Location: CHA Broadway Care Center
Work Days: 10am-6pm (Mon & Tue), 8:30am-5pm (Wed & Thu), 8am-4:30pm (Fri).
Category: Allied Health
Department: WIC Program
Job Type: Full time
Work Shift: Day / Evening
Hours/Week: 40.00
Union Name: Non Union
DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION:
CHA’s Health Improvement Team (HIT) works together with healthcare providers, residents, community-based organizations, and city leadership to assess health status, determine priorities, build action plans, and provide leadership around health issues that impact the community.
Summary:
Cambridge/Somerville WIC has an exciting opportunity for a motivated and professional Nutritionist to join our fast-paced team working under CHA. Cambridge Health Alliance provides comprehensive benefits. The Women, Infants, & Children (WIC) Nutrition Program keeps pregnant and breastfeeding women and kids under 5 healthy by providing healthy foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and referrals to healthcare and other services, free of charge, to Massachusetts families who qualify.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Bachelor's degree in public health nutrition, nutrition, foods and nutrition, or nutrition education OR Master's degree in public health nutrition, nutrition, or food and nutrition if Bachelor's degree is not in the related field.
2. Registration with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, or licensure with the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Dietitians and Nutritionists, desired.
3. One year's experience in clinical or community nutrition, preferred.
4. Demonstrated leadership and decision-making capabilities.
5. Good communication skills.
6. Sensitivity to the needs of the participant population.
7. Availability to work at multiple WIC sites and during program clinic hours as needed.
8. Brazilian/Portuguese speaker, preferred.
In keeping with federal, state, and local laws, Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) policy forbids employees and associates to discriminate against anyone based on race, religion, color, gender, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to establishing and maintaining a workplace free of discrimination. We are fully committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not tolerate unlawful discrimination in recruitment, hiring, termination, promotion, salary treatment, or any other condition of employment or career development. Furthermore, we will not tolerate the use of discriminatory slurs or other remarks, jokes, or conduct that, in the judgment of CHA, encourage or permit an offensive or hostile work environment.
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