Community Nutrition Educator Woodland, CA, Job ID 77426

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver lessons using adult and/or youth engagement techniques in alignment with the UC-approved curricula and activities. Lesson delivery includes preparing and implementing activities such as demonstrating food preparation using recipes, physical activity, gardening techniques, and/or other learner-centered activities.
• Extend education to community partners and/or program participants on using the skills and knowledge they gained in class to recommend positive changes within their working and living environments. Promote, facilitate, or advocate for changes in the surrounding community context known as "policy, system, and environmental change efforts" designed to create a healthier community environment.
• Recruit, train, and provide support for community organizations and school representatives who act as volunteers to deliver UC approved curricula and activities. May participate in hiring and recruitment for other educator positions. May co-deliver programming with a partner to model class enrollment procedures, lesson delivery, and evaluation activities.
• Review evaluation data when completed by volunteers to ensure minimum evaluation requirements are achieved. Make recommendations to volunteers to ensure participant success. Complete required documentation of enrollment and evaluation for reporting purposes. Prepares all reports as necessary for documenting program accomplishments.
• May provide language translations of class materials and/or simultaneous interpretation during classes into preferred language of participant population, as well as develop and share culturally relevant examples to enhance the effectiveness of the educational experience.
• Meet with local partners (i.e., community leaders, school administrators, teachers, parent educators) to discuss the delivery of lessons to their students and clientele. Assist in developing outreach plans to ensure all eligible racial/ethnic groups have received information regarding program education opportunities and are welcomed to participate with inclusive program practices.
• Develop collaboration with other programs to coordinate outreach efforts. Attend community events and serve as representative and ambassador for the program. Maintain appropriate records to track the partnership activity, collaboration, and related community events.
• Work as a team member to develop annual work plans, manage volunteers, share recommendations for improvement, and coach partner agencies to make healthy changes in their organizations.
• May provide leadership and mentoring to interns, new staff, volunteers, and/or other educators, including working with them to assess the successes and challenges of lesson delivery.

Requirements

• Aceessory degree and / or equivalent experience / training in a related area such nutrition, public health, or community health and well-being.
• Continuing education, training, or professional development in a related field.
• Knowledge of community education, community engagement, teaching and/or facilitation best practices.
• Proficient in use of Windows-based computer with knowledge of Microsoft Office programs (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Experience working with a diverse youth, adult and/or volunteers, including diversity in age, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or physical and ability/disability).
• Experience working with underserved populations.
• Familiarity with schools and community-based agencies in the local area serving lower-income youth and adults.
• Thorough and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills and presentation skills to work in large and small groups, give presentations and organize activities. Ability to write newsletters, correspondence, and reports.
• Experience working with bilingual communication/translation abilities in English and Spanish/Hmong/Mandarin/Vietnamese or other language spoken in the community.
• Knowledge of community education and or teaching practices.
• Working knowledge of conducting needs assessment to understand community strengths, interests, and priorities.