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Published: 03 February 2025

LIFE SKILLS COACH – PART-TIME

 

                                                                                                            FLSA:  Non-Exempt

 

Posted:  February 3, 2025

Closes:  Open Until Filled

Salary:  $25,000 Annually

 

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Position Description

The Life Skills Coach will provide weekly interpersonal skill-building and drug/alcohol prevention lessons for at-risk youth who have been referred to the program.

This is a part-time, 25 hour per week position. The individual in this position will work with youth throughout the school year and assist the 4-H Program Assistant/JCPC Coordinator with summer camp programs and other duties as assigned.

The Camden County 4-H Agent serves as the direct supervisor for the Life Skills Coach position.

The scheduled work hours are Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.  The person in this position may be asked to work hours outside of the posted schedule but will be able to flex the additional hours worked.

 General Definition of Work

Performs intermediate skilled human support work coordinating community service, drug prevention, and interpersonal skill-building programs for juveniles and at-risk youth, preparing and maintaining files and records, and related work as apparent or assigned within N.C. Cooperative Extension, Camden County Center.  Work is performed under the supervision of the 4-H Agent within N.C. Cooperative Extension, Camden County Center.

Qualification Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Essential Functions

• Communicates the value of the local 4-H program.
• Collaborates with various county agencies to identify at-risk youth.
• Assist in developing lesson plans and monthly activity schedules for individual program areas utilizing a research-based curriculum.
• Creates, maintains, and reviews client files to ensure accuracy and completeness
• Communicates with court counselors, school resource officers, and Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention staff to ensure compliance with program policy and procedures.
• Maintains open communication with parents/guardians of program participants.
• Assists with an annual grant proposal, request, and all related requirements.
• Completes and submits various status reports for the Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and North Carolina Cooperative Extension.
• Implement community programs and activities for youth through 4-H and assist the 4-H Agent with youth programming.
• Implements research-based 4-H curriculum and school enrichment.

Additional Job Duties

Performs all other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

General knowledge of services, benefits, and programs available for juveniles; general knowledge of the county and non-profit agencies and their needs; general knowledge of the demographics of the service area; ability to interpret and apply regulations; ability to schedule, assign and supervise youth and adult volunteers, ability to solve problems within scope of responsibility; ability to establish effective working relationships with associates, agencies, and clients.

Education and Experience

Must have at least an associate degree in a Human Services related field, or a high school diploma with at least one (1) year of Human Service experience working with juveniles and at-risk youth in school-based settings preferred.

Physical Requirements

This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 25 pounds of force; work regularly requires sitting, frequently requires speaking or hearing and using hands to finger, handle or feel and occasionally requires standing and walking; work has standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities; work occasionally requires exposure to outdoor weather conditions and exposure to bloodborne pathogens and may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment; work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic).

Special Requirements

Valid driver's license in the State of North Carolina.

Camden County participates in E-Verify. We will provide the Social Security Administration, and if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security, with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. Please note that we do not use this information to pre-screen job applicants.

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Right to Work Notice

 

Camden County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Published: 16 January 2025

Planning Board

The Planning Board meets the third Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. Members are appointed by the Camden County Board of Commissioners and serve a three (3) year staggered term. The meetings are conducted in the Camden County  Board Room, located in the Library building at 118 NC Hwy 343 North. Please check the schedule below for the exact dates of each meeting. Times, dates, and locations are subject to change.

Planning Board Members

 

Meeting Schedule

 Printable Schedule - Planning Board Schedule - 2025

1. All submittals MUST be made by the indicated date(s); failure to do so will result in the item being scheduled to a later meeting date.
2. These dates ARE subject to change; therefore, it is the responsibility of the applicant to verify the correct dates. Failure to do so may result in action being delayed.
3. All items receiving Planning Board action that require Board of Commissioners approval, unless tabled by the Planning Board, will automatically be placed on the Board of Commissioners agenda for their first meeting of the following month provided all requirements are met.

Planning Board Meeting Minutes

 

Contact for Information

Planning Department

      133 US Hwy 158 W. Ste B., Camden, NC 27921

      252-338-1919 ext. 263

 

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Published: 28 January 2025

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Published: 06 January 2025

SOIL & WATER TECHNICIAN

 

FLSA Status:  Exempt

Open:  January 6, 2025

Closes:  Open Until Filled

Salary:  $46,487

 

General Definition of Work

Serves as a technician in the field scheduling and overseeing the installation and application of conservation practices for the Soil and Water office. Responsible for construction oversight under the provisions of several Federal and State agriculture programs and various grant projects.

