DIETITIAN POSITION

Position Overview

Healthy Heart Foods is seeking a full-time Registered Dietitian to work on-site in our Brooklyn facility five days per week. This role is responsible for menu composition, nutritional compliance, and regulatory oversight across multiple institutional feeding programs, while also serving as a forward-facing nutrition representative with customer agencies and families.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, review, and maintain menus that meet nutritional and regulatory requirements

• Ensure compliance with applicable feeding program regulations, including:

  • CACFP (child and school feeding programs)

  • NSLP (National School Lunch Program)

  • DFTA (senior feeding programs)

  • DHS (homeless services and institutional feeding requirements)

• Analyze menus for nutritional adequacy, portion compliance, and meal pattern standards

• Collaborate closely with culinary, production, and operations teams to ensure menus are practical, scalable, and cost-effective

• Serve as a nutrition-facing representative in meetings with customer agencies, addressing questions related to menus, compliance, and dietary needs

• Respond to parent inquiries regarding ingredients, allergens, nutritional content, and child-specific dietary questions, in coordination with customer agencies as appropriate

• Support documentation and recordkeeping for audits, inspections, and program reviews

• Monitor regulatory updates and implement required changes

• Aid with special diets, allergy accommodations, and nutrition-related concerns

• Act as an internal nutrition resource across departments

Required Qualifications

• Registered Dietitian (RD/RDN) credential (active and in good standing)

• Strong understanding of institutional and regulated food service programs

• Familiarity with CACFP, NSLP, DFTA, and DHS nutrition standards (or demonstrated ability to learn quickly)

• Ability to work on-site in Brooklyn five days per week

• Strong communication, organizational, and analytical skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Bilingual English/Spanish (a plus)

• Experience in large-scale or high-volume food service operations

• Experience working with public-sector or government-regulated meal programs

• Comfort engaging with agencies, parents, and other external stakeholders