Nutrition Team Lead

Job Description

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Job ID: 32291
Agency: Department of Health - Division of Family & Community Health
Location: Rapid City, SD
Salary: $29.57-$34.79 Hourly, depending on qualifications
Pay Grade: J
Closing Date: 08/12/2025

This is a Full-Time 40 Hours Weekly position with the Department of Health - Division of Family & Community Health. For more information on the Department of Health, please visit https://doh.sd.gov/contact/family-community-health-directory/ .

Regular travel is required to service sites within the designated region and for meetings, training, and partnership building.

The South Dakota Department of Health's programs and services help prevent illness and injury, promote healthy places to live, work and play; provide education to help people make good health decisions; prepare for, respond to, and prevent public health threats; and support efforts to enhance quality and accessibility of healthcare. Our services touch the lives of every person in South Dakota.

We recognize that employees are our most valuable resource, and we are committed to promoting a culture of excellence in the Department of Health. We trust our employees to be innovative, challenge existing processes, and make the best decisions. We are interested in employing a culturally diverse and skilled workforce that exhibits the values of leadership, accountability, communication, integrity, and teamwork. Public health is a diverse and growing field that offers many career options for people from a variety of educational backgrounds. Imagine yourself as part of a winning team that is making the lives of South Dakotans healthier and safer.

The South Dakota Department of Health values flexibility in the workplace. Part of that flexibility includes the ability to work from home. Working from home is a meaningful way to meet individual needs, wants, and desires when it comes to balancing the entire team's home and work lives. That balance is something we value while allowing most positions the opportunity to work remotely up to 3 days a week. Working from home is a privilege and is subject to review depending upon the position.

The Division of Family and Community Health, Office of Family Nutrition Services (