 

Qualification Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential function. The requirements listed below represent the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

 

Distinguishing Features of the Class

A person in the class is responsible for scheduling technical services required to apply various conservation practices throughout the district. Assists with the development and presentation of conservation education programs to schools, civic organizations, and the general public as requested. Work will be directed by the Soil and Water District Board, their designee.

Available guidelines include the Conservation Planning Handbook, technical guide, engineering field manual, General Manual, plan of operations, and other agency references as required to select, interpret, and apply the appropriate guideline for the particular practice being installed or problem observed. The incumbent is also expected to suggest or recommend needed changes in standards and specifications to the supervisor.

 

Essential Functions

Assists land users in applying and maintaining planned soil and water conservation practices by giving onsite technical assistance as needed.

Explains various cost-sharing opportunities to land users. Refers land user requests to the Soil and Water Engineer for appropriate program referral.

Contacts landowners and operators with current conservation plans, encourages them to apply practices as scheduled and provides them with technical assistance in applying planned practices, advises on proper maintenance, and makes revisions in plans or develops new plans where no major land use change is involved.

Supervises the layout and installation of planned practices following NRCS standards. Provides follow-up to ensure completed installation of adopted conservation measures.

Assists in carrying out an educational and informational program for the Soil and Water office in order to facilitate the district program; compiles and documents photographic material; assists in coordinating and conducting field days, tours, and demonstrations; and makes presentations to schools, civic clubs, and other groups as requested.

Prepares necessary records and reports on work accomplished and maintains field office records and case files as required, utilizing available office automation. Develops own work schedule.

Works with various local units of government and attends meetings as requested by the Department Head

Provides input into the design, development, and maintenance of administrative procedures to assure that delivery of programs and services are carried out without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or handicap. Review the implementation of civil rights policies to determine that they are translated into appropriate actions consistent with annual plans of operations.

Performs related duties as required.

 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge of a broad range of specialized and substantially complex soil and water conservation methods, techniques, and measures applicable to a geographical area with a variety of agricultural and nonagricultural land uses. Knowledge sufficient to install, and maintain systems that include complex combinations of conservation practices and skill in resolving difficult, related technical problems.

Knowledge of and ability to interpret and apply various agency technical guide manuals, and procedures to assist land users in applying various conservation practices according to standards.

Knowledge and skill in computer operations including Windows/Office Products software, etc.

Knowledge of Federal and applicable State cost-sharing soil and water conservation program provisions sufficient to advise landowners on eligibility prerequisites and conditions that must be satisfied to qualify for program acceptance and consequent payments for conservation practices installed and maintained.

Knowledge of written and oral communication techniques sufficient to describe a wide variety of soil and water conservation practices to landowners, operators, contractors, and the general public.

Knowledge of agronomy and soil and water conservation measures, techniques, practices, and procedures sufficient to oversee on-site construction of practices.

Skill in examining safety and health precautionary measures to avoid injuries and accidents, prevent illness and disease, maintain physical and mental fitness, and protect government records and property.

Ability to perform regular and recurring prolonged walking over rough terrain. Work also requires bending, stretching, stooping, crossing ditches, climbing fences, wading water, lifting and carrying equipment and instruments, and performing other strenuous activities.

Ability to work in a variety of weather conditions and varying temperatures which vary from extremely hot to extremely cold as well as in humid, damp, or rainy weather. Work requires regular exposure to and working around equipment, such as tractors and other farm machinery as well as exposure to insects and chemicals. Safety precautions are required.

Ability to operate a motor vehicle as an incidental element in performing official duties. Driving will be principally performed on public highways/roads during daylight hours. Types of motor vehicles operated generally are passenger cars or pickup trucks.  

Ability to schedule and prioritize work.

 

Education and Experience

Associate’s degree in agriculture, engineering technology, forestry, or related field with at least 6 months experience in a related resource field; or high school graduate with 2 years' experience in the natural resource-based field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

 

Physical Requirements

This work requires the regular exertion of up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently; work regularly requires balancing, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, and hearing; work requires close visual acuity to perform activities;  Work includes both indoor and outdoor activity where employee is subject to extreme cold and heat, hazards such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, and atmospheric conditions including fumes, odors, and dust.

 

Special Requirements

Valid driver's license in the State of North Carolina.

  

 

Camden County participates in E-Verify. We will provide the Social Security Administration, and if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security, with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. Please note that we do not use this information to pre-screen job applicants.

 

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Camden County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

 

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