KBS-LTAR Associate Director for Stakeholder Engagement

Michigan State University seeks an Associate Director for Stakeholder Engagement for the Long-term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) program at the WK Kellogg Biological Station (KBS), an off-campus academic unit of Michigan State University. The Associate Director will support MSU’s contribution to the national effort to develop strategies for the sustainable intensification of agricultural production (ltar.ars.usda.gov) and will be responsible for designing, directing, and managing relationships between KBS LTAR and its various external stakeholders. Specific duties include facilitating stakeholder participation in LTAR science, identifying emergent stakeholder engagement opportunities, serving as primary contact for non-researchers, helping to build annual plans and reports, managing outreach communication including a web site and social media, coordinating activities with sister programs at KBS (e.g. LTER, GLBRC, Kellogg Farm), co-organizing workshops and annual meetings for stakeholders and researchers, participating in Network meetings and initiatives, helping to represent the site to external visitors, and engaging in other activities designed to advance site and Network success. The Associate Director reports to the KBS-LTAR Director (Phil Robertson) and will work closely with the Associate Director for Agronomy, the LTAR Information Manager, and other staff. This position is a full time 12 month Academic Specialist appointment with competitive salary and benefits, requires a person with strong skills in communication, organization, and team-building, and a Ph.D. in agronomy or a closely related field, with experience working with diverse agricultural or natural resource stakeholders. Familiarity with Midwest field crops desired. For more information and application instructions with Michigan State University, visit https://careers.msu.edu/cw/en-us/listing/ and search for Job No. 770280.