Nutritional Health Coach

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USD $25.00/Hr.

This role requires an outgoing personality and passion for sharing nutrition knowledge and inspiring people to act and achieve their health goals. You’ll wear many hats while working in a fast‑paced retail setting conducting classes, private coaching sessions, community outreach, and retail operations (e.g., customer service, stocking shelves, cleaning, etc.). As the store’s nutrition professional, you will act as an educational resource providing science‑based nutrition education/training to the store Crew, our customers, and the community.

Applications are accepted through 11/13/2025.

• Act as the nutrition education resource for customers, Crew, and the community.
• Provide customer service on the floor in the vitamin aisles (assist customers with product purchasing, provide educational resources, etc.).
• Perform retail operations.
• Maintain customer literature files.
• Maintain the book department.
• Stock and face product.
• Assist with cleaning the Vitamin Department and the store.
• Assist with merchandising product.
• Provide nutrition education.
• Offer in‑store nutrition and recipe demonstration classes.
• Offer outreach nutrition classes.
• Provide regular trainings to Crew.
• Maintain the Crew Wellness Board.
• Motivate and provide encouragement for Crew to participate in Employee Nutrition.

• Respond to questions and review summaries.
• Provide private individual one‑on‑one health coaching sessions.
• Build community relationships (practitioner partners for referrals, guest presenters, event partners, etc.).
• Seek outreach opportunities to provide nutrition education and build brand awareness.
• Maintain continued education requirements.
• Read and review research.
• Complete CE assignments.
• Assist management with coordinating, organizing, and executing company‑wide events.
• Print materials used in classes, outreach, and coaching sessions.
• Place orders for nutrition education supplies.
• Provide training to Crew on promoting the NHC services, in‑store events, and promotions.
• Attend monthly meetings (NHC webinar, regional and sales building calls).
• Act as an event ambassador for in‑store guest presenter classes during floor days.
• All employees are expected to be “hands on” and do whatever it takes to get the job done and make the company thrive.

• A degree or certification in nutrition or a related field (e.g., dietetics, Bachelor of Science or Master of Biology, Biochemistry, Naturopathy).
• Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Outlook, etc.).
• Excellent public speaking skills.
• Confidence in front of an audience for cooking demonstrations and nutrition education classes.
• Ability to engage customers and start conversations to promote events, services, and sales.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and priority management.
• Self‑directed and able to maximize time management.
• Ability to work well with a team and accept constructive feedback.
• Motivated to grow and develop knowledge and skills.
• Inspired to provide nutrition education to employee Crew, customers, and the community.
• Comfortable working in a retail setting performing retail operations (stocking, facing, checking product expiration dates, cleaning, etc.).
• Friendly, outgoing, and approachable.

• If the degree and/or certification requires continuing education to maintain, those requirements must be fulfilled.
• If the degree and/or certification does not require CEC, maintaining 16 continuing education (CE) hours (or two CE units) per year is required.

This job description is not an employment contract. It does not guarantee a job or that the above listed duties are the limit of responsibilities. The job and job description are subject to change with and without notice. Employees are required to accomplish any and all tasks assigned by their Manager and/or other store support center manager that might not be listed in this job description.

All Crew Members

• Birthday Bonus Pay
• Vitamin Bucks (up to $2,080 earned as store credit annually)
• Holiday Pay for 5 Holidays – Stores Closed
• Paid Time Off (sick days and…