The Program coordinator promotes and improves individual and community health by leader and participating in a team of nutrition educators who promote healthy eating behaviors, physical activity practice to low-income communities. Deliver appropriate health and nutrition programs to meet audience needs and prepare, instruct and evaluate day-to-day classes. Assist program manager in program planning, applied research, and maintaining relationships with community partners.

The Ascentria SNAP-Ed program provides nutrition and garden-based education activities, implements social marketing campaigns, and helps create policy, systems and environmental supports to enable low-income families to establish and sustain healthy eating behaviors. SNAP-Ed Nutrition Educators partner with Farm to School colleagues to reach low-income families through new and long-standing partnerships created with local community organizations.

Who are we?

Ascentria Care Alliance has spent the past 150 years helping people in need. We empower people of all backgrounds to rise together and reach beyond life’s challenges by building stronger communities and helping people move forward together.

Responsibilities:

• Supervise and Provide support with curriculum development and planning for SNAP-Ed Program.
• Mentor and train new Nutrition Educators on SNAP-Ed teaching strategies and best practices.
• Teach limited resource audiences practical nutrition, food safety, physical activity and food budgeting using the assigned curriculum.
• Provide support for SNAP-Ed’s School Garden Program, by providing hands-on garden based education and technical assistance for each garden site.
• Develop creative lesson plans for remote and in-person programs that include interactive cooking demonstrations and group activities as relevant.
• Adapt and deliver education with a high level of cultural competency and sensitivity to issues associated with living on a limited income, using a trauma informed approach.
• Adapt and deliver educational curricula to non-English speaking audiences through an Interpreter or teach in the native language.
• Prepare for and deliver nutrition education classes directly at local community locations and remote settings, indirectly at community event settings, and create effective nutrition education newsletters and handouts as assigned.
• Develop and implement outreach strategies for community partners and program participants
• Collaborate with Program Manager to lead the implementation of policy, systems, and environmental supports to enable low-income families to establish and sustain healthy eating behaviors.
• Maintain documentation of program activities including class attendance, evaluations in accordance with contractual standards.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in health, nutrition, public health or related discipline or equivalent education/experience required.
• Minimum of two (2) years of teaching, community engagement, community health promotion, or community education experience required.
• Bilingual one of the SNAP-Ed languages and/or experience working through an Interpreter preferred. Languages are Arabic, Nepali, Somali and Russian.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with individuals, organizations, and/or communities representing culturally and economically diverse and underserved populations. .
• Valid Driver’s License, access to reliable vehicle, and proof of automobile insurance required for local travel.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Ascentria we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Company Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• FSA and dependent care account
• 3 Weeks PTO and 9 Holidays!
• Tuition Assistance
• And many more!

Ascentria Care Alliance celebrates diversity and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with federal and state employment opportunity laws, qualified applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, pregnancy, status as a veteran, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, or any other legally-protected category. Candidates who identify as BIPOC, multilingual or have lived experience with immigration or human services are encouraged to apply.