Nutrition Educator 2

State of Louisiana • Statewide, LA

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About The Position

The Louisiana Department of Health’s Office of Public Health is hiring a Nutrition Educator 2 to support Parish Health Unit and Mobile WIC operations. The role provides nutrition education and promotes healthy lifestyles for women, infants, and children participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Positions may be located in Tangipahoa, Ouachita, Terrebonne, or Rapides Parish.

The position includes routine statewide duties that extend beyond the employee’s domicile parish, such as fieldwork, inspections, investigations, or direct services, and may require frequent travel. During disasters, the employee may be assigned to report to a Medical Needs Shelter or Health Unit and perform duties assigned by Incident Command Staff. The appointment may be a temporary job appointment lasting up to 48 months.

Requirements

• One year of experience in nutritional education or counseling, food service, or administrative services; or six semester hours in food and/or nutrition services; or one year of vocational or technical school training in a dietetic assistant curriculum.
• Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university may be credited as one year of experience.
• Ability to perform routine statewide duties that may involve frequent travel beyond the employee’s domicile parish.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual or group nutrition education and outreach to pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, infants, children, and caregivers in the WIC program.
• Provide education on age-appropriate nutrition, feeding practices, breastfeeding benefits, healthy lifestyles, formula preparation, food safety, sanitation, and food storage.
• Plan and conduct nutrition education lessons, demonstrations, taste testings, and cooking classes focused on WIC-approved foods and nutrients, and document services in the LAWIN Management Information System.
• Educate participants about WIC policies, participant rights and responsibilities, approved foods, and proper use of WIC benefits when shopping.
• Assist with medical data collection and maintain accurate participant and nutrition education records.
• Support outreach and community engagement by maintaining education materials, distributing promotional resources, preparing activity reports, and referring participants to community health and social service programs as needed.
• Perform anthropometric measurements of WIC participants according to applicable policies and protocols.
• Collect blood samples from WIC participants to test hemoglobin values in accordance with WIC policies and procedures.
• Schedule participant appointments, follow up on missed appointments, and assist with client transfer coordination to maintain continuity of WIC services.
• Perform WIC income screenings, update participant information in LAWIN, assess voter registration status, and assist with voter registration activities as needed.
• Assist with general WIC program administration and support Competent Professional Authorities and other clinic staff with daily program activities and participant services.
• Assist with participant education and program support, including educational shopping trips, meetings, special projects, and training new employees and dietetic students.
• During disasters, report as assigned to a Medical Needs Shelter or Health Unit and perform duties assigned by Incident Command Staff.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed