Agricultural Program Director II pay range

What the state says the job is

This is managerial, administrative, and technical work in directing a division in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Employee plans, establishes, evaluates, and monitors division program goals designed to meet departmental objectives in agri-business and regulatory services. Work may include other related duties as assigned. Work is distinguished from the lower level by the complexity of the program(s) administered. Program areas may include Agricultural Programs, Soil & Water Conservation, Plant Industry, Agronomics, and Structural Pest Control & Pesticides.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Agricultural Programs (i) Thorough knowledge of the agribusiness industry in North Carolina. (ii) Thorough knowledge of the occupational field to which assigned; working knowledge of State and Federal regulatory and service programs in the area to which assigned. (iii) Considerable knowledge of the programs and services of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. (iv) Ability to plan and implement complex program plans. (v) Ability to promote the agriculture industry and products. (vi) Ability to develop departmental positions on proposed rules of regulations impacting on the department or the agribusiness community. (vii) Ability to establish and maintain effective working relat ...

Minimum qualifications

Agricultural Programs: Master's degree in agriculture, business, or public administration and four years of administrative experience in agri-business or agricultural consumer services; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Soil & Water Conservation: Bachelor's degree in an agricultural field (agronomy, crop science, agricultural engineering and soil science), a natural resource management field, or public administration from an appropriately accredited institution and six years of experience including two years of supervisory experience in natural resource conservation, agriculture, and community development.: : Plant Industry: Bachelor's degree in an agricultural field ...