WIC Program Director

Socket.dev; Hamilton (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Primary Health Solutions seeks a Director of WIC to lead Butler County WIC operations, ensuring high-quality services and compliance with WIC guidelines. You will coordinate staff, budgets, training, and cross-agency collaboration to improve access to nutrition services.

The role requires a Registered Dietitian with Ohio licensure and substantial WIC leadership experience, including program oversight and grant management. Strong stakeholder engagement is essential.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Nutrition/Dietetics Management or a similar field.
• Registered Dietitian with Ohio license (Ohio).
• Progressive WIC program experience with at least three years as a Lead Nutritionist.
• Experience in public health/community dietetics with emphasis on prenatal and pediatric nutrition.
• Experience in clinical dietetics desirable.

Responsibilities

• Oversees WIC personnel activities, including hiring, training, scheduling, and evaluations.
• Coordinates onboarding and staff development.
• Manages WIC grant administration, budget, and reporting.
• Monitors caseload and implements strategies to meet goals.
• Builds relationships with health and community partners to improve access.
• Ensures compliance with state and federal WIC requirements.
• Oversees administrative and clinical workflows for WIC operations.

Skills

Customer Service

Communication

Dependability

Quality

Productivity

Education

Master's degree in Nutrition/Dietetics Management

Registered Dietitian with Ohio license

Job description

Description

About Primary Health Solutions

Our Mission

We meet people where they are and partner with them on their journey towards wellness.

Our Vision

The destination for servant leaders to provide comprehensive and exceptional care.

Our Values

R – Respect

I – Innovation

S – Stewardship

E – Excellence

Director of WIC Summary

Plans, manages, and oversees the ongoing operations of Butler County WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children). Provides departmental leadership and operational direction to support access to high-quality WIC services for eligible Butler County residents. Serves as the primary operational liaison between the Ohio WIC Agency and Primary Health Solutions. Implements program requirements, monitors performance, and maintains programmatic and financial compliance with applicable statutory, regulatory, and grantor requirements.

A Day in the Life

• Oversees WIC personnel activities including hiring, orientation, training, scheduling, performance evaluation, corrective action, and other employee matters in consultation with organizational leadership and in accordance with policy.
• Coordinates training and onboarding of new personnel according to established policies and procedures.
• Supports retention and development of high-performing staff through regular feedback, coaching, supervision, and professional development.
• Establishes departmental workflows, work standards, and performance expectations to support efficient and productive operations.
• Manages implementation and administration of the WIC grant, budget, nutrition education, breastfeeding, outreach, and related services in accordance with WIC guidelines and approved organizational direction.
• Monitors WIC caseload and participation throughout Butler County and implements operational strategies to support approved caseload goals.
• Builds collaborative relationships with health, social service, and community partners to support program access and continuity of services.
• Ensures departmental practices align with State WIC policies and procedures and applicable Ohio dietetics licensure requirements.
• Monitors compliance with applicable federal, state, local, and grant requirements and escalates significant concerns to organizational leadership.
• Coordinates and prepares grant requests, amendments, programmatic reports, grant drawdown documentation, and other required materials.
• Oversees administrative and clinical workflows to support efficient, consistent, and effective WIC operations.
• Manages departmental financial operations, including budget development, monitoring, financial reporting, and required record keeping.
• Ensures clients receive services in a safe, respectful, and supportive environment and provides WIC program coverage and operational support as needed.
• Performs all other duties and tasks as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Provides direct supervision and operational leadership for WIC Program staff. Responsibilities include interviewing and selection; training and developing employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; evaluating performance; recognizing strong performance; addressing employee concerns; administering corrective action as appropriate; and resolving operational problems.

Core Competencies

• Customer Service: Committed to increasing customer satisfaction, sets proper customer expectations, assumes responsibility for solving customer problems, ensures commitments to customers are met.
• Communication: Understand and communicate effectively with others using a variety of contexts and formats, which include writing, speaking, reading, listening and interpersonal skills.
• Dependability: Meets commitments, works independently, accepts accountability, handles change, sets personal standards, stays focused under pressure, meets attendance/punctuality requirements.
• Quality: Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems.
• Productivity: Manages a fair workload, volunteers for additional work, prioritizes tasks, develops good work procedures, manages time well, and handles information flow.

Requirements

Success Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience

Master's Degree in Nutrition/Dietetics Management or similar degree. American Dietetic Association/Commission on Dietetic Registration Registered Dietitian with Ohio License. Progressive WIC Program experience with at least three (3) years as a Lead Nutritionist. Prior WIC Program Director or comparable management experience preferred. Experience in public health/community dietetics with emphasis on prenatal and pediatric nutrition. Experience in clinical dietetics desirable.

Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, policies, procedures, and program guidance. Ability to prepare clear reports and professional correspondence. Ability to communicate effectively with employees, clients, community partners, and organizational leadership.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to identify operational issues, evaluate available information, apply policies and program requirements, and implement practical solutions. Ability to exercise sound judgment and escalates significant program, compliance, personnel, or financial concerns when appropriate.

Computer Skills

Intermediate skills in Microsoft products, current practice management systems, electronic medical records, and other systems necessary to oversee WIC program operations and reporting.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Registered Dietitian with Ohio license.

Other Applicable Requirements

Demonstrated knowledge of WIC operations, public health nutrition, grant requirements, staff supervision, and community-based service delivery. Ability to work effectively with patients from lower socio-economic sectors of the community. Ability to speak Spanish desirable.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee are occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of radiation. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.