Manager of Education for the AMPL Institute

Job Description

Job Description

Community Servings' mission is to actively engage the community to provide medically tailored, nutritious, scratch-made meals and medically tailored groceries to chronically and critically ill individuals and their families. In addition, we are committed to prioritizing racial and economic justice and health equity in all our programs and business practices.

In the spring of 2025, we launched the AMPL Institute. AMPL, which stands for Access to Medically Tailored Nutrition through Policy and Leadership, is where excellence in providing medically tailored nutrition meets pioneering research, policy work, and provider education. Our mission is to transform the healthcare system so that medically tailored nutrition becomes a universally accessible standard of comprehensive, person-centered care. The work of the AMPL Institute falls into three pillars: Research, Policy, and Education.  

We are a dynamic and fast-growing agency at the forefront of the "Food is Medicine" field, providing over 1M medically tailored meals annually to clients and their families experiencing illness and food insecurity in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. In addition, our work strongly focuses on supporting the regional local food system, delivering high-quality nutrition education to the community, and hosting an on-site food-service workforce development program. Over the past 36 years, the agency has provided 15M+ free, scratch-made meals.

Summary: The Manager of Education for the AMPL Institute reports to the Senior Manager of Food and Health Policy and is responsible for the development, delivery, and management of AMPL education and training programs, including developing and refining education curricula, recruiting participants for courses, workshops, and trainings, delivery and teaching of curricula, working with the Senior Research Project Manager to evaluate the programs, and supervising interns and staff as required. This is a hybrid position, requiring three days weekly onsite at our facility in Jamaica Plain, and two days remote. However, the onsite or on-location requirements will vary based on our educational programming needs. Travel to partnering sites may also be required.

AMPL Education Program

Our Culinary Medicine Program is an evidence-based program that blends the art of food and cooking with the science of medicine. In practice, the program teaches medical and dental students, graduate students matriculating in healthcare-related fields, and healthcare professionals foundational nutrition concepts and how to prepare meals for the prevention and treatment of diet-related illnesses. Our 8-week Culinary Medicine Course is an accredited graduate-level course at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy as is offered each fall and spring semester.

Examples of Community Servings’ Program-Based Education Programs

Community Servings offers educational programming to our clients, the community, and to emerging and existing health care partners. We have developed (and continue to build) a robust video library of nutrition educational programming led by our Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDNs) through Learning Kitchen Live. The videos are currently available through our YouTube channel.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Actively works with relevant internal team members to develop, refine, implement, and scale educational curricula that meet the organization’s mission and goals.
• Teaches the curricula or collaborates with external partners who are teaching the curricula. For example, in partnership with Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, the Manager of Education teaches a graduate-level, 8-week Culinary Medicine course composed of virtual lectures and in-person cooking labs at Community Servings campus to Tufts University nutrition, medical, and dental students. The Manager of Education will work to grow our culinary medicine and other education offerings beyond this course.
• Develops and implements outreach strategies to recruit program participants and audiences for our educational content.
• Acts as a liaison to external project partners.
• Prepares and leads presentations related to Community Servings’ Education Program, including coordinating group visits to teach about the mission and work of Community Servings and AMPL.
• Collaborates with the Senior Research Project Manager to develop outcomes measurement tools that meet funder and organizational objectives.
• Oversees the Community Servings Internship Program, coordinating onboarding and aligning intern interest with organization opportunity/capacity
• Supervises interns and staff as required.
• Assists the grants team in the development of grant applications, when relevant opportunities arise

Supervision

• Interns
• External collaborators
• Staff, as required

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the experience, knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Registered Dietitian and Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• Professional Chefs’ degree, or at least three years’ experience as a chef or culinary professional
• Familiarity with the latest nutritional standards, practices, and procedures of the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics, including Medical Nutrition Therapy
• Experience in developing and teaching educational programs related to food and nutrition
• Demonstrated skill in interpersonal relations to effectively communicate with multi-cultural populations
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite and managing meetings in Zoom
• A valid Massachusetts Driver’s License and a clean driving history with access to a reliable vehicle
• The ability to successfully pass a Criminal Offender Records Inquiry (CORI) background check
• Bi-lingual speaking ability (e.g. Spanish) is a plus

Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition or related field
• Master of Science degree in Nutrition or related field
• Professional Chef’s Degree or certificate.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the open office work environment is moderate.

Physical Demands

The physical demands 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 the essential functions.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is routinely required to stand and walk.

Benefits:

We offer a complete benefits program including:

• Medical Insurance
• Life-, Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Paid Vacation, Holidays, Sick Time, and Personal Time off
• Flexible Spending account (Medical and Daycare)
• Tuition reimbursement
• 403(b) Retirement Plan
• Free Dental Insurance
• Free daily community lunch
• Free parking

Community Servings knows that diversity drives excellence. We are a place where everyone is welcome. We celebrate, promote, and derive strength from a diversity of lived experiences. We actively seek and encourage an inclusive workforce.

Community Servings participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. Please refer to the E-Verification Poster (English/Spanish) and Right to Work Poster (English/Spanish) for additional information. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, Community Servings is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before any action is taken against you, including terminating your employment. Community Servings can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed Form I-9.