December 16, 2009

Job Opening: Nutrition Manager

Author: Brady Koch

Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc. is seeking an enthusiastic person for our new Nutrition Manager position. This person will be responsible for a variety of aspects of nutrition and its impact on our fight against hunger in the community. Specifically, the Nutrition Manager will be involved in community education, advocacy and nutritional analysis for our variety of programs. Please review the attached job description below to see if you’d be a good fit for this exciting new opportunity.

We are seeking an individual with the right education and experience educating both adults and children. Send me your resume if interested.

Brady Koch
Director of Agency Relations & Programs
bkoch@foodbankcentralflorida.org

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Title:  Nutrition Manager
Reports to:  Director of Agency Relations & Programs

Closing Date: January 8, 2010

General Summary:
Serve as the nutrition resource for Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, the community, and member agencies by designing, scheduling and facilitating nutritional educational classes and events. Educational outreach efforts will be focused on agencies receiving TEFAP commodities. The Nutrition Manager will also be responsible to identifying and evaluating the nutritional value of food provided to the community through our various programs.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Schedule and organize nutrition education programs for all Second Harvest Programs, at various locations, to children and adults.
• Work with agency relations to determine the nutrition education needs of our partner feeding program’s clientele.
• Specialize and provide priority educational activities to agencies and clients participating in the USDA’s commodities program: TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistance Program)
• Use Second Harvest and Feeding America resources to develop and meaningful nutrition index to be applied to our donated food.
• Implement nutrition indexing for all programs of Second Harvest.
• Have a focus on childhood hunger and childhood obesity in food insecure households.
• Advocate for Second Harvest at community functions.
• Perform other duties as assigned by direct supervisor.

Job Specifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Associate’s Degree with equivalent experience.
• Ability to multitask in a fast paced environment.
• Ability to work well with the general public
• Organized and detail oriented
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Must have excellent communications skills
• Successfully pass pre-employment drug test screening
• Successfully pass Level II background check required by childhood programs.
• Bi-lingual is a plus.

Working Conditions:
50% outside travel to agency locations; 50% normal office conditions.

Competencies:

•  Attention to Detail
• Communications
• Customer Focus
• Problem Solving
• Perception/Judgment
• Listening
• Dependability
• Teamwork
   

Disclaimer:  The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification.  They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills of personnel so classified.