NBFB Community Nutrition Education Coordinator

General Description:  The Community Nutrition Education Coordinator will work under the direct supervision of the New Braunfels Food Bank (NBFB) Program Manager and guidance of the San Antonio Food Bank (SAFB) Nutrition, Health & Wellness Education (NHWE) Program Manager to support a variety of engaging nutrition education programs for children, adults, and healthcare professionals. We support our partners by providing the education, tools, and mentoring needed to teach in a wide array of settings. Duties include scheduling and conducting nutrition, health & wellness activities, food insecurity trainings, and food safety trainings.

Essential Functions:

• Support, demonstrate and incorporate SAFB Mission Statement, Vision, and diversity goals into each job responsibility.
• Ensure the strategic implementation of a recruitment plan to engage partners in underserved areas by researching the community for gaps in service.
• Collaborate with NBFB partner agencies and other NBFB & SAFB departments (Neighbor Services, NHWE, Partner Agencies, Children’s Programs, etc.) to address food insecurity among families and support efforts in other programs.
• Create partnerships with New Braunfels Food Bank partners to strengthen our approach of connecting to food and education.
• Support annual training with partners that consists of, at a minimum, food insecurity training, food safety training, required civil rights training reminder, and reminder of all other required training and procedures to align with program partners.
• Maintain, evaluate, and develop relationships with new partners and/or sites consistent with goals set forth in the operating plan and connect to other NBFB services.
• Build awareness of the program by facilitating presentations at partner sites to recruit clients.
• Work to continually reinforce relationships with partners interested in nutrition, health and wellness classes and food benefits.
• Provide partner sites with materials and information needed to refer their clients, ensuring all program procedures are followed.
• Meet all reporting requirements, including submission of class schedules, participant numbers, class demographic information, progress reports, number of produce bags delivered, and any other deliverable metrics required by grants supporting this initiative.
• Develop processes to ensure effective interdisciplinary implementation of the intervention keeping in mind continuous quality services for participants.
• Ensure site selection of class participants meets program goals and criteria.
• Complete all necessary preparations for program activities, including assembling class materials and transportation of equipment.
• Complete evaluations and other reporting documentation as necessary.
• Maintain inventory and ensure all supplies/materials are available for all program activities.
• Support NBFB essential operations and participate in activities critical to program success, as needed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, related field, relevant certification, or equivalent related work experience.
• Health professional with strong background in nutrition and community outreach or experience working and educating in community settings.
• Ability to engage with community memb