Senior WIC Program Nutritionist
Senior WIC Program Nutritionist
Ulster County Department of Health seeks a full-time (35 hrs./wk.) Senior WIC Program Nutritionist for a grant funded WIC Program. Provisional appointment pending Civil Service Examination and being reachable for permanent appointment from the resulting eligible list. Starting rate $32.90/hr. Ulster County offers an excellent benefit package including NYS Retirement System membership, paid holidays, vacation, sick and personal leave.
This is administrative and professional nutrition work involvingresponsibility for supervising and administering the nutrition components of the WIC Program,a supplemental food and nutritional educationprogram for women, infantsand children from low-income areas or families who are nutritional risks. The position involves supervising and assessing the nutritional needs of clients,planning for the provision of a food packageand counseling appropriate for the individual's physical and medical needs, and providing nutritioneducation and counseling to adequately meet their regularand therapeutic needs. The work is performed under the generalsupervision of the WIC Program Coordinator with wide leewayallowed for the exercise of independent judgment in carryingout the technical detailsof the job. Supervision is exercised over staff involvedwith nutritional aspects of the WIC Program. Does related work as required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Either:
- Possession of a Master'sDegree in Nutritionor closely relatedfield; OR
- Possession of a Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition or closely relatedfield and one (1) year of full time paid, or its' part-time equivalent, experience providing nutritional or dietary services in a health care setting; OR
- Current registration asa Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist andone (1) year of full-time paid, or its' part-time equivalent, experience providing nutritional or dietary services in a health care setting.
Note: Your degree or collegecredits must have been awardedor earned by a collegeor university accredited by a regional, national,or specialized agency recognized as an accrediting agency by the U.S. Department of Education/U.S. Secretary of Education. If your degree was awarded by an educational institution outside the United States and its territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency. A list of acceptable companies who provide this service can be found on the Internet at http://www.cs.ny.gov/jobseeker/degrees.cfm. You must pay the required evaluation fee.
Special Requirement for appointment to Ulster County positions: Upon a conditional employment offer and in accordance with Ulster County Legislative Local Law Number 14 of 2007 or by other State and Federal Statutes, prospective candidates for employment to all Ulster County positions must obtain clearance for appointment from the Department of Criminal Justice System or other mandated Federal and State regulatory authorities. Such prospective candidates will be required to be fingerprinted accordingly.
ULSTER COUNTY IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND ALL CIVIL SERVICE LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS APPLY.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, gender or gender identity, creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, marital status, veteran status, disabled veteran status, or status as a member of any other protected group or activity.