• Extensive and relevant practical experience (3+ years) implementing and managing diverse agroforestry, forestry, and/or agricultural systems in a research setting.
• Experience training and supervising a field crew.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to interact and communicate effectively with people from diverse backgrounds, disciplines, organizational affiliations, and levels of expertise and knowledge.
• Ability to work well independently with minimal supervision, including strong problem solving and creating thinking skills.
• Ability to work well as a member of a large, transdisciplinary team.
• Strong technical skills for maintaining and troubleshooting field equipment.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.

• Experience supporting field research activities, including familiarity with basic field data collection protocols, sample collection and handling, working with data loggers, record keeping, etc.
• Experience training and supervising undergraduate students.
• Experience with basic laboratory activities, such as processing samples, taking weights and measurements, running basic analyses, etc.

The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access/Affirmative Action employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or marital status.

• Supervise and provide direction to a crew of field assistants and technicians in performing day-to-day activities related to establishing and monitoring the agroforestry experiments.
• Provide training in field and lab measurements and activities needed to maintain the experiments.
• Develop weekly schedules and timelines.

• Implement and manage agroforestry experiments across participating universities and farmer-cooperators, including maintaining strong communication among project collaborators and partners, and between the research, extension and education components of the project.
• Provide training and technical support to farmer/landowner cooperators to ensure successful implementation and evaluation of the on-farm agroforestry field trials (this will require regular travel throughout New England).
• Participate occasionally in outreach and educational activities.

• Support the coordination of field and laboratory activities during all project stages (e.g., planning, establishment, maintenance, data collection, sample analysis).
• Serve as a liaison between the project leadership team, project collaborators, partners, cooperators, and other participants.
• Maintain oversight to ensure that project milestones and deadlines are achieved and participate in developing appropriate plans for adjustment when necessary.

• Oversee the purchase of supplies and materials in a timely and efficient manner, as needed.
• Contribute to the annual project reports and performance evaluations.
• Participate in weekly project meetings.
• Contribute to project assessment and planning of future research, extension, and education activities.