WIC NUTRITION AID

State of Hawai'i; Hawaii; On-site; USD 46,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

The State of Hawaii Department of Health on Maui is seeking a full-time, temporary Civil Service Nutrition Assistant. You will assist Public Health Nutritionists with nutrition activities, including prescribed supplemental foods, education, and determining participant eligibility.

Work is performed at assigned clinics and other sites. Candidates must meet education and experience requirements; substitutions are allowed. Recruitment is continuous.

Qualifications

• Reading, comprehension, arithmetic, and verbal skills required; HS diploma acceptable.
• 1 year of experience interacting with people and gathering information.
• Ability to organize materials, take notes, and input data.
• Substitution: 30 semester credits, incl. 6 in behavioral science, may substitute for General Experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Community Nutrition or related field may substitute all experience.

Responsibilities

• Assist Public Health Nutritionists with nutrition activities including education.
• Prescribe supplemental foods and determine participant eligibility.
• Work at clinics and other sites as required.

Skills

People skills

Note-taking

Keyboard input

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Community Nutrition or related field

Job description

This posting is for the State of Hawaii, Department of Health.

The position is located on the Island of Maui.

Salary: $4,537.00 per month (HE004)

The State Recruiting Office will refer all inquiries regarding this civil service recruitment to the Department of Health.

Full-time, Temporary Civil Service position. The primary purpose of this position is to provide assistance to Public Health Nutritionists by performing nutrition activities related to low-risk factors, including prescribing supplemental foods and providing education; the position also determines participant eligibility. Work is performed at assigned clinics and/or at other sites. To qualify, you must meet all of the following requirements. Please note that unless specifically indicated, the required education and experience may not be gained concurrently. In addition, qualifying work experience is credited based on a 40-hour workweek.

1. Basic Education Requirement: Experience requiring the ability to read, comprehend and apply written directions and a high degree of verbal skill in addition to the ability to perform arithmetic computations, including fractions, percentages and averages. This experience may be met from part‑time and/or unpaid work. There must, however, be evidence that participation was on a continuous, but not necessarily full‑time normal work, basis. This requirement may also be met by possession of a high school diploma, or equivalent.

1. General Experience Requirement: One year of work experience which involved meeting and dealing effectively with people and which demonstrated the ability to: 1) establish and maintain positive relationships with people and 2) provide and elicit pertinent information.

In addition, either concurrently or separately, there must be evidence of demonstrated ability to organize materials; elicit information and write notes consisting of complete sentences based on such information; and use a keyboard to input alpha and numeric data.

1. Substitution Allowed: Successful completion of thirty (30) semester credit hours of coursework from an accredited college or university which included at least six (6) semester credit hours of coursework in psychology, sociology, social work, or other behavioral science may be substituted for the General Experience on a year‑for‑year basis.

Possession of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, with a major in Community Nutrition, Nutritional Sciences, or any other related Food Science or Nutrition major, may be substituted for all of the General and Specialized Experience requirements.

Who May Apply

LEGAL AUTHORIZATION TO WORK REQUIREMENT: The State of Hawaii requires that all persons seeking employment with the government of the State shall be citizens, nationals, or permanent resident aliens of the United States, or eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment in the United States.

Recruitment deadline is continuous.