Mgr, Nutrition (Community Health Services)

Georgia Department of Public Health; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

13 paid holidays

Vacation & sick leave

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Job summary

Fulton County Board of Health in Atlanta, GA is seeking a Nutrition Manager in the WIC Division to oversee daily clinic operations and ensure compliant service delivery.

The role provides leadership to staff, guides nutrition education and counseling, and coordinates care plans and certifications for program participants in line with state and federal guidelines; RD licensure may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in dietetics, human nutrition, food & nutrition, nutrition education, food systems management, or closely related field from an accredited college/university.
• Four years of nutrition experience, including two years in a managerial or supervisory role.
• Some positions may require certification and/or licensure (RD preferred).

Responsibilities

• Provides on-site supervision and leadership to program employees.
• Coordinates schedules, attendance, and performance evaluations.
• Provides nutrition education and breastfeeding counseling per guidelines.
• Develops and evaluates nutrition care plans and documents progress.
• Performs anthropometric measures and reviews requests for special foods.
• Delivers group nutrition education and handles participant complaints.

Skills

Leadership

Nutrition management

Communication

Spanish (Bilingual)

Education

Bachelor's degree in dietetics or related field

Master's degree (preferred)

Job description

Pay Grade: M

Connect passion with purpose. The Fulton County Board of Health provides a variety of services that help protect residents from health threats, increase access to health services to improve health outcomes, and provide information that assists Fulton County citizens in living healthier lives.

The agency is seeking a highly qualified candidate for the position of Mgr, Nutrition within the Fulton County Board of Health in the WIC Division.

Standard Benefits for FULL Time Salaried Employees

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a generous benefits package that includes a flexible schedule, training opportunities, health insurance, employee retirement plan, deferred compensation, 13 paid holidays, vacation & sick leave, dental, vision, long term care, and life insurance.

www.fultoncountyboh.com

This is a WICGrant Fundingposition.

The Nutrition Manager oversees and coordinates daily operations of the WIC clinic, ensuring efficient workflows, consistent customer service, and full compliance with program requirements. This role provides leadership and direction to staff and subordinate supervisors, supports employee development, and ensures procedures are followed to promote effective and continuous service delivery across the department.

Job Responsibilities

• Provides on-site supervision, leadership, and support to program employees.
• Coordinates schedules, monitors attendance, and conducts performance evaluations for assigned staff.
• Attends and participates in staff meetings, trainings, program reviews, and staff development activities.
• Provides certification services for eligible program participants by correctly determining and assigning nutrition risk, per program policies.
• Provides nutrition education and breastfeeding counseling to program participants according to all local, state, and federal guidelines.
• Develops, monitors, and evaluates nutrition care plans for high-risk and low-risk program participants; documents care plans and progress in medical records.
• Performs anthropometric measures and evaluations for program participants.
• Reviews requests for special foods and medically necessary formulas.
• Provides group nutrition education sessions and documents participation accordingly.
• Receives and resolves complaints from program participants.
• Performs additional duties as assigned by district WIC leadership.

Bachelor's degree in dietetics, human nutrition, food & nutrition, nutrition education, food systems management, or a closely related field from an accredited college or university from an Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics accredited program and four (4) years of nutrition experience, which includes two (2) years in a managerial or supervisory role. * Note: Some positions may require certification and/or licensure.

* Registered Dietitian (RD) by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Commission on Dietetic Registration and licensure as a Dietitian (LD) in the State of Georgia.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in dietetics, human nutrition, food & nutrition, food and nutrition services/management, or a closely related field from an accredited college or university.
• Three (3) or more years of WIC program experience
• Bilingual (Spanish)

The State will not unlawfully consider an applicant’s Performance Aptitudes:

Data Utilization: Requires the ability to synthesize, hypothesize, and/or theorize concerning data involving modification of existing policies, strategies, and/or methods to meet unique or unusual conditions. Requires the ability to do so within the context of existing organizational theories and management principles.

Human Interaction: Requires the ability to function in a managerial capacity for a division or organizational unit; includes the ability to make decisions on procedural and technical levels.

Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Requires the ability to operate and control the actions of equipment and machinery, requiring the monitoring, adjustment, regulation, and/or setting of multiple conditions.

Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of references, descriptive, advisory, and/or design data and information.

Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform moderately complex algebraic and geometric operations; ability to utilize principles of basic probability and statistical inference.

Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or synthesis functions; deal with concrete and abstract variables; and analyze major problems that require complex planning for interrelated activities that can span one or several work units.

Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness, and creativity in critical and/or unexpected situations involving moderate risk to the organization.

Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information on application status by phone or email. All qualified applicants will be considered but may not necessarily receive an interview. Selected applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for the next steps in the selection process.Applicants who are not selected will not receive a notification.

This position is subject to close at any time, once a satisfactory applicant pool has beenidentified.

*District 3-2 is an Equal Opportunity Employer*

The State will not unlawfully consider an applicant’s race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, sex, genetic information, political affiliation, protected uniformed service, or otherlegally protected categories when making selections.

The candidate chosen for employment will be subject to Criminal Background Check/Fingerprinting, Reference Checks.