Nutrition Educator

Overview

Job
Agency:
Department of Health - Division of Family and Community Health

Location:

Chamberlain, SD
Salary: $24.41 Hourly
Pay Grade: H
Closing Date: 2/13/26
This is a Full-Time position with the Department of Health - Division of Family and Community Health. For more information on the Department of Health, please visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). .

The South Dakota Department of Health s programs and services help prevent illness and injury, promote healthy places to live, work and play; provide education to help people make good health decisions; prepare for, respond to, and prevent public health threats; and support efforts to enhance quality and accessibility of healthcare. Our services touch the lives of every person in the state of South Dakota.

We recognize that employees are our most valuable resource, and we are committed to promoting a culture of excellence in DOH. We trust our employees to be innovative, challenge existing processes, and make the best decisions. We are interested in employing a diverse and skilled workforce that exhibits the values of leadership, accountability, communication, integrity, and teamwork. Public health is a diverse and growing field that offers many career options for people from a variety of educational backgrounds.

Imagine yourself as part of a winning team that is making the lives of South Dakotans healthier and safer.

The South Dakota Department of Health values flexibility in the workplace. Part of that flexibility includes the ability to work from home. Working from home is a meaningful way to meet individual needs, wants, and desires when it comes to balancing the entire team’s home and work lives. That balance is something we value while allowing most positions the opportunity to work remotely up to 3 days a week.

Working from home is a privilege and is subject to review depending upon the position.

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Role

This opening is for a full-time position with the South Dakota Department of Health for a Nutrition Educator (NE) in the Office of Family Nutrition Services (OFNS). This role supports the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Supplemental Food Program in the South Central Region. The NE works in collaboration with a team under the supervision of a Dietitian Manager. The position provides services for the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Supplemental Food Program which promotes nutrition and healthy lifestyle choices and leads participants to develop a client-centered plan to meet identified needs.

Functions of the position include, but are not limited to:

• Determine participant eligibility, including identity, income, residency, categorical and nutritional risk
• Provide nutrition support and education,
• Conduct nutrition education and health assessments
• Provide breastfeeding education and support,
• Link clients to appropriate health and social resources,
• Offer nutrition related technical assistance to team members,
• Deliver nutrition education in community settings,
• Collaborate on setting nutrition, outreach, and breastfeeding goals for the population served
• Provide maternal and child health services, including developmental screenings, infant safe sleep education, and promotion of immunizations, oral health, and other public health initiatives
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with community partners and providers to enhance referrals and explore innovative partnership opportunities

The NE counsels high-risk participants in consultation with a Registered Dietitian, provides nutrition related technical assistance to team members, provides nutrition education in community settings, and works collaboratively to develop nutrition, outreach, and breastfeeding goals for the population served.

Work hours extending beyond the 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. workday and on Saturdays may be required. Travel will be required to satellite sites, and overnight stays may be required for service delivery, trainings, or meetings. Lifting may be required to do anthropometric measurements of infants and children.

Licenses And Certifications

Bachelor’s or…