Program Coordinator - Senior Nutrition

About the role

The Senior Nutrition Program Coordinator is an integral position in the Senior Nutrition Program, essential in the process of providing El Dorado County seniors with a daily hot meal, whether it is for those dining in or those who are having a meal delivered to their home. This position is responsible for coordinating home meal delivery participant assessments, volunteer onboarding and training, volunteer assignments to home meal delivery routes, and for coordinating daily activities with the kitchen supervisor to prepare and deliver a high volume of daily meals.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate home meal delivery participant assessments, volunteer onboarding and training, volunteer assignments to home meal delivery routes, and for coordinating daily activities with the kitchen supervisor to prepare and deliver a high volume of daily meals.
• Interact with subordinate staff, kitchen staff, volunteers, meal participants, and families, to provide a high level of customer service.
• Develop program goals and ensures implementation and compliance with contractual or funding agency requirements.
• Participate in the development of the program budget.
• Supervise and coordinate day-to-day operation of varied senior and family services programs such as rental assistance, food distribution, emergency shelter, information and referral, emergency crisis intervention and senior activities and transportation.
• Provide day-to-day direction, work review and evaluation to assigned staff and volunteers; train staff in work procedure.
• Maintain fiscal records and prepares reports and documentation to ensure that spending is within contractual limitations.
• Design and implement outreach activities and referral systems to ensure that target populations are reached.
• Evaluate program effectiveness; recommend and implement policy and procedural changes to enhance program effectiveness.
• Writer and edit written educational or information materials, such as fliers, brochures, and a newsletter.
• Counsel and advise applicants based on their needs and makes appropriate referrals to other community services as applicable.
• Correspond and confer with local community agencies involved in seniors and low income family services to maximize program usefulness; make presentations to various groups to promote departmental services.

Requirements

Equivalent to possession of an Associate of Arts degree with major coursework in social services, psychology or a related field AND two years of experience in performing social service program eligibility determinations or program support work at a level equivalent to the County's class of Program Assistant.

Qualifications

Where college degrees and/or college course credits are required, degrees and college units must be obtained from an accredited college or university. Courses from non-accredited institutions will not be evaluated for this requirement.

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