Community Nutrition Educator Concord, CA, Job ID 67477
Company: University Of California Agriculture And Natural R
Location: Concord
Posted on: May 4, 2024
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Job Description:
Community Nutrition Educator Concord, CA, Job ID 67477
University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources County
Location : Contra Costa County Date Posted : April 12, 2024
Closing Date : Until Filled Community Nutrition and Health at UC
ANR is a statewide network of researchers and educators promoting
healthy and equitable communities for all Californians. Our shared
goal is to co-create public education and partner training
programming to advance community health across California. We
collaborate with local organizations and community leaders who
share our goals to advance community health and work to create
changes across many areas including individual behavior change,
leadership capacity building, organizational policy change,
informing public policy, and affecting systems or environmental
change such workflows or best practices within an institution. As a
result of this work, our vision is for all Californians to have
access to live a healthy life, free from chronic disease. As a core
Community Nutrition and Health statewide program, the CalFresh
Healthy Living, University of California program (CFHL, UC) offers
comprehensive evidence-based nutrition and physical activity
education, aligned with changes to the surrounding community
context known as policy, system, and environmental change efforts
in early childhood centers, schools and community environments.
Services are provided in 34 counties with 1,600 volunteers known as
extenders (trained teachers, afterschool staff, community members).
The majority of CFHL, UC participants are preschool and school aged
youth and their families. The CFHL, UC program also works with
SNAP-Ed eligible adults, seniors, and other priority populations.
By aligning community education with policy, systems and
environmental change strategies, CFHL, UC creates long-lasting
community impact. CFHL, UC is federally funded by the United States
Department of Food and Agriculture as part of the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program's Education network (SNAP-Ed) across
the country. Join our statewide and national networks of nutrition
and health educators who receive high-quality training and hands-on
support so that together we can make a positive difference in our
communities. This position's primary foci are to conduct, manage,
and evaluate a nutrition education program to create a healthier
school and community environment. The Community Education
Specialist 2 position will perform the full range of program
implementation duties. Incumbent will coordinate, manage, and
deliver nutrition education with community-based adults and/or
youth in partnership with local public health and community
organizations. This includes training, guiding, and supporting
schoolteachers who volunteer to support health education in their
classes by providing them with education, information and
resources; evaluating program implementation; collecting and
compiling enrollment information, assuring proper documentation,
collecting evaluation data from teachers and participants;
performing data entry for reporting; and writing reports in
compliance with funding requirements. The Community Education
Specialist 2 will build and maintain an informal network of
partners, align nutrition education projects with approved
curricula and educational materials, develop news releases and news
articles, and maintain knowledge and competence about the subject
matter. This position is a career appointment that is 100% fixed.
Two positions are available. Pay Scale: $23.90/hour to $31.80/hour
This position will promote, in all ways consistent with the other
responsibilities of the position, accomplishment of the Affirmative
Action goals established by the Division. The University reserves
the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion
of the background check. This is a designated position requiring a
background check and may require fingerprinting due to the nature
of the job responsibilities. UC ANR does hire people with
conviction histories and reviews information received in the
context of the job responsibilities. As a condition of employment,
you will be required to comply with the University of California
Policy on Vaccination Programs , as may be amended or revised from
time to time. Federal, state, or local public health directives may
impose additional requirements . To apply, please visit: Copyright
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