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Communications Specialist 60460000 - AG-SCHL FOR, FISH, & GEOMATICS Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
The Communications Specialist position is responsible for developing and managing materials that enhance the visibility of UF’s School of Forest, Fisheries, & Geomatics Sciences (FFGS) to internal and external audiences. This position takes a lead role in the planning, design, production, and distribution of a variety of scientific and educational communications materials and media, both independently and in collaboration with subject matter experts, administration, and colleagues. This role serves as liaison to UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) communications personnel and to University Relations and works with both to ensure compliance with UF/IFAS and UF identity policies.
Construction Project Manager III 60310000 - AG-FAC PLANNING - OPERATIONS Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
Join Our Team as a Construction Project Manager III! Are you an experienced project manager with a passion for construction and facility improvements? We’re looking for a dedicated professional to join our dynamic team at IFAS Facilities Planning and Operations. In this role, you’ll oversee a wide variety of projects—from new construction and renovations to facility upgrades—helping us maintain and enhance over 1,400 buildings across the state of Florida. As a Construction Project Manager III, you’ll take the lead on developing scopes of work, budgets, and schedules, while ensuring design documents meet UF Construction Standards. You’ll also play a key role in managing permitting, environmental compliance, energy efficiency, and building automation systems. Your expertise will help ensure that every project meets code, stays on schedule, and delivers high-quality results. This position offers competitive pay, a stable and supportive work environment, and opportunities to grow your career while making a lasting impact on the facilities that support UF/IFAS’s teaching, research, and extension mission. Travel to IFAS sites throughout Florida is part of this exciting and impactful role. Take the next step in your career with us—apply today and help shape the future of UF/IFAS facilities!
Associate Director of Construction and Planning 60310000 - AG-FAC PLANNING - OPERATIONS Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
Join Our Team as the Associate Director of Construction and Planning! Are you a seasoned leader with a passion for construction, facilities planning, and project management? IFAS Facilities Planning and Operations is seeking an Associate Director of Construction and Planning to help oversee statewide projects that support more than 1,300 facilities and 30 IFAS sites across Florida. In this role, you’ll work closely with the Director to manage and supervise construction and planning activities while directly leading a team of project managers. You’ll be responsible for budgets up to $7.5 million, developing project scopes, coordinating design and construction, and ensuring successful implementation through close-out and warranty follow-up. This leadership role also involves making recommendations on staffing and contracts, ensuring that UF/IFAS facilities are maintained and enhanced to support our teaching, research, and extension mission. This is an exciting opportunity to make a lasting impact on facilities across the state while working in a supportive, mission-driven environment. If you’re ready to bring your expertise in construction management and leadership to a team that values excellence and collaboration, we’d love to hear from you!
Administrative Assistant II 60960000 - AG-ORDWAY SWISHER BIO STA Putnam
Ordway-Swisher Biological Station is seeking a highly organized, resourceful, and experienced Administrative Assistant to support our team with a wide range of administrative and operational tasks! Tired of the campus commute grind? The station is 9,600 acres of peace and tranquility, located in Melrose, FL, 30 minutes east of Gainesville. Excited about research and IFAS? Overseen by the Dean for Research office, one of the station’s main missions is to foster globally relevant research. The Administrative Assistant II interacts regularly with staff and faculty while learning so much about the research we do! Looking to leave a repetitive workload behind? This position is a dynamic support position and has the potential to learn about field related activities like prescribed fire and native ground cover restoration. We are looking for a person who enjoys a collaborative work environment, is solutions-oriented, and can carry out instructions and projects independently and efficiently, with minimal supervision.
Extension Agent I - III - Sustainable Commercial Agriculture and Natural Resources Management 60351057 - AG-SANTA ROSA Santa Rosa
Join UF/IFAS Extension in Santa Rosa County—where agriculture meets innovation. We’re looking for a driven professional to lead sustainable farming and natural resource programs that directly serve producers, landowners, and the broader community. If you thrive on creating practical solutions, building trusted relationships, and making a lasting difference in the field - you’ll find your purpose here.
