Date Posted: April 5, 2023
Deadline: April 13, 2023
Organization: Clemson University
Location: Greenwood
City: Greenwood
Website: View Website
Wages/Salary: Inquire with job provider.
Minimum high school diploma. Must live in the assigned county currently. Must demonstrate basic computer skills, use effective verbal, writing, and listening skills, and have the physical ability to transport supplies and equipment (less than 50 lbs.). Must have and maintain a valid driver's license. Must meet travel requirements (ongoing within the county and out-of-county travel for training as required during the year). Rare but possibly need to work flexible hours, including weekends and evening. Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.
Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) is a federally funded nutrition education program in South Carolina since 1969. The mission of EFNEP is to empower individuals, families, and youth with limited resources to acquire knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behavior changes necessary to maintain nutritionally sound diets and enhance personal development.
Under the general supervision of an EFNEP Specialist/Supervisor, the EFNEP Program Assistant (Nutrition Educator) will:
• Identify and recruit eligible participants using marketing strategies to encourage enrollment into EFNEP.
• Recruit a target number of eligible limited resource adults/caregivers of children (aged 5-19), such as parents, grandparents, and guardians, who purchase and prepare food for their children/families and enroll them in groups and individual home visits.• Recruit and enroll a target number of eligible limited resource children (aged 5-19) into group education sessions delivered at schools, churches, after-school programs, camps, and other community locations.
• Create and maintain a professional network of community resources (individuals, institutions, agencies, and organizations) to obtain program participant referrals and assistance with program implementation.
• Plan and prepare lesson plans, activities, and materials from EFNEP-approved Curricula and deliver intensive education to EFNEP participants in general nutrition, physical activity, food preparation, food safety, and food resource management.
• Using approved standardized curricula, use creative teaching techniques that build on participant learning styles, strengths, and prior knowledge.
• Collect, document, and report data related to participant demographics, enrollment, lesson delivery, and program completion daily, weekly, and monthly.
• Serve as an upstanding representative of Clemson University
105 North University Street
Greenwood, SC 29648
United States
Our organization does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, or disability.