Job description
Staff whose work requires or potentially could require any in-person interaction with Save the Children colleagues, partners, or beneficiaries must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless otherwise required by law. Save the Children complies with federal, state, and local laws with regard to accommodations related to this policy.
Summary
The Manager of Health & Nutrition supports the health and nutrition systems and services within a program, guiding the health and wellness curricula, program planning, policy development and training. You will provide technical and management support to the Head Start /Early Head Start programs to ensure effective coordination, implementation and monitoring of the health and nutrition services.
Under the supervision of the Program Director, you will contribute to program improvement through evaluation, self-assessment and other development efforts, and will also establish and maintain a Health Services Advisory Committee (HSAC) to support children’s healthy development.
As a frontline representative of Save the Children, the Manager of Health & Nutrition is required to ensure the safety and security of children and families that he/she comes in contact with and adhere to the agency’s values of Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity and Integrity.
As a Save the Children employee who will come into contact with children on a routine basis, the position is expected to prevent child abuse in every situation by striving, through mental awareness, good practice and training to minimize risk to children. The position must take positive steps to protect children who may be a subject of concern and report, respond to any instance of child abuse, and promote training and awareness around all child-safeguarding obligations.
What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)
- Develop, implement and evaluate systems for the delivery of health, nutrition and safety services. Includes center and, where applicable, home based services.
- Meet federal, state, and program documentation requirements by maintaining accurate, objective, complete, timely, and well-organized child records as it relates to health and nutrition, both on paper and in designated online systems.
- In collaboration with education staff, research, evaluate and prepare recommendations on health, nutrition and safety curricula to ensure compliance with Performance Standards and monitor for fidelity in implementation.
- Monitor health and nutrition services throughout program. Collect and use quality data to support the use of effective practices that have a positive impact on family and child outcomes, including school readiness.
- Participate in the development of integrated school readiness plans.
- Assist in development of program training plan. Facilitate and provide training, coaching and technical assistance to staff, parents and volunteers.
- Assist in developing and monitoring of health and nutrition budgets. In coordination with supervisor who has responsibility for procurement of materials, identify and prioritize materials and equipment needed.
- Work cooperatively with staff to integrate health and nutrition services with education, disability, parent engagement, and family services.
- Secure contracts and interagency agreements with community service providers to enhance local delivery of comprehensive services to children and families.
- Analyze information and then create and submit required reports.
- Responsible for the implementation of health services advisory committee in collaboration with a range of community specialists (e.g., medical, dental, speech, nutrition, mental health).
- Oversee Child Care Food Program and staff, planning menus in coordination with Food Service Manager and Nutritionist. Supervise and ensure that USDA records and reports are maintained and submitted, including funding applications.
- Protect the safety of children by ensuring the implementation of active supervision techniques to ensure no child is left alone or unsupervised at any time.
- Work with other members of Management Team to ensure comprehensive and integrated child and family services in the areas of health.
- Attend home visits, parent conferences or health when requested or as necessary.
- Visit each site and classrooms on a regular basis (4-6 hours per month per site) to conduct observations, provide training and technical assistance, coaching and mentoring.
- Oversee tracking of all related health and nutrition screenings and assessments and participate in local evaluation activities, when applicable.
- Ensure the mobilization and documentation of matching/in-kind funds.
- Maintain confidentiality regarding children and families.
- Perform other related tasks as needed.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor Degree in health related field; early childhood development, social work adult learning; plus at least three years of relevant work experience related to the provision and management of health and nutrition services for young children and their families
- Demonstrated knowledge of Heat Start Program Performance Standards as well as health and nutrition services for infant, toddler and preschool programs.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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