FoodWIse Nutrition Educator - Florence and Forest Counties

Job Summary:

The FoodWIse Nutrition Educator position will primarily serve Florence and Forest Counties and surrounding communities, and the main office will be located in the Extension Office in Florence or Forest County, with regular office hours in both counties. This role is housed in the Health & Well-Being Institute (https://extension.wisc.edu/health/) within UW-Madison's Division of Extension (https://extension.wisc.edu/). The Health & Well-Being Institute works to catalyze positive change in Wisconsin residents through evidence-based and community-engaged health promotion programs to improve health, build community capacity to identify and address health inequities, engage in collective action, and achieve greater health equity.

The FoodWIse program (https://healthyliving.extension.wisc.edu/programs/foodwise/) advances healthy eating habits, active lifestyles, and healthy community environments for families with limited incomes through nutrition education at the individual, community, and systems levels. FoodWIse is federally funded by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) and Expanded Food and Nutrition Program (EFNEP) grants.

The Nutrition Educator is a member of the Area 4 (Florence, Forest, Oneida, and Vilas Counties) FoodWIse Team. Nutrition Educators are peer educators who co-learn with community members and adapt teaching to honor cultures and experiences. Nutrition Educators engage people from the diverse communities of Wisconsin to adopt healthy food and physical activity habits. To see Nutrition Educators in action open this link: https://youtu.be/ReqwrSCmKXA 

The Division of Extension has a deep and profound commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity, believing that these values are foundational elements to eliminate disparities and expanding access for all. As Extension, we acknowledge the need for strategic and coordinated actions that help us form a more equitable, anti-racist, non-biased, and inclusive organization. (https://blogs.extension.wisc.edu/oaic/call-to-action/). As such, all Extension employees are expected to foster and promote the values of diversity and inclusion.

Responsibilities:

Instructs and/or assists individuals and families engaged in various outreach programs. Delivers research-based educational programs to support and empower people where they live and work. Provides general support on public issues for the benefit of the community. Strives to expand and ensure access to programs, facilities, and educational services to diverse audiences.

• 60% Teaches culturally relevant educational programs to adults and youth using learner-centered activities and lessons
• 15% Implements initiatives and events that serve the target audience
• 5% Procures and maintains course materials and supplies
• 10% Tracks program evaluation and incorporates feedback for improvement
• 5% Helps design marketing materials and promotions for programs
• 5% Communicates plans, activities, and achievements to relevant stakeholders

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion

Education:

Required
H.S. Diploma or equivalent

Qualifications:

Required:
-Ability to teach interactive lessons to youth and/or adults in group settings
-Work, volunteer or life experience with people or groups with limited income
-Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to build and maintain professional work environments
-Ability to effectively work with people from different cultural backgrounds, including those associated with race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, socioeconomic status, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, and other aspects of human diversity.
-Demonstrated commitment to Extensions' values of equity and social justice to support opportunities and outcome