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The Nutrition Education Adviser recruits low-income program participants and provides information and skills in obtaining a healthy lifestyle. Skills instructed include healthful food selection, meal planning, food preparation, shopping, storage, food safety, and physical activity. Participants include low-income youth, pregnant women, families with children, and those eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The Nutrition Education Adviser is responsible for program planning and delivery, collecting affirmative action and evaluation data, reporting program activities, and fulfilling professional development expectations.

• Provide high quality, research-based programs to promote, encourage, empower, and adopt practices for a healthy lifestyle among target audience
• Recruit program participants through partner agencies to maintain assigned caseload numbers in group settings and occasionally individually
• Prepare for programming to include but not limited to scheduling, logistics, training, marketing, lesson planning, data collection, supplies purchasing, and travel
• Adhere to prescribed food safety and nutrition practices for food preparation demonstrations
• Administer, prepare, review, and submit required reports, such as program impact evaluation and fiscal forms
• Attend required staff development activities
• Maintain participant confidentiality and necessary food safety and IRB requirements
• May engage and orient support service volunteers
• Collaborate with Extension staff to encourage participation in other programming; identify candidates for Extension advisory committees and coalitions
• Make appropriate referrals to human service and government assistance programs

Level:

– Intermediate Support

Base Description:

– Completes administrative activities and tasks of a technical or functional nature.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates ability to perform intermediate tasks in defined skill areas. Demonstrates intermediate knowledge of internal procedures. Works under general supervision, performing assignments that may be varied and sometimes difficult. Supports team decisions and follows through with team responsibilities. Interprets and communicates information clearly and accurately. Demonstrates intermediate problem–solving skills.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– May provide basic direction to lower level support staff

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Handles routine financial transactions
– May validate and pay invoices

Problem Solving:

– Encounters generally routine problems; occasionally faces more complex and/or varied problems
– Typically follows recommended course of action and procedures to resolve problems
– Applies knowledge of institutional policies and procedures in determining course of action

Independence of Action:

– Work is generally monitored by supervisor
– Detailed instructions and procedures are generally provided
– Uses available guidelines to make appropriate adaptations to routine situations and refers other situations to supervisor

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates internally within working unit and/or the University
– May communicate with external audiences for scheduling/coordination
– Collaborates closely with team members
– Interprets and communicates information, ideas and instructions clearly and accurately both verbally and in written materials that may be intended for distribution

• Comp Grade – 3
• Minimum – $31,600.00
• MidPoint – $38,700.00
• Maximum – $45,800.00