WIC Operations Coordinator

WIC Operations Coordinator

Salary

$70,815.26 - $88,519.08 Annually

Location

Various Locations within the City of El Paso, TX

Job Type

Unclassified

Job Number

U0119-0626

Department

PUBLIC HEALTH

Opening Date

06/18/2026

Closing Date

Continuous

FLSA

Exempt

Max Number of Applicants

150

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Requirements

MOS Code: None

Education and Experience: Bachelor's Degree or higher in Nutrition, Dietetics, or Science in Food, from an accredited college/university, plus one?(1) year of work experience in health, nutrition, education, wellness, food service management, or a related field.

Licenses and Certifications: Registered Dietitian with the American Dietetic Association and licensed in the State of Texas at the time of appointment. Valid Texas Class "C" Driver's License or equivalent from another state by the date of appointment.

General Purpose

Under administrative direction, manages Women, Infants, and Childrens (WIC) program operations in compliance with local, state, and federal laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations. Administers a group of WIC centers, including management and supervision of staff and related resources. Provides high-risk counseling to WIC participants.

Typical Duties

Plan and develop complex, specialized management activities to improve compliance and WIC quality assurance operations, client participation, nutrition education, breastfeeding promotion, social service referrals, immunizations, training, safety, and Quality Assurance protocols. Involves: preparing and monitoring annual goals to ensure efficiency and effectiveness. Provides daily support to clinics, assisting all areas of clinic operations, including the assignment of personnel. Prepare routine and special reports, and disseminate literature and information regarding program activities and objectives. Assess, monitor, implement, and evaluate program and service performance to determine compliance, efficiency, and effectiveness of nutrition education operations.

Guide staff to ensure client services are provided with accuracy, empathy, courtesy, and in a convenient and timely manner. Involves: Investigating complaints and resolving client issues related to customer service and/or dietary/nutrition services. Develop and implement program policies and procedures. Ensure that assigned staff have adequate supplies and equipment to accomplish assigned tasks. Plan and implement all contractual requirements from service delivery objectives, including administration of the annual budget. Provides consultation and technical assistance related to nutrition to other agencies and institutional programs. Plans and coordinates studies and research in the area of nutrition and cooperates with other research efforts to increase understanding, information, and trend analysis in nutrition.

Coordinates and supervises the activities of staff involved in nutrition programs. Involves: scheduling, assigning, instructing, guiding, and checking work. Appraise employee performance. Provides for training and development. Enforce personnel rules and regulations and work behavior standards firmly and impartially. Counsel, motivate, and maintain harmony. Interview applicants and recommend hiring, termination, transfers, discipline, or other employee status changes. Direct the development and evaluation of training sessions to upgrade the nutrition knowledge of customers, staff, and health care providers

General Information

For complete job specification, click here.

Note: This is an unclassified contract position. Employment is predicated on continuation of state/federal funding.

Note: This is a new advertisement for WIC Operations Coordinator. You must apply if you are still interested in this position.

Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of applications have been received.

Note: Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts, and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit www.naces.org/members for more information.

A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as "See résumé" are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.

To qualify for this position, required education, experience, knowledge and skills must be clearly stated on your application's employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.

Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.

Determined by agreement

01

Do you have a Bachelors degree, or higher, in Nutrition, Dietetics, or Science in Food, from an accredited college/university?

• Yes
• No

02

Do you have a minimum of one (1) year of work experience in health, nutrition, education, wellness, food service management, or a related field.

• Yes
• No

03

Are you currently licensed as a Registered Dietitian with the American Dietetic Association in the State of Texas?

• Yes
• No

04

Do you have a valid USA drivers license? If so, what type of drivers license do you have?

• Texas Class A - CDL or equivalent from another state.
• Texas Class B - CDL or equivalent from another state.
• Texas Class C or equivalent from another state.
• No, I do not have a valid drivers license.

05

Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Have you had your diploma, transcripts, degree or other required documents translated and evaluated by an agency of NACES?

• Yes, it has been translated and certified and I can provide documentation upon a job offer.
• No, I have not had my degree translated and certified.
• N/A - my degree is from an accredited U.S. university or college.

06

Candidates will be evaluated based on the information provided on the application and the completeness of the responses to the Supplemental Questions. The following will disqualify you from moving forward in the recruitment process. -Failure to fully detail all work experience and job duties. -Failure to fully detail all lead, supervisory and managerial experience and duties if required. -Overlapping dates of work experience. -Copying and pasting directly from the job specification. -Responses referring to your résumé.

• I acknowledge I have read and understand the above information.

Required Question

Employer City of El Paso

Address 300 N. Campbell

El Paso, Texas, 79901

Phone 915-212-0045

Website http://www.elpasotexas.gov