This recruitment will be used to fill one full-time Office Specialist 2 position for the Division of Extension and Engagement’s Extension Josephine County Office at Oregon State University (OSU). This position will be located in Grants Pass, Oregon.
This Office Specialist 2 (OS2) is a team member of the Oregon State University Division of Extension and Engagement’s (division) Extension Service in Josephine County, Oregon. This position will have a supervisory team which includes the Community Relations and Program Manager, the designated regional Administrative Office Manager, and the Southern Regional Director.
As a team member, this OS2 provides general administrative support, business and financial functions, program support, and digital communication support for the OSU Josephine County. The OS 2 must know all facets of the OSU Extension Josephine County Office and is expected to independently organize and prioritize a demanding and complex workload, monitor progress, and adapt to changing needs. This support includes providing excellent and empathetic customer service while engaging in culturally appropriate and inclusive communication.
This individual assists the OSU employees in Extension Josephine County with ensuring that educational programming and outreach activities serve broad and diverse populations in an accessible and inclusive manner. This includes assisting the supervisory team with the civil rights and language/visual access obligations.
The division has built the capacity and expectation for employees to use digital communications and technologies in the modern-day workplace. This reflects our demonstrable commitment to using digital communications tools and changing technologies as a primary way to raise Oregonian’s awareness of and engagement with our organization, programs and resources.
About Josephine:
Josephine County is one of 36 counties in Oregon and is in south Oregon. Josephine County is known for its exceptional climate, beautiful scenery and abundant recreational opportunities. The OSU employees and trained volunteers of the OSU Extension Service in Josephine County work alongside local partners to provide educational workshops, activities, and services tailored to the unique industries, natural resources, and people in the Josephine County communities.
About the division:
The Division of Extension and Engagement (division) is core to Oregon State University’s mission. The Division helps create real solutions and positive impact across Oregon and beyond. The division is aligned under the leadership of the Vice Provost for Extension and Engagement. More information about our division and its core units and initiatives is available on the division’s website.
Oregon State University strives to ensure that all educational programs, services, activities, and materials we offer to the public are identified, developed, delivered, and evaluated in an accessible, inclusive, equitable, and socially just manner. OSU division’s educational programs, services, activities, and materials are available to all people. OSU division prohibits discrimination in all its programs, services, activities, and materials. All employees are responsible for and expected to comply with Civil Rights obligations and actively work to expand access to all eligible populations.