Position Summary:
The Nutrition Educator’s primary role is to support implementation of the Pennsylvania Healthy Pantry Initiative (PA HPI) within the Philabundance service area. This is a three-year grant funded position with planned renewal funding. This position requires travel within Philabundance’s service area, as well as to the Harrisburg area for training or meetings with all PA HPI partners.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Takes ownership of the delivery of health information, education, and assessments of community partners.
• Conducts program evaluations and monitors for nutrition levels and can provide suggestions, alternatives, and action plan information (intervention strategy) to raise healthy habits among partners and those we serve.
• Works within a set budget and tracks activity and expenses.
• Manages the relationship with Pennsylvania Health Pantry Initiative (PA HPI). Align with drive to heathy options, strategies, and resources for pantries. Tasked with expansion and recruitment to support the program.
• Provides advocate input internally, Food Sourcing and others, to ensure the increase of healthy inventory as well as the approach to make this a standard operating approach.
• Visits schools and provides education and provides support for children to be empowered to make healthy food and beverage choices.
• Manages the education activities within pantries which include but are not limited to food demos, displays and handouts on related topics (environmental change, healthy recipes, nutrition) as well as collaborates with pantry partners to sustain information.
• Leads educational and informative classes regarding nutrition topics.
• Influences food pantry partners secure health inventory products and collaborates to support tracking and distribution data aligned with healthy inventory.
• Trains panty partner volunteers on nutrition and healthy food options, availability and impact. The goal is to sustain readily available information at all pantries. Train the Trainer approach.
• Maintain a database on pantry activity. Track and report on activity vs results. Highlight trends and changes due to activity through education and information.
• Cultural awareness and expression; understands and respects how ideas and meaning are creatively expressed in a variety of cultures.
• Responsible for supporting and aligning with Philabundance Cultural pillars. Ensure communications, actions and interactions reflect a focus on People, Partnerships, Professionalism and Progress