Community Nutrition Educator - San Jose, CA, Job ID 77480
Company: University of California Agriculture and Natural R
Location: San Jose
Posted on: April 17, 2025
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Job Description:
Community Nutrition Educator - San Jose, CA, Job ID 77480
University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
Job Description
Community Nutrition and Health at UC ANR is a statewide network of
researchers and educators promoting healthy and equitable
communities for all Californians. Our shared goal is to co-create
public education and partner training programming to advance
community health across California. We collaborate with local
organizations and community leaders who share our goals to advance
community health and work to create changes across many areas
including individual behavior change, leadership capacity building,
organizational policy change, informing public policy, and
affecting systems or environmental change such workflows or best
practices within an institution. As a result of this work, our
vision is for all Californians to have access to live a healthy
life, free from chronic disease.
As a core Community Nutrition and Health statewide program, the
Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) provides
community education classes for income-eligible youth and adults
which promote nutrition and physical activity as a means of
maintaining a healthy lifestyle free from chronic disease. By
focusing on improving diet quality, increasing physical activity,
assuring safe food-handling practices, and strengthening food
resource management skills, EFNEP supports families with children
to make meaningful healthy lifestyle changes. EFNEP also partners
with community stakeholders to make changes to the surrounding
community context known as "policy, system, and environmental
change efforts" which result in deeper, long-term positive impact
for even more youth and families. EFNEP is federally funded by the
United States Department of Agriculture as part of a long-standing
network of community-based nutrition education programs across the
country.
As a core Community Nutrition and Health statewide program, the
CalFresh Healthy Living, University of California program (CFHL,
UC) offers comprehensive evidence-based nutrition and physical
activity education, aligned with changes to the surrounding
community context known as "policy, system, and environmental
change efforts" in early childhood centers, schools and community
environments. Services are provided in 34 counties with 1,600
volunteers known as "extenders" (trained teachers, afterschool
staff, community members). The majority of CFHL, UC participants
are preschool and school aged youth and their families. The CFHL,
UC program also works with SNAP-Ed eligible adults, seniors, and
other priority populations. By aligning community education with
policy, systems and environmental change strategies, CFHL, UC
creates long-lasting community impact. CFHL, UC is federally funded
by the United States Department of Food and Agriculture as part of
the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's Education network
(SNAP-Ed) across the country
Job Summary:
Join our statewide and national networks of nutrition and health
educators who receive high-quality training and hands-on support so
that together we can make a positive difference in our
communities.
This position's primary foci are to conduct, manage, and evaluate a
nutrition education program to create a healthier school and
community environment.
The Community Education Specialist 2 position will perform the full
range of program implementation duties. Incumbent will coordinate,
manage, and deliver nutrition education with community-based adults
and/or youth in partnership with local public health and community
organizations. This includes training, guiding, and supporting
schoolteachers who volunteer to support health education in their
classes by providing them with education, information and
resources; evaluating program implementation; collecting and
compiling enrollment information, assuring proper documentation,
collecting evaluation data from teachers and participants;
performing data entry for reporting; and writing reports in
compliance with funding requirements.
The Community Education Specialist 2 will build and maintain an
informal network of partners, align nutrition education projects
with approved curricula and educational materials, develop news
releases and news articles, and maintain knowledge and competence
about the subject matter.
This position is a career appointment that is 100% fixed.
Pay Scale: $26.77/hour to $35.63/hour
Job Posting Close Date:
This job is open until filled. The first application review date
will be 4/22/2025.
Key Responsibilities:
50%
Deliver lessons using adult and/or youth engagement techniques in
alignment with the UC-approved curricula and activities. Lesson
delivery includes preparing and implementing activities such as
demonstrating food preparation using recipes, physical activity,
gardening techniques, and/or other learner-centered activities.
Extend education to community partners and/or program participants
on using the skills and knowledge they gained in class to recommend
positive changes within their working and living environments.
Promote, facilitate, or advocate for changes in the surrounding
community context known as "policy, system, and environmental
change efforts" designed to create a healthier community
environment.
