution of safety and human resources training programs, including curriculum development, evaluation, and updates as necessary, as well as course delivery. The position will aid in conducting safety and human resources voluntary audit programs, including audit delivery, process management and system improvement; and serve as a Spanish-bilingual staff resource.
Position Reports to: 
Director of Education
Compensation/Salary: 
47,500 - 60,000
Requirements: 
  • Demonstrate a working knowledge of state and federal occupational safety, health, human resources and food safety laws and regulations.
  • Provide effective, interactive training integrating a variety of educational tools, including but not limited to agricultural equipment and technology.
  • Speak, read and write Spanish and English fluently.
  • Use a computer and other office machines including printers, copiers, mail machine and calculator.
  • Prepare clear and concise correspondence, memorandum, reports, and other written material.
  • Communicate clearly and effectively with the President and CEO, Director of Education, co-workers, members, and clients, orally and in writing.
  • Troubleshoot and solve problems.
  • Manage time and multi-task efficiently.
  • Organize and prioritize tasks.
  • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work including members, vendors, seminar and training participants.
  • Meet deadlines and remain calm under pressure.
  • Pay attention to detail.
  • Operate with high professional standards.
  • Maintain confidentiality.
  • Drive a vehicle.
  • Travel between 60-75% of the workweek, with the heaviest amount occurring between January – April each year.

Environmental Conditions: 

  • Office environment; works with computers; uses telephone extensively.
  • On-farm environment, including but not limited to orchards, vineyards, fields, processing facilities, packinghouses, and/or coolers.
  • Travel to various functions in vehicles or other transportation.

Physical Conditions and Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee is regularly required to:

  • Sit and stand for prolonged periods of time;
  • Use hands to finger, handle, or feel;
  • Reach with hands and arms;
  • Talk and hear;
  • Stand and walk; and
  • Lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
  • Drive a vehicle for prolonged periods of time.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The employee must also have the ability to:

  • Pay attention and focus;
  • Follow instructions; 
  • Listen to and comprehend communication from the President and CEO, Director of Education, co-workers, members, vendors, seminar and program participants and others.

 

Responsibilities & Duties: 
Assist in the execution of safety and human resources training programs, including but not limited to:
  • Develop new curriculum and resources as new topics are assessed requiring specific training programs;
  • Create holistic training and resource evaluation tools to determine the effectiveness of curriculum, changes in knowledge and the quality of services provided;
  • Update existing curriculum and resources to reflect regulatory changes and ensure that materials are fresh, dynamic and address the cultural, literacy and learning challenges of our diverse audience;
  • Deliver AgSafe training courses.
Aid in conducting safety and human resources voluntary audit programs, including but not limited to:
  • Conduct safety and human resources voluntary audits, including conducting pre-audit interviews, reviewing existing safety and human resource materials, making on-site visits, developing review documents, and providing necessary follow-up, in some instances on an on-going basis;
  • Review and improve the existing audit process, as needed.
Provide Spanish-bilingual support, which includes, but is not limited to:
  • Assist Spanish-speaking AgSafe members, program participants, donors and other individuals by telephone, email, in writing, and in person at the AgSafe office, all AgSafe programs and in other environments, as needed;
  • Translate documents from English to Spanish and Spanish to English, as needed;
  • Proof read existing documents for accuracy; and
  • Other applicable duties as assigned.

Serve as back-up support to other members of the AgSafe staff, and other duties as assigned.

 

Qualifications: 
Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:
 
Experience:
Minimum of 2-4 years of relevant agricultural safety, human resources, business administration and/or food safety experience.
 
Training:
Equivalent to an Associate’s degree from an accredited university with major course work in occupational safety, human resources, food safety, business, public policy, agriculture or related field.
 
Licenses:
California driver’s license.
 
Compensation Package:
  • Salary: $45,000 - $60,000
  • Medical (HMO or PPO – employee choice), dental and vision benefits (90% premium paid by AgSafe)
  • Paid vacation (2 weeks) and sick leave (1 week)
  • 10 paid holidays
  • 401K retirement program with 5% company match (after 1 year anniversary)
  • 529 college savings plan program available
  • Professional development stipend
  • Company vehicle – available for personal use (gas, maintenance and insurance all paid by AgSafe, not out-of-pocket required)
  • Company smartphone, laptop, printer and mobile office
  • Company credit card

Interested candidates should submit the following as 1 FILE:

  • Cover letter
  • Resume
  • Work sample created by the candidate demonstrating experience working in one of the priority fields: worker safety, human resources or food safety.  Work samples could be worker training materials, company policy, audit protocol, etc.

 

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