Nutrition Education Specialist

Company: Capital Area Food Bank
Location: Washington
Posted on: May 24, 2025

Job Description:

Job DetailsJob Location: Washington, DCPosition Type: Full TimeSalary Range: $60200.00 - $63500.00 SalaryJob Shift: DayDescriptionAbout the Organization:It is an exciting time at the Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB) as we continue to undertake our mission. We know that creating long term solutions to food security requires more than meals. It requires education, training, and collaboration. We are seeking people with strong ideas and a passion to come together to address the complex interrelated issues of food security, poverty, and equity. We are expanding in multiple ways: providing food for today and addressing the root causes of hunger by partnering with organizations that provide critical services like job training programs, health care and education. Food has the power to transform lives and move everyone forward. Find out how on our website at capitalareafoodbank.org. Let us discuss how food is at the center of everyone's healthy life!Description:The Nutrition Education Specialist will develop, facilitate, and manage core nutrition education and food promotion programming and help maintain our food inventory database. The Specialist will directly implement ongoing partner-focused food promotion activities including food demonstrations/samplings on and off site, educational displays, virtual/in person classes and workshops and videos for our recipe card library. They also will collaborate with community health partnerships that align with CAFB initiatives, develop educational materials, program curricula, and ensure work is collaborative across the organization. The Nutrition Education Specialist will develop and teach several nutrition education initiatives in our teaching kitchen and in the community. They will also run our healthy pantry initiative for our partners, assist with administrative tasks related to our partners and clients and work with our Food Growing Specialist on joint activities and initiatives.Essential Functions:Program execution - (45%)

• Design, schedule, promote, and execute workshops for our partners and the community.
• Contribute to the partners and programs strategy in alignment with the CAFB strategic plan.
• Conduct workshops, cooking classes, food demos/food samplings virtually or on site, at partner sites and in the community.
• Help manage implementation and maintenance of the healthy pantry initiative.
• Send out wellness reports to partners, promote the program in coordination with the CAFB's regional teams, and implement additional educational opportunities for full cohort.
• Run a yearly review of our inventory to ensure the accuracy of our food labeling.Material development and oversight - (15%)
  • Work in collaboration with multiple teams across the CAFB and oversee development of cohesive educational materials, food promotion activities, and resources for a variety of audiences. Oversee internal and external communications around partner trainings, food promotion and community partnerships.
  • Design, conduct nutrition analysis for and distribute nutrition education materials.
  • Order and oversee distribution of recipe cards to our partners and at our direct distribution programs.
  • Continue to build our recipe card video library.
  • Coordinate with regional teams to ensure educational materials are included at regional information hubs.
  • Schedules and monitors all activities that occur in the CAFB Teaching Kitchen.Evaluation & Research - (15%)
    • Assist with performance data review (financial, grant, and activity reports) to monitor and measure productivity, goal progress, and activity levels.
    • Evaluate nutrition and wellness programs impact through surveys and data analysis.
    • Data entry (when necessary).
    • Special projects as assigned (i.e., strategic planning).Relationship development and maintenance with contractors, education partners and volunteers - (10%)
      • Participate in local food policy councils in coordination with other CAFB staff as needed.
      • Build relationships with partners, community organizations, colleges/universities, hospitals and others through CAFB programming.Management - (10%)
        • Help manage educational spaces at CAFB including CAFB's Teaching Kitchen and Nutrition Education "closet".
        • Help manage inventory of nutrition education resources.
        • Help train and supervise 2-4 nutrition education interns per year to support nutrition education programming, such as cooking demonstrations and other community- and/or partner-facing activities.Other - (5%)
          • Assist other departments with nutrition education goals across the organization.
          • Timely and consistent expense tracking.
          • Promote nutrition and gardening programing.
          • Performs additional job-related duties as assigned.
          • Oversee interns and/or their work.QualificationsRequirements:
            • 1-2 years program administration experience in the development and oversight of nutrition education programs.
            • 4-year bachelor's degree in nutrition, dietetics, public health or similar.
            • Experience developing evidenced-based educational programming for community members with low incomes.
            • Displays working knowledge of healthy food preparation, food safety, recipe development, cooking improvisation, and reputable sourcing of nutrition information.
            • Excellent oral and written communication skills and strong interpersonal skills.
            • Experience and competency with various data management systems.
            • Mastery of Microsoft Office programs.
            • Experience working with culturally diverse populations.Preferred Qualifications:
              • At least one year of professional experience in food promotion and non-profit experience strongly preferred.
              • Project management experience, including budgeting and evaluation, preferred.
              • Detail-orientated with ability to perform basic data analysis.
              • Bilingual (Spanish), preferred.Other Skills, Abilities:
                • Excellent cooking, food demonstration and teaching skills.
                • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Comfortable speaking in front of groups.Physical Demands/Working Conditions
                  • Ability to lift/carry 30 pounds.
                  • This position's main office will be the DC office in NE, Washington DC.
                  • Ability to travel to our Lorton VA office and partner sites throughout the DMV.Reporting:
                    • Reports to Senior Manager Nutrition Education.Compensation:
                      • $60,200-$63,500Schedule:
                        • Hybrid schedule available.
                        • Regular work hours are Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 5:00pm.NOTE: Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.We Offer: At Capital Area Food Bank, we understand that great people make a great organization. We value our people and offer employees a broad range of benefits including competitive compensation and benefits, free onsite parking, complimentary shuttle to metro, professional development, growth, and volunteer opportunities, fun work in a diverse environment.Application Process:
                          • Interested applicants must submit a cover letter and resume. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.EEO Statement:Capital Area Food Bank welcomes and supports a diverse and inclusive work environment. We are committed to equal employment opportunities (EEO) for all applicants seeking employment and for all our employees. CAFB makes employment decisions based on organizational needs, job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, personal appearance, military status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, political affiliation, educational status, unemployment status, place of residence or business, source of income, reproductive health decision making or any other characteristic protected by law. Additionally, harassment or discrimination based on these characteristics will not be tolerated at CAFB. To perform the essential functions of this position, reasonable accommodations are available to qualified individuals with disabilities.
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