25%
Recruit, train, and provide support for community organizations and
school representatives who act as volunteers to deliver UC approved
curricula and activities. May participate in hiring and recruitment
for other educator positions. May co-deliver programming with a
partner to model class enrollment procedures, lesson delivery, and
evaluation activities.
Review evaluation data when completed by volunteers to ensure
minimum evaluation requirements are achieved. Make recommendations
to volunteers to ensure participant
success. Complete required documentation of enrollment and
evaluation for reporting purposes. Prepares all reports as
necessary for documenting program accomplishments.
May provide language translations of class materials and/or
simultaneous interpretation during classes into preferred language
of participant population, as well as develop and share culturally
relevant examples to enhance the effectiveness of the educational
experience.
15%
Meet with local partners (i.e., community leaders, school
administrators, teachers, parent educators) to discuss the delivery
of lessons to their students and clientele. Assist in developing
outreach plans to ensure all eligible racial/ethnic groups have
received information regarding program education opportunities and
are welcomed to participate with inclusive program practices.
Develop collaboration with other programs to coordinate outreach
efforts. Attend community events and serve as representative and
ambassador for the program. Maintain appropriate records to track
the partnership activity, collaboration, and related community
events.
10%
Work as a team member to develop annual work plans, manage
volunteers, share recommendations for improvement, and coach
partner agencies to make healthy changes in their
organizations.
May provide leadership and mentoring to interns, new staff,
volunteers, and/or other educators, including working with them to
assess the successes and challenges of lesson
delivery.
Requirements:
- Associate degree and / or equivalent experience / training in a related area such nutrition, public health, or community health and well-being.
- Continuing education, training, or professional development in a related field.
- Knowledge of community education, community engagement, teaching and/or facilitation best practices.
- Proficient in use of Windows-based computer with knowledge of Microsoft Office programs (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
- Experience working with a diverse youth, adult and/or volunteers, including diversity in age, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or physical and ability/disability).
- Experience working with underserved populations.
- Familiarity with schools and community-based agencies in the local area serving lower-income youth and adults.
- Thorough and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal
communication skills and presentation skills to work in large and
small groups, give presentations and organize activities. Ability
to write newsletters, correspondence, and reports.
Preferred Skills:
- Bilingual communication/translation abilities in English and Spanish/Hmong/Mandarin/Vietnamese or other language spoken in the community.
- Knowledge of community education and or teaching practices.
- Working knowledge of conducting needs assessment to understand
community strengths, interests, and priorities.
Special Conditions of Employment:
- Must possess valid California Driver's License to drive a County or University vehicle. Ability and means to travel on a flexible schedule as needed, proof of liability damage insurance on vehicle used is required. Reimbursement of job-related travel will be reimbursed according to University policies.
- The University reserves the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of the background check. This is a designated position requiring a background check and may require fingerprinting due to the nature of the job responsibilities. UC ANR does hire people with conviction histories and reviews information received in the context of the job responsibilities.
- As of January 1, 2014, ANR is a smoke- and tobacco-free environment in which smoking, the use of smokeless tobacco products, and the use of unregulated nicotine products (e-cigarettes), is strictly prohibited.
- Exercise the utmost discretion in managing sensitive information learned in the course of performing their duties. Sensitive information includes but is not limited to employee and student records, health and patient records, financial data, strategic plans, proprietary information, and any other sensitive or non-public information learned during the course and scope of employment. Understands that sensitive information should be shared on a limited basis and actively takes steps to limit access to sensitive information to individuals who have legitimate business need to know. Ensure that sensitive information is properly safeguarded. Follow all organizational policies and laws on data protection and privacy. This includes secure handling of physical and digital records and proper usage of IT systems to prevent data leaks. The unauthorized or improper disclosure of confidential work-related information obtained from any source on any work-related matter is a violation of these expectations.
- Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of
employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of
employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject
to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last
seven years determining that they committed any misconduct;
received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of
any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving
misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of
allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or
disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an
appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.
a. "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer. For reference, below are UC's policies addressing some forms of misconduct:
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