Nutrition Outreach Specialist

About the role

• Primary City/State: Desert Mission - 9229 N 4th St Phoenix, AZ 85020
• Category: Dietitian/Dietary Services
• Shift: Day
• Department: Living Well
• Available Shifts

We are currently hiring for the following schedules

8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Monday through Friday with occasional weekend coverage.

All positions are full-time and may require flexibility based on business needs.

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Job Summary

The Nutrition Outreach Coordinator position will be responsible for providing nutrition and gardening education to families, individuals and groups. The primary focus will be nutrition education and gardening. Other duties include providing nutrition and gardening education programming at partner organizations and assisting with monthly reporting for the AZNN grant.

Essential Functions

• Provides nutritional education.
• Supervise assigned temporary nutrition interns; participate in scheduling and evaluation of temporary interns.
• Develops and implements gardening curriculum at Lincoln Learning Center, Desert Mission Food Bank and other community organizations.
• Schedules and facilitates gardening classes for community members.
• Assists with the development and implementation of the Desert Mission Community Garden Program.
• Leads weekly gardening Q&A sessions.
• Develops relationships with farmers, produce companies, farmer's markets and community gardens to increase donation of products.
• Creates and implements healthy food drives at donation sites.
• Supervises volunteers assigned to the Desert Mission Food Bank garden.
• Increase Nutrition Outreach opportunities within the Honor Health Network and community.
• Promotes Desert Mission programs during outreach events.
• Promotes SNAP (food stamps) during educational outreach.
• Coordinates scheduled nutrition education outreach events within Honor Health and at community partner sites.
• Selects and presents approved Nutrition Education curriculum and/or demonstrations to parents, families or other community members.
• Creates and maintains partnerships with Honor Health departments and community partners to implement successful nutrition education programs.
• Develops program event and marketing materials including flyers, pamphlets and recipes.
• Compiles information for invoices, monthly and quarterly reports.
• Documents and reports all activities including, but not limited to individuals served, product utilization, educational materials distributed.
• Documents time and effort in appropriate manner for grant purposes.
• Attends all Arizona Nutrition Network (AZNN) partnership training and webinars.

Education

• High School Diploma or GED In Nutrition or related field Required
• Associates In Nutrition or related field Preferred

Experience

• 1 year working in a role utilizing knowledge of diets/nutrition/gardening (i.e. dietician externship) or related experience. Required
• 2 years Experience developing and implementing nutrition education programming. Required
• Experience with community gardening/ community garden programs. Required
• Experience teaching cooking/ nutrition classes. Required
• Other Comfortable with public speaking/ speaking to large and small crowds. Required
• Intermediate Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint. Required
• Excellent Human Relations and oral/written communication skills. Required
• Bi-Lingual English and Spanish. Preferred

License and Certifications

• Drivers License (DL) - License Driver License current and valid Arizona driver's license Required
• Fingerprint Clearance Card (FPC) - Certificate State Current Arizona Dept. of Health Services Fingerprint Clearance Card (Must get fingerprinted within two weeks of hire/transfer date, if no current clearance card. Must renew prior to expiration date in order to remain in compliance.) Required
• Food Handlers Card - Certification Food Service\ - Food Handlers Card Food handlers card 7 Days Required

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