WIC Educator

Ready to make a difference in the lives of families in your community? We're looking for a compassionate, detail-oriented WIC Educator to join our Public Health Agency. In this fast-paced, appointment-driven role, you'll work directly with clients to provide nutrition and breastfeeding support, issue benefits, and connect families with vital community resources — all while bringing empathy and emotional intelligence to every interaction.

A background in nutrition or childhood education is a strong plus, but your people-first attitude and dependability matter just as much.

You'll manage a full schedule of back-to-back in-person and phone appointments, balancing high-volume data entry with attentive, high-quality client service in a dynamic environment that reflects the families we proudly serve. Your ability to stay focused, remain calm under pressure, and build meaningful referral connections will be the key to your success — and to creating a more positive experience for every client who walks through our doors.

If this sounds like you, join us in promoting healthy families and building a stronger community. Apply today!!!

Hiring Range: $47,801.00 - $52,801.00 annually

This position has an anticipated work schedule of Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm, subject to change.

Telework eligibility may be considered upon successful completion of a 90-day introductory period and will be limited to one day per week.

Please be advised this position may close without advance notice, should we receive a sufficient number of qualified applications.

This position works with clients participating in Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program to provide supplemental food benefits, breastfeeding support, and community referrals. Collects and evaluates client demographics, including anthropometric data for the laboratory and nutritional data, analyzes and assesses participants' anthropometric and nutritional status and risks according to WIC protocol. Has one-on-one discussions about nutrition and breastfeeding with clients; provides community referrals to a variety of partner services and organizations.

Employment is subject to the terms, conditions, and policies detailed in the Personnel Policies Manual (PPM). This position requires regular in-person presence as an essential job function. This position may be dependent on variable funding sources, including categorical grants.

• Maintains a caseload of clients participating in the WIC program.
• Counsels WIC clients regarding program options; utilizes a variety of skills and strategies, including active listening, goal setting, and care plan development; and provides clients with nutrition and breastfeeding education.
• Determines client eligibility; tailors food packages; issues benefits to be redeemed at grocery stores (vendors).
• Assess anthropometric data; examines graphs and interprets results; analyzes and assesses responses to the Nutrition Interview; determines nutritional status; screens applicants and clients for various risk behaviors and situations including drugs, alcohol, diseases, child abuse, dental and health status, immunizations, and prenatal care.
• Responds to telephone and in-person inquiries, provides information based on considerable knowledge of County programs and activities, and/or refers callers to appropriate personnel, as necessary; routes messages for program personnel, as necessary; responds to inquiries and requests from clients and other division/department employees.
• Utilizes WIC-specific computerized data entry equipment for benefit issuance and various word processing/file maintenance programs to enter, store and/or retrieve information as requested or otherwise necessary; summarizes data in preparation of standardized reports.
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