This position is responsible for advancing the AZ Health Zone’s efforts in Direct Education and Messaging as it relates to nutrition and physical activity to the target audience. The Community Nutrition Specialist will translate the Language of Health (an editorial style guide) into AZ Health Zone’s social marketing campaigns and general messaging strategies at the state and local level.

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CDC Foundation is seeking a qualified candidate to be placed within CDC’s Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity. The candidate will be placed in the Maternal, Infant, and Toddler Nutrition Team, within the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity. The position will provide technical assistance for a project “Advancing Efforts to Optimize Surveillance and Measurement of Early Childhood Nutrition and Healthy Weight Among Children Birth to 5 Years,” which aims to optimize surveillance and measurement of early child health by 1) adding relevant questions on diet and feeding practices to a national level survey and 2) assessing the availability of training products or tools for early care and education (ECE) or home visiting settings on appropriate measurement of key child behaviors and healthy growth.

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The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) led efforts to win passage of the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act, Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (to improve school food), Food Safety Modernization Act, Menu Labeling, and Food Allergen Consumer Protection Act. The Senior Policy Associate advocates for improved food and nutrition policies with local, state, and federal policy makers, encourages the food industry to improve their products and practices, and engages organizations, health professionals, academics, and concerned citizens in supporting food and nutrition policies.

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We are searching for a State and Local Operations Director to spark and support initiatives by state and local organizations, policymakers, and the public to build synergy and national momentum for food and nutrition policies, especially in historically disenfranchised communities that experience health disparities and are disproportionately targeted by unhealthy beverage and food marketing. This is a senior policy leadership role that reports directly to the Vice President for Nutrition, and is located in CSPI’s Washington, DC office.

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The Policy Assistant works with members of the policy team, coalition partners, and the public to support national, state and local policies and corporate campaigns to improve the American food system. This work will especially include initiatives to support historically disenfranchised communities that experience health disparities and are disproportionately targeted by unhealthy beverage and food marketing. We have two positions open: one reports to the Policy Director and the other to the State and Local Operations Director. Both positions are located in CSPI’s Washington, DC office.

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We are searching for a Senior Scientist to join the policy team to review and develop science-based materials and messages to support national, state, and local food and nutrition policies, especially for historically disenfranchised communities that experience health disparities and are disproportionately targeted by unhealthy beverage and food marketing. This position reports directly to the Vice President for Nutrition, and is located in CSPI’s Washington, DC office.

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The Early Childhood Specialist is responsible for advancing Arizona’s efforts to improve health in the early childhood setting as it relates to nutrition and physical activity. The individual in this role will be responsible for providing training and technical assistance to local agencies and community partners, developing policies, and building partnerships with external partners to promote policy change initiatives around early childhood health.

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Health Program Managers provide administrative direction for programs related to maternal, child and family health, nutrition, disease control, or other health programs.

This is a Health Program Manager III position located in Carson City, and is based within the Nutrition Unit, within the Bureau of Child, Family and Community Wellness. This position provides administrative direction and direct supervision to the programs within the Nutrition Unit and the Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Section. The mission of the Nutrition Unit is to promote nutrition services for low-income individuals and families and nutrition education for all Nevadans. The Unit works across Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) agencies and collaborates with other State entities such as the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Education. The position is the State leader on nutrition guidelines and related evidence-based programming. This position will have a broad scope of responsibility and complexity and will report directly to the Bureau Chief of Child, Family and Community Wellness. This position receives limited supervision and direction and is expected to oversee the complex programmatic, fiscal, and personnel issues within the Unit independently with minor oversight. The position may represent the Unit during Interim Finance Committee, Board of Examiners, Legislative Session, and to the public and the media. As noted in the classification standards for a Health Program Manager, under general direction, incumbents perform the full range of duties described in the series concept and manage a staff which includes both supervisory and professional staff engaged in the provision of health-related services. Health Program Manager III’s are the highest-level managers of a statewide or regional health program and are responsible for long range, broad-based planning and policy development, and controlling and administering multiple complex funding sources and budgets.

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The Manager, Government Relations is responsible for managing and overseeing activities around assigned legislative and other advocacy priority issues for the Association; representing the organization in communication with Capitol Hill offices and federal agencies; representing APHA in coalitions, meetings and briefings that parallel the advocacy priorities of the Association; managing the Friends of HRSA coalition; managing APHA’s legislative and advocacy website; managing and developing federal grassroots activities, campaigns and trainings; and managing APHA’s Action Board in coordination with the Director of Government Relations.

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This position serves as the Chief of the Bureau of Nutrition and Physical Activity (BNPA) and is responsible for overall planning, development, coordination, and evaluation of statewide nutrition, physical activity and prevention programs.

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This webinar has been rescheduled to Thursday, January 30 from 2:30 to 3:30 ET.

The MCH Nutrition Council hosts quarterly webinars with external experts to enhance professional development and educational opportunity on emerging issues relevant to MCH nutrition.

Calls are tentatively scheduled for the 3rd Thursday of October, January, April and July at 2 pm ET.

For more information, please contact Sandy Perkins at sandy@asphn.org