Job Title: Community Nutrition Advisor - Starke, Marshall, Pulaski Counties
Listed on 2026-08-24
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Community Nutrition Advisor
- Starke, Marshall, Pulaski Counties
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Job Title:
Community Nutrition Advisor
- Starke, Marshall, Pulaski Counties
City: west lafayette
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The Community Nutrition Advisor supports the implementation of Purdue Extension’s place-based Smart SNAP Education initiative as part of Indiana's Rural Health Transformation Program. This position works within a regional cohort model to improve nutrition security, healthy eating, physical activity, and cardiometabolic health through direct education, community partnerships, environmental supports, and community engagement strategies.
This role involves coordinating and delivering evidence-based nutrition and physical activity education in rural community settings such as local health departments, YMCAs, libraries, food pantries, healthcare sites, schools, community centers, and other trusted community hubs. Programming is delivered using approved curricula and educational resources provided through onboarding and ongoing training. Educational programming incorporates Smart SNAP waiver information, 5-2-1-0 messaging, and other approved health promotion strategies and is delivered through a combination of one-time classes, multi-session series, food demonstrations, community events, and virtual engagement opportunities.
This position also supports the implementation of policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) strategies and assists in developing and maintaining partnerships with local organizations, Community Champions, and regional stakeholders to expand program reach and sustainability. Staff work closely with Purdue Extension Nutrition Education Program’s Regional Directors and statewide leadership to support coordinated implementation of Smart SNAP Education across rural Indiana.
What You
1130 ll Be Doing:
- Recruiting, scheduling, coordinating, and delivering evidence-based nutrition, food resource management, food safety, and physical activity education programs in community settings throughout assigned service areas
- Delivering approved curricula through one-time programs, multi-session series, food demonstrations, community events, and virtual platforms
- Supporting implementation of place-based strategies that embed nutrition education and health promotion within trusted community environments
- Assisting with implementation of policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) strategies that compliment…
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