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CDPH is currently hiring a Public Health Nutrition Consultant III (Specialist) within our Center for Family Health's (CFH) Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Division! In this role, you will serve as a Nutritionist and will be responsible for assessing the effectiveness and quality of nutrition and program services provided by WIC local agencies to pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants and children.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Ensures local WIC agencies provide effective participant-centered nutrition and program services by providing technical assistance and monitoring of WIC’s local agency operations and practices
  • Develops policies, procedures, and guidance that pertain to nutrition services, develop, and implement the WIC Program’s Nutrition Services Plan (NSP), the WIC Policy and Procedures Manual (WPPM), and any federal or state regulations that govern nutrition and program services, such as the Nutrition Services Standards
  • Evaluates nutrition and program effectiveness using national, state, and local data to make recommendations for improvements to WIC local agencies and WIC Division management
  • Performs on-site program technical assistance and evaluations of WIC local agencies for implementation and adherence to the WIC WPPM and NSP
  • Leads the development, implementation, and evaluation of comprehensive, complex, and difficult state-wide education, breastfeeding, and training campaigns, projects, and initiatives such as Participant-Centered Services, Education and Training Areas of WIC Web Information System Exchange (WISE), WIC Nutrition Assistant training, and the California Baby Behavior Campaign
  • Researches medical and behavioral literature, and develops, revises, and edits education materials and curricula, reports, memorandums, issue papers and budget proposals on complex subjects pertaining to public health nutrition policy and other needs of the CDPH/WIC Program
  • Provides subject matter expertise on legislative bill analyses related to nutrition or breastfeeding issues
  • Monitors, analyzes, and makes recommendations regarding national and state public health status indicators of the population served by the WIC Program
  • Reviews trends in program and nutrition related issues in local WIC agencies and advises the WIC’s Division and local agencies on high-priority matters
  • Serves as liaison to other preventive health and health programs within state and local health agencies, departments, and programs, and provides overall leadership on nutrition and program issues to reduce nutrition and program risk factors

Telework Policy and Residency Requirement:

This position may be eligible for telework. The amount of telework permitted is at the discretion of the Department and is subject to change, consistent with CDPH’s Telework Program. All employees who telework are required to be California residents in accordance with Government Code 14200. Candidates who reside outside of the state of California may be interviewed; however, the selected candidate must have a primary residency in the state of California prior to appointment (and continue to maintain California residency) as a condition of employment. Failure to meet this requirement may result in the job offer being rescinded.