Remote Type: On Site
Location: Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Category: Outreach and Community Engagement
Time Type: Full-time
Application Period Opens: Dec. 2, 2025
Apply By: Jan. 4, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. CST
Salary: The minimum annual (12 months) starting salary for the position is $59,603 but is negotiable based on experience and qualifications.
Job Summary:
Join UW-Madison Division of Extension as a Community Development Educator serving Sheboygan County! The Community Development Educator strengthens Wisconsin communities by delivering research-based education, fostering partnerships, and facilitating positive impacts that support effective local units of government, vibrant communities, and strong economies.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Serve Sheboygan County by designing, delivering, and evaluating educational programming focused on local government education, zoning, land use, and comprehensive planning.
- Collaborate with town and county officials to provide training on zoning code enforcement, ethics, budgeting, open meetings, and public records.
- Development of education, tools, and resources related to effective community engagement processes and strategies.
Key Job Responsibilities:
- Schedules and secures resources and communicates logistics in support of an outreach program
- Develops and evaluates curriculum and programs and provides recommendations for improvement
- Communicate plans, activities and achievements to Area Extension Director, Program Managers, partners and relevant stakeholders
- May assist with the monitoring of outreach program budget spending
- Work with town clerks to provide training and guidance related to new clerks in Sheboygan County, as well as overall support for existing clerks in the County
- Identifies, promotes, and maintains external partnerships to support the outreach program
- Delivers outreach program content and materials to community members
- Facilitate the development of updated Comprehensive Plans with Sheboygan County local municipalities, including community engagement plans, and education on the compilation of demographic, geographic, land use data, and culturally or historically significant data sets
- Researches, develops, and facilitates outreach program content and materials
- Leads the implementation of programs, policies, and procedures through oversight of day-to-day activities for program staff and student and community volunteers
Required Qualifications:
- Ability to assist towns with identifying and collecting information for zoning or comprehensive plans that will inform decisions
- Ability to facilitate processes that help local government develop plans that address local issues of concern
- Ability to assist local governments with identifying and collecting information that will inform decisions
- Demonstrated ability to effectively work with people from a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives
- Knowledgeable about Wisconsin zoning and ordinances