WIC PROGRAM NUTRITION SUPERVISOR

Grade/Salary Range:  B32 ($57,012.80 - $69,264.00 annually) - Exempt 
* salary commensurate with experience 

Position Summary:  

Under the direction of the WIC Program Senior Manager, the WIC Program Nutrition Supervisor is responsible for implementing, coordinating, and evaluating the nutrition activities of the program and nutrition staff; carrying out and monitoring the nutrition portion of the grant; participating in the development of the local agency nutrition education plan, coordinating direct nutrition services to participants, and providing nutrition consultation to project staff and other agencies.
 

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Supervises direct reports by assigning tasks, identifying problems and resolutions, providing leadership through training, coaching, discipline, accountability, evaluating performance using information from nutrition and special chart audits/VENA summaries, and serving as a liaison between staff and Senior Manager.  Assists team with monitoring and evaluating the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery methods and procedures.  Approves timecards and time off requests for direct reports. Encourages professional development for all employees within the department by providing training opportunities to staff and by attending training and conferences.  Conducts individual and departmental/program meetings and reports out to the Office Director.
• Connects with community partners to promote WIC program initiatives by attending coalition meetings and serving on committees/teams within the agency.  Assembles and delivers WIC information packets from the State with updated materials to area physicians.
• Manages the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) activities such as distribution of electronic benefits, maintaining communication with the local contracted farm markets/farmstands. Ensures training needs of farmers are met.
• Functions as a Certifying Health Professional to ensure efficient and effective operations of the office during clinic shortages.  This includes assessing and documenting a client's health and/or nutrition risks, providing individual and group nutrition education including breastfeeding and promotion/support, reviewing food and formula prescriptions and coordinating with medical providers as needed, implementing individual care plans for low-risk and high-risk clients, providing appropriate food packages, referring clients to other health and social services, and following up on referrals as appropriate. 
• Orders, receives, and stores inventory supplies for clinic operations. Ensures all clinic locations have the appropriate inventory in a timely manner.
• Assists with Program Integrity Assurance.  Meets with the State consultant biannually for the Management Evaluation to answer questions and review findings from the nutrition audit.  This includes ensuring the agency is in compliance at all times and audit ready by providing checklists and orientation for new hires, completing VENA summaries, completing medical area competency training observations, making sure nutrition education evaluations are on file for materials currently in use, and making sure lesson plans used from the past 2 years and the Nutrition Education Plan for the coming year are on file. 
• Ensures anthropometric and hematological competency training and monitoring are completed as required for all nutrition staff.  Maintains training records as required per State policy.
• Coordinates clinic experiences for dietetic interns, medical residents, and college students.

 

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree in Nutrition and Dietetics 
• Two (2) years of coordination or supervisory experience
• Proficient using computer applications/software, including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams
• Understands and acknowledges that Public Health - Dayton & Montgomery County uses evidence-based and evidence-informed public health practices based on scientific research including health promotion theory and practice, environmental health measures, and communicable disease control measures including vaccination, isolation, and quarantine practices, and medicine for treatment and prevention of disease, among others
• Understands and acknowledges the use of tobacco or nicotine products in any form including replacement therapy products and prescription medications used to treat smoking addiction for anyone hired after January 1, 2014, is prohibited
• Required to play an active role during a public health emergency, crisis, outbreak, incident, or event in which the Health Commissioner deems additional personnel resources are warranted. This may include changes in responsibilities and working locations/hours
• Completion of Incident Command System 100 and National Incident Management System 700 courses within 90 days of hire
• Valid State of Ohio driver’s license and insurance on any personal vehicle that will be used for work

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Nutrition and Dietetics
• Registered and Licensed Dietitian from the State Medical Board of Ohio
• Lactation credential (IBCLC, CLS, or CLC)
• Previous WIC program experience
   

PHDMC provides a quality, affordable, and competitive benefits package to employees, including the following:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• Vacation, Sick, Personal Leave, and Paid holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Membership with Ohio Public Employees Retirement Systems (OPERS)
• Eligibility to contribute to a Deferred Compensation Program

 

Grant Funded:  Yes

Closing Date to Apply:  October 31, 2026, or until the position is filled

Position is subject to a criminal background check

Applicants who declare use of nicotine/tobacco in any form including replacement therapy products and prescription medications used to treat smoking addiction on the PHDMC Application for Employment or addendum thereto, shall not be considered for employment.

Applicants who do not support and promote Public Health evidence-based and evidence-informed public health practices shall not be considered for employment.

PUBLIC HEALTH - DAYTON & MONTGOMERY COUNTY (PHDMC) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, AGE, NATIONAL ORIGIN, DISABILITY, MILITARY STATUS, VETERAN STATUS, GENETIC TESTING, OR OTHER UNLAWFUL BIAS EXCEPT WHEN SUCH A FACTOR CONSTITUTES A BONA FIDE OCCUPATIONAL QUALIFICATION (“BFOQ”).