Research Assistant

The Southeast Research & Extension Center seeks a research assistant to help drive innovation in cattle management. Daily tasks will vary but will include the hands on operation and management in the beef cattle operations at the Southeast Research and Extension Center in Parsons and outlying farms and fields including Mound Valley and Columbus locations. The station is home to a beef cattle operation which includes a research feed yard and a herd of beef cows. Your role will encompass all aspects of cattle management including feeding, monitoring, and collecting data among other duties, including some lab work. You'll play a critical role in beef cattle production and be engaged with research at the facility and across the center. The center also conducts research on corn, soybeans, milo, sunflowers, wheat and a variety of forage and cover crops, which you will assist with. You'll provide team support to cattle and crop production across locations in the center. Research Assistants are assigned to various research center projects to carry out numerous tasks in the research environment with minimal supervision and direct the work of lower ranking and less experienced employees, thereby freeing the faculty member or project leader to engage in more academic and creative pursuits.