OPS Maintenance Generalist II - Camp Cloverleaf (Lake Placid, FL) 60310000 - AG-FAC PLANNING - OPERATIONS Highlands
Are you a skilled maintenance professional looking to make a difference in a unique and rewarding environment? IFAS Facilities Planning and Operations is seeking a Maintenance Generalist II to support our 4-H Camp Cloverleaf in Lake Placid, FL. In this role, you’ll play a key part in inspecting, maintaining, and performing preventative maintenance on UF/IFAS buildings and facilities. Work will include a variety of tasks related to interior and exterior building maintenance, including carpentry, HVAC, plumbing, and electrical systems. Travel to and from worksites using a state vehicle is required. If you’re a hands-on, self-motivated individual who takes pride in quality work and supporting youth development programs, we’d love to hear from you!
Research Administrator III 60013807 - AG-Sponsored Project Admin Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
This position requires a highly motivated, service-focused, self-starting professional to support scientists who are working diligently to discover solutions to some of the most vexing problems in Florida and the world. As a Research Administrator in The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS), you are expected to provide comprehensive research administration to a portfolio of faculty/principal investigators (PIs) in various units to ensure the overall effective coordination of research administration services, systems, policies, processes, and compliance. Position will provide lifecycle pre- & post-award research administration ensuring the fulfillment of all grants and/or contract & compliance requirements. Major duties include proposal development, review and submission and Submission and management of other research related agreements, award management including effort, expenditures, modifications, and closeouts, in addition to regularly communicating with the projects’ stakeholders. The position reports to the Assistant Director of IFAS Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA). The Research Administrator III is a upper-level position with an in-depth understanding of the professional field; can independently perform full range of responsibilities within the function; possesses broad job knowledge; analyzes problems/issues of diverse scope and determines solutions; functions with a high degree of autonomy and limited supervision; coaches and reviews the work of lower level professionals; problems faced are difficult and sometimes complex. Every member of our community is expected to foster a psychologically healthy work environment by communicating across differences; being cooperative, collaborative, and welcoming; showing respect and empathy; engaging and supporting others regardless of background or perspective; speaking up when others are treated inappropriately; and supporting work/life integration for all.
Marketing and Communication Specialist 60260000 - AG-AG ED AND COMMUNICATION Hillsborough
The University of Florida's Department of Agricultural Education and Communication is seeking a talented Marketing and Communication Specialist for a full-time position responsible for print, web, and digital media products and activities. In this crucial role, you will be the driving force behind developing and executing a comprehensive, integrated marketing and communication strategy across multiple platforms to effectively promote the department's programs, initiatives, and achievements. Your expertise will be instrumental in crafting compelling narratives that resonate with prospective students, industry partners, and the broader agricultural community.
Administrative Spec II 28100000 - VM-INFECT DISEASE & IMMUNOLOGY Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
This administrative role is based in the Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology within the College of Veterinary Medicine. The Administrative Specialist II is responsible for overseeing and executing the day-to-day operations of the department office, which supports a diverse team including approximately 18 faculty members, 18 staff, 11 postdoctoral associates, 10 graduate students, and around 29 OPS/STAS personnel.
OPS - Community Engagement Coordinator 60354052 - AG-PINELLAS Pinellas
The OPS Community Engagement Coordinator will support the implementation of Phases 1 through 3 of the TBCMP project. This role involves assisting with the organizing and facilitating of training workshops, coordinating community listening sessions and deliberative discussions, and compiling feedback from these activities to inform the development of flood resilience strategies. The position requires strong communication, facilitation, and organizational skills, and a commitment to inclusive, community-driven planning. This position will be present at all (or most) of the project events (Sarasota, Manatee, Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Hernando, and Citrus Counties) and thus will need a reliable mode of transportation and willingness to drive 1+ hour to event locations that can take place any day of the week and can occur both during the day and evening sessions.
