Nutrition Educator 2
State of Louisiana
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Job summary
The Louisiana Department of Health invites you to join the WIC team as a Health Educator. You will provide nutrition education, conduct health screenings, and support families in making healthier choices across pregnancy, infancy, and early childhood programs.
You will engage with pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and children, delivering education, referrals, and resources to enhance community health outcomes. This role offers hands-on program work in a public health setting.
Qualifications
- One year of experience in nutritional education or counseling, food service, or administrative services.
- Six semester hours in food and/or nutrition services; OR
- One year of vocational or technical school training in a dietetic assistant curriculum.
Responsibilities
- Provides direct nutrition education and outreach to pregnant women, postpartum and breastfeeding women, infants, and children.
- Educates WIC participants and caregivers on program benefits, participant rights and responsibilities, WIC-approved foods, and shopping procedures.
- Performs anthropometric measurements and health assessments for WIC participants.
- Conducts income and nutrition screenings and enters participant information into the LA WIC system.
- Reviews and assesses participant vaccination records and provides referrals to appropriate health and community resources.
- Collects blood samples and performs hemoglobin testing for WIC participants in accordance with program requirements.
- Schedules WIC appointments and follows up with participants regarding missed appointments and required services.
Skills
Education
Job description
The mission of the Louisiana Department of Health is to protect and promote health and to ensure access to medical, preventive, and rehabilitative services for all residents of the State of Louisiana.
The mission of the Louisiana Department of Health is to protect and promote health and to ensure access to medical, preventive, and rehabilitative services for all residents of the State of Louisiana.
Join the Louisiana Department of Health’s WIC team as a Health Educator and help families build healthier futures. Connect directly with pregnant women, postpartum and breastfeeding mothers, infants, and children by providing nutrition education, health screenings, referrals, and personalized support. If you’re passionate about empowering families, promoting healthy choices, and strengthening Louisiana communities, apply today!
- One year of experience in nutritional education or counseling, food service, or administrative services; OR
- Six semester hours in food and/or nutrition services; OR
- One year of vocational or technical school training in a dietetic assistant curriculum.
Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience.
The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.
Job Duties and Other Information
- Provides direct nutrition education and outreach to pregnant women, postpartum and breastfeeding women, infants, and children.
- Educates WIC participants and caregivers on program benefits, participant rights and responsibilities, WIC-approved foods, and shopping procedures.
- Performs anthropometric measurements and health assessments for WIC participants.
- Conducts income and nutrition screenings and enters participant information into the LA WIC system.
- Reviews and assesses participant vaccination records and provides referrals to appropriate health and community resources.
- Collects blood samples and performs hemoglobin testing for WIC participants in accordance with program requirements.
- Schedules WIC appointments and follows up with participants regarding missed appointments and required services.
Location: Office of Public Health / Region 5-BRCO / Calcasieu Parish
Appointment Type: This position will be filled as a Probationary appointment
Cost Center: 3262109005
Position Number(s): 59560
Shambrielle Pooler
Shambrielle.Pooler@la.gov
LA Department of Health (LDH)
Division of Human Resources
PO Box 4818
Baton Rouge, LA 70821
225-342-6477
This organization participates in E-verify, and for more information on E-verify, please contact DHS at 1-888-464-4218.
LDH supports Louisiana’s commitment to being a State as a Model Employer (SAME) by promoting the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.
Information on the Louisiana Works, Louisiana Rehabilitation Services is available here.
LDH is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to recruit a highly productive and diverse workforce and will provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and prospective employees. Employment decisions shall be based strictly on merit and without regard to religious or political beliefs, sex, race, or any other non‑merit factor.
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.
As a State Employee, You Will Earn Competitive Pay, Choose From a Variety Of Benefits, And Have Access To a Great Professional Development Program:
More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/
– Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found at https://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx
State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
- New Year's Day
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
- Mardi Gras,
- Good Friday,
- Memorial Day,
- Independence Day,
- Labor Day,
- Veteran's Day,
- Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
- Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor
State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
State Of Louisiana Employees Are Eligible To Participate In Various Retirement Systems (based On The Type Of Appointment And Agency For Which An Employee Works). These Retirement Systems Provide Retirement Allowances And Other Benefits For State Officers And Employees And Their Beneficiaries. State Retirement Systems May Include (but Are Not Limited To):
- Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
- Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
- Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others
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