WIC NUTRITION ASSISTANT

Nutrition Assistant

This posting is for the State of Hawaii, Department of Health. The position is located in Maui. Salary: $4,726 per month. The State Recruiting Office will refer all inquiries regarding this civil service recruitment to the Department of Health.

Duties Summary

Full-time, Permanent Civil Service position. The primary purpose of this position is to provide assistance to the Public Health Nutritionists by performing nutrition activities related to low-risk factors, including prescribing supplemental foods and providing nutritional education; the position also determines participant eligibility. Work is performed at assigned clinics and/or at other sites.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

To qualify, you must meet all of the following requirements. Please note that unless specifically indicated, the required education and experience may not be gained concurrently. In addition, qualifying work experience is credited based on a 40-hour workweek.

1. Basic Education Requirement: Experience requiring the ability to read, comprehend and apply written directions and a high degree of verbal skill in addition to the ability to perform arithmetic computations, including fractions, percentages and averages. This experience may be met with part-time and/or unpaid work. There must, however, be evidence that participation was on a continuous, but not necessarily normal work, basis. This requirement may also be met by possession of a high school diploma, or equivalent.
2. General Experience Requirement: One year of work experience which involved meeting and dealing effectively with people and which demonstrated the ability to: (1) establish and maintain positive relationships with people and (2) provide and elicit pertinent information.
3. Specialized Experience Requirement: For the Nutrition Assistant, applicants must provide certificate of satisfactory completion of a State approved training program for paraprofessionals to provide nutrition services for the WIC program. The training program must meet standards set by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
4. Substitution of Education for Experience: 1) Successful completion of thirty (30) semester credit hours of coursework from an accredited college or university which included at least six (6) semester credit hours of coursework in psychology, sociology, social work, or other behavioral science may be substituted for the General Experience on a year-for-year basis. 2) Possession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, with a major in Community Nutrition, Nutritional Sciences, or any other related Food Science or Nutrition major, may be substituted for all the General and Specialized Experience requirements.

Legal Authorization to Work Requirement: The State of Hawaii requires that all persons seeking employment with the government of the State shall be citizens, nationals, or permanent resident aliens of the United States, or eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment in the United States.

Other Information

Application packet at: Recruitment deadline is continuous.