Position Summary:

• Conducts all class sessions for the duration contracted with the agency's site supervisor.
• Completes and collects all of the personal demographic and food intake/behavioral information needed from each participant enrolled in the program.
• Educates youth and adults using pre-approved nutrition curriculum, encouraging youth to share what they have learned with family members.
• Successfully works with people from varied age groups and cultures.
• Assists the supervisor in organizing groups consisting of 4 to 15 qualifying adult participants to meet at least 8 times for a period of at least 4 weeks for the purpose of learning about food, its safe preparation, nutrition, and physical activity.
• Assists the supervisor in organizing youth groups for the same purposes as stated above, and helping youth apply the information to themselves and their families.
• Keeps an accurate account of expenses incurred while carrying out the duties of the program, and regularly submits them to the supervisor.
• Collects required information on each new participant or family when enrolled and at the time of graduation and maintains a log of work time and work-related activities of the duties performed.
• Informs individuals, groups, and agencies of the objectives of the program as they relate to the Cooperative Extension philosophy of peer education and helping people to help themselves.
• Appropriately refers program participants to other Cooperative Extension programs, federal food assistance programs, nutrition programs, and social services, based on the participant's eligibility.
• Reports to the supervisor any participant's specific needs or problems and directs them to the appropriate agency for help.
• Maintains contact with community agency/organization personnel who can provide access to preformed groups to provide group teaching.

Minimum Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Demonstrated ability to read and write in English.
• Self-starter.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• A team player with a demonstrated ability to respectfully interact with colleagues and supervisors from diverse and varied backgrounds.
• Willingness to accept direction and perform duties within programmatic constraints.
• Willingness to improve educational level.
• Expressed willingness to work with people (i.e., youth, adults, and seniors, as specified in job description).
• Understanding of the importance of keeping information given by participating families confidential.
• Strong familiarity with the community in which he/she will work.
• Willingness to learn and to work under and accept direction.
• Demonstrated ability to work with a diverse, limited-resource audience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bilingual in Spanish.

Equipment Utilized:

• Will use Microsoft Office products (Outlook (email), and possibly Word, Excel, PowerPoint, as needed);
• May be asked to assist with data/information from nutrition classes in WebNEERS (a government supplied reporting system) and/or internal department data systems.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Ability to carry up to 35 pounds of demonstration supplies, presentation equipment, and class materials.
• Willingness to work nights and weekends.

Special Conditions:

• Clean Driving Record.

Posting Number: 22ST0799

Location: Off Campus