Assistant/Associate Extension Agent (Nutrition & Community Health)

Louisiana State University Agricultural Center; Louisiana; On-site; USD 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Louisiana State University in Iberville Parish seeks an Assistant/Associate Extension Agent (Nutrition & Community Health) to serve West Baton Rouge, Iberville, and upper St. Martin parishes. This 100% Extension NCH role focuses on nutrition education, program delivery, and community outreach.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree in dietetics or related field, strong communication skills, and experience in coordinating volunteers. Travel and some evenings/weekend work are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with GPA requirements met (2.5 undergrad, 3.0 graduate if applicable).
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Experience in recruiting/training volunteers.
• Ability to work with multi-parish communities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a plan of work for general nutrition education in served parishes.
• Coordinate and implement community nutrition programs including chronic disease prevention.
• Lead food demonstrations and nutrition activities for diverse audiences.
• Recruit and maintain clientele for programs and provide evidence-based information.
• Deliver and evaluate programs on food safety and preservation.
• Prepare nutrition materials using workshops, social media, and print media.
• Engage community advisory groups to identify nutrition needs.
• Collaborate with LSU AgCenter staff and health professionals.
• Lead in planning and reporting program outcomes.
• Attend trainings; some overnight travel and evenings/weekends required.

Skills

Oral and written communication

Volunteer recruitment & training

Community nutrition education

Public health education

Education

Bachelor's in dietetics or related field

Master's degree desirable

Job description

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Posting Date: November 11, 2026

Closing Date (Open Until Filled if No Date Specified):

Assistant/Associate Extension Agent (Nutrition & Community Health)

Position Type: Faculty

Department: LSUAG PL3 - Southwest - Iberville Parish (Margo Lynn Castro (00003296))

Work Location: 0101 Iberville Parish Extension Office

Pay Grade: Academic

Job Description

Work Location: The area to be served includes West Baton Rouge (WBR) and Iberville parishes. While this position will have responsibilities in the Southwest region, the proposed domicile for this position is either WBR or Iberville Parish Extension Office. The NCH agent will also have Point of Contact responsibilities in the non-domicile parish (either WBR or Iberville) and Upper St. Martin parishes.

Position Description: This is a non-tenure track, agent level position (100% Extension NCH). The Nutrition & Community Health (NCH) Extension Agent will work under the supervision and direction of the Parish Chair, NCH Regional Coordinator, Regional Director, and NCH state office faculty. This position includes a one hundred percent (100%) nutrition/flavors of health (FOH) appointment.

Major Responsibilities

• The Agent will develop and maintain a plan of work for general nutrition education programming based on current expectations and for serving as a primary point of contact for nutrition programming in West Baton Rouge, Iberville, and upper St. Martin parishes.
• Coordinate and implement community nutrition programs in the parishes served which will include delivering programs on chronic disease prevention/management through healthy lifestyle changes.
• Ability to lead, teach, and execute food demonstrations, cooking classes, hands on nutrition activities for a variety of audiences including youth, adult, seniors, and community groups.
• Recruit and maintain clientele for community nutrition programs and provide research-based information to clientele in the parishes served.
• Plan, deliver, and evaluate programs on food safety and preservation.
• Prepare nutrition education materials, communications, and activities that use a variety of delivery methods such as workshops, social media, web and print based media outlets.
• Establish and support community based advisory leadership committees’/stakeholder groups to identify the most critical Nutrition & Community Health needs in the parishes served.
• Collaborate with other LSU AgCenter staff, health professionals, and residents’ ways to overcome barriers to good nutrition and health.
• Provide leadership in planning, implementing, evaluation and reporting food, nutrition, and/or physical activity policy, system, and environmental interventions and implementing health and nutrition education policies for youth and adults in parishes serviced.
• Review, compile, and report data to document programmatic efforts and demonstrate program outcomes.
• Work under the administrative supervision and direction of the parish chair, NCH Regional Coordinator, NCH State office staff, and regional director.
• To attend and conduct training to meet the needs of the clientele, this position requires some overnight travel and work in the evenings, early morning and weekends.

Qualification Requirements

A baccalaureate degree in dietetics, community and family nutrition, human ecology, public health, wellness and health, food science, food systems or hospitality management , or closely related areas. Must have an undergraduate degree with an overall grade-point average of at least 2.5 (all GPA requirements based on a 4.0 system) and a 3.0 for graduate work attempted, if any, or master’s degree with an overall grade-point average of at least 3.0 or a current grade-point average of at least 3.0 on at least 12 hours of graduate credit. The applicant must demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills. A master’s degree in the field listed above is desired. Experience in recruiting, training and supervising volunteers and experience in teaching and applying principles of leadership development to both youth and adults is also desired. Knowledge of public relations and the ability to cope with change are highly desirable characteristics. Ability to work with and through others is essential as is the ability to function with minimum supervision.

Salary and Benefits

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. The LSU AgCenter has an attractive benefits package with a wide variety of benefit options. Benefits offered include retirement, multiple medical insurance options, supplemental insurances (dental, life, long-term disability, accident, vision, long-term care, etc.), Tax Saver Flexible Benefits Plan (saves tax dollars on some child care and medical expenses), university holidays (14 per year, typically includes a week off at Christmas), generous annual (vacation) and sick leave benefits, Employee Assistance Program, and possible educational leave and tuition exemption for coursework at campuses of the LSU System. Specific benefits depend on job category, percent effort and length of employment.

Conditions of Employment

A personal automobile and appropriate insurance coverage is required (travel allowance provided). Satisfactory completion of one specific graduate level extension course (3 credit hours) is required in year two or three of employment, prior to promotion eligibility to associate agent. Additionally, a faculty member who does not have a related master’s degree must complete an additional 12 hours of related graduate level coursework in order to be promoted to associate agent and such promotion must occur in the first seven years of employment. An exception is that additional agent experience may be substituted for 12 hours of coursework, but not for the required course.

Application Deadline

December 11, 2026 or until a suitable candidate is identified.

Additional Position Information

Background Check - An offer of employment is contingent on a satisfactory pre-employment background check. Benefits - The LSU AgCenter has an attractive benefits package with a wide variety of benefit options. Benefits offered include retirement, multiple medical insurance options, supplemental insurances (dental, life, long-term disability, accident, vision, long-term care, etc.), Tax Saver Flexible Benefits Plan (saves tax dollars on some childcare and medical expenses), university holidays (14 per year), generous annual (vacation) and sick leave benefits, Employee Assistance Program, and possible educational leave and tuition exemption for coursework at campuses of the LSU System. Specific benefits depend on job category, percent effort and length of employment. Positions approved to work outside the State of Louisiana shall be employed through Louisiana State University’s partner, nextSource Workforce Solutions, for Employer of Record Services including but not limited to employment, benefits, payroll, and tax compliance. Positions employed through Employer of Record Services will be offered benefits and retirement as applicable through their provider and will not be eligible for State of Louisiana benefits and retirement.

Essential Position

Y/N

About the LSU Agricultural Center

The LSU AgCenter, is one of eight campuses within the broader LSU enterprise (LSU System). The LSU AgCenter includes the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, which conducts agricultural-based research, and the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service, which extends the knowledge derived from research to the people of the state. The AgCenter is headquartered in Baton Rouge and has 12 “on campus” academic departments and five regions which are made up of 15 branch research stations and an extension office in each parish. For more information, visit the AgCenter’s website at www.lsuagcenter.com. The LSU Agricultural Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer.