Experience in convening stakeholders and leveraging resources to implement policies and projects is a priority. This includes practical understanding of active transportation systems and connectivity to healthy food outlets and general familiarity with any of the 16 US federal nutrition assistance programs such as Women, Infants and Children (WIC), Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), Summer Food Service Program etc. The position requires strong problem solving, communication skills, and data analysis to drive innovation using evaluation methodologies and best practices. This staff level position works on the Mecklenburg County Public Health Department Food Security team in the Office of Chronic Disease Policy & Prevention (OCDPP) and will report to the Food Security Supervisor in the OCDPP. The position utilizes evidence based best practices and policies to implement innovative and robust programs that equitably address healthy eating and physical activity with a focus on affordability of healthy foods and safe equitable transportation options to healthy foods. This includes advancing community partnerships and creating sustainable systems for collaborative engagement. These initiatives address Mecklenburg County’s public health priorities designed to increase geographical and economic access to foods. This position is responsible for creating, implementing, and sustaining food and nutrition strategic policy, system, and environmental change initiatives.
Internal equity considerations include an assessment of the applicant’s salary history and qualifications in comparison to the market rate and requirements for the job. Pay rates are based on education, skill, experience level and internal equity.
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