Temporary WIC Nutritionist (37.50 hr/wk, $27.80-29.51/hr)

Temporary WIC Nutritionist

The WIC Nutritionist provides nutrition and health assessment, education, and counseling to participants in individual and group settings. The WIC Nutritionist works collaboratively with the WIC team to develop nutrition and programmatic improvements for service delivery and participant experience. The WIC Nutritionist provides services at multiple sites, which includes some evening and weekend hours.

Essential Responsibilities:

1. Provides nutrition care to high-risk pregnant/postpartum individuals, infants, and children under 5, under the supervision of the senior nutritionist, including all aspects of:

• Anthropometric and hematological data collection.
• Dietary assessment, nutritional risk assessment and food package prescription.
• Counseling and education.
• Documentation and data entry
• Referrals to other health and social services
• Follow-up nutrition education

Participates in planning, development, and evaluation of:

• Educational materials.
• Group nutrition education workshops.
• Participant counseling and education strategies.
• Nutrition in-services and outreach activities.
• Nutrition policies.

Assists senior nutritionist in:

• Training paraprofessional WIC staff.
• Conducting quality assurance activities.

Communicates with health care community on issues pertaining to participant needs.

Provides nutritional care for low-risk applicants and participants as needed.

Required to travel regularly throughout the service area, to CAPV office locations.

Comply with agency and funders' paperwork requirements and procedures.

Attend regularly scheduled supervision meetings, staff and department-wide meetings, mandatory agency trainings, and participate in professional development activities.

Maintain strictest confidentiality.

Perform related work as required.

This does not cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications/Skills:

We invite individuals with lived experience who are part of communities that have been historically denied a full opportunity in aspects of economic, social, and civic life to apply. These communities include, but are not limited to, BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S, persons with disabilities, and persons adversely impacted by multigenerational, poverty or other inequality.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate the following competencies:

• Interpersonal communication verbal and written
• Conflict resolution, problem-solving, establishing priorities, navigating change
• Judgement and decision-making
• Promote equity by deconstructing barriers to a racially just system. Cultivate work environments that value truth-telling, courage, vulnerability, space to think and reflect, community-mindedness, hope, and openness to difficult conversations.

Key Knowledge and Experience:

• Knowledge of social services, advocacy, and navigating resources
• Knowledge of Franklin and Hampshire counties and North Quabbin regional organizations and resources
• Experience working with marginalized communities and individuals with low incomes
• Experience thinking creatively and strategically, setting program goals and steps to achieve them
• Experience with data management, data capture, tracking methods and analysis for outcome measurements
• Adapt to changing priorities and demonstrate close attention to details
• Proficient computer skills (Microsoft Suite and databases)

To Qualify:

Minimum Qualifications/Transferable Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in public health nutrition, nutrition, foods and nutrition, or nutrition education required.
• At least 1 year of experience in clinical or community nutrition.

We encourage individuals who believe they have the skills necessary to thrive to apply for this role. We will consider any combination of relevant work experience, volunteering, education, and transferable skills as qualifying. Please be clear and specific in application materials how your background, lived experience, and transferable skills are relevant to this position.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

• Requires sitting for long periods of time.
• Working in office environment.
• Some bending and stretching required.
• Extensive use of telephone required.
• Manual dexterity required for use of calculator and computer keyboard.
• Must be able to lift from 20 30 lbs.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include vision, color vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• The work environment includes indoor office environments or comparable spaces, and community spaces, with occasional exposure to outdoor weather when traveling to outreach or meeting sites. The noise level varies by site.

AA/EOE/ADA

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of Criminal Offender Record check (C.O.R.I.) prior to hire and every three years. Evidence of a good driving record and ability to be covered under Community Action's non-owned and hired vehicle policy. Ability to travel throughout the service region and occasionally outside the region.