Associate University Counsel (Labor and Employment) 22010000 - GN-MAIN CAMPUS Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
This Associate University Counsel is a mid-level attorney in the Office that provides the full spectrum of advice and representation to the University related to labor and employment matters.  This position is expected to work independently on a full case load of legal matters with guidance, input and direction from the Associate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel (DGC).  The Associate University Counsel reports to the DGC.
Assistant Professor of Specialty Crop and Ornamental Plant Breeding 60870000 - AG-MREC-APOPKA Orange
The successful candidate will develop an extramurally funded, nationally-recognized research and extension program emphasizing breeding of specialty and ornamental crops. The program will use both traditional and advanced methods for improving quality traits, abiotic and biotic stress (disease/insect) resistance and improving aesthetic quality of crops through consumer-friendly precision breeding and/or other similar genetic techniques. The program will focus on developing specialty crops that can be grown in greenhouse or other types of protected culture.
Fiscal Assistant II 60013808 - AG-FINANCIAL SERVICE CENTER Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
This role provides second-level fiscal support, handling complex financial calculations, data verification, and account transactions. The individual is expected to operate with some autonomy in the realms of accounting or budgeting within the guidelines of University financial protocols.
Extension Agent I - III - Commercial and Environmental Horticulture 60351046 - AG-OKALOOSA Okaloosa
The educational responsibilities of this position encompass strong leadership with respect to the Horticulture program, including the including Florida Friendly Landscaping programs (FFL), and Green Industries Best Management Practices GI-BMP (70%), and educating clients to prepare for obtaining pesticide application licenses (25%). The additional 5% of time is dedicated to support of the 4-H youth program through horticulture work coordinated with the 4-H Agent.
Assistant Professor of Urban Horticulture 60870000 - AG-MREC-APOPKA Orange
This position aims to develop a nationally recognized, extramurally funded research and teaching program in urban horticulture that will advance urban horticulture systems by working in collaboration with faculty, graduate students, government agencies, industry representatives, botanical gardens, and non-profit organizations in Florida. These systems aim to enhance food security and respond to the impacts of environmental, socioeconomic, and other challenges.
Assistant Professor of Geospatial Analytics in Geomatics 60460000 - AG-SCHL FOR, FISH, & GEOMATICS Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
Research duties include developing a collaborative, internationally recognized and externally funded research program focused on Geospatial Analytics in Geomatics, including – but not limited to – advanced Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) techniques and scaleable application architectures and algorithms for geospatial data analysis and visualization. The faculty member’s research program is expected to develop and incorporate novel algorithms and frameworks, such as deep learning, parallel and distributed computing, AI-based spatial data storage and transfer technologies, and cloud-native geospatial solutions for feature extraction, real-time autonomous navigation systems, extended reality, predictive modeling, data fusion, digital twins, high-definition mapping, and pattern recognition applied to large multi-scale and multi-modal geospatial data. Instructional duties include teaching two courses.
Professor and Chair - Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences Department (SWESD) 60210000 - AG-SOIL AND WATER SCIENCE Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
The mission of the Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences Department is to provide scientific leadership in research, graduate and undergraduate education, and extension/outreach for soil, water, and environmental sciences. By discovering new scientific knowledge and imparting that knowledge to fellow scientists, students, and citizens, the Department shall assist in the resolution of land and water resource issues related to agriculture and natural resources and environment in Florida, the nation, and the world. The SWESD has established itself as a leader in teaching, research, and extension/outreach programs in management and restoration of these resources.
Research Assistant Scientist 60900000 - AG-FMEL-VERO BEACH Indian River
Duties will include research on the biology and control of mosquitoes and the pathogens they transmit with emphasis on applied research topics that affect Florida mosquito control and public health. The faculty member will participate actively in undergraduate education and graduate education by chairing graduate committees, serving on graduate committees, supervising thesis and dissertation research, supervising undergraduate research, and publishing the results with their graduate students.


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