What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nutrition Education Specialist position at North Texas Food Bank?
Description
The Nutrition Education Specialist focuses on promoting nutritious behaviors of low-income audiences and the community at large, utilizing various educational and communication strategies and platforms.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education/Certification:
- Bachelor’s degree in nutrition, dietetics, community health or related field
Special Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- Comfortable working in low-income communities with diverse populations
- Well-organized and self-directed; able to multitask
- Knowledge of nutrition, food, and food safety
- Great attention to detail with the ability to make independent decisions
- Ability to collaboratively work with diverse groups and teach in group settings
- Ability to manage change and adapt to a changing environment
- Resource management skills
- Proficiency with MS Office applications
- Knowledge of food banking or food shelf systems a plus
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred
Experience:
- One year of program implementation experience with demonstrated goal setting and evaluation skills
- Experience with volunteer management and/or event planning
PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Serve as a contact and source of nutrition education for all partner agencies of the NTFB (recipes, handouts, resources, meal planning, food safety, and food pantry guidelines)
- Follow administrative procedures for site assessments, volunteer recruitment, reporting requirements, and documentation to ensure proper preparation and implementation for each nutrition intervention
- Ensure nutrition activities are documented in a timely manner for funding purposes in accordance to fulfill the SNAP-Ed requirements
- Foster an inclusive, safe, and fun learning environment for volunteers and class participants; continuously evaluate nutrition education programs to ensure that both participant and volunteer needs are being met
- Teach requested nutrition workshops and facilitate community fairs and events, both in-person and virtually
- Collaborate with various programs and departments at the NTFB to incorporate food and nutrition best practices and educational opportunities
- Coordinate nutrition education delivery logistics, such as menu planning, recipe development, food purchases, and distribution as needed
- Provide input into marketing tools for promotional purposes, volunteer recruitment, social media platforms, website, and mailers
- Procure teaching materials and other related educational incentives
- Obtain Food Handling and ServSafe Manager Certification
- Perform other duties and projects as assigned
MENTAL DEMANDS:
- The person in this position needs to adapt well in the face of workplace stressors, such as customer complaints, compliance offenses, meeting deadlines and competing priorities.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop; kneel; crouch or crawl; talk or hear.
- Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
- The employee must occasionally lift and move up to 25 pounds.
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS:
- Moderate noise (i.e. business office with open floor plan with computers, phone, and printers, light traffic)
- Reliable transportation and a valid DL and insurance is required for travel within our 13-county service area; must be willing to travel at least 50% of the time
The mental and physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all skills, duties, responsibilities, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, NTFB reserves the right to revise the job or to require other or different tasks be performed as assigned.
The North Texas Food Bank is an equal opportunity employer.
Salary : $21 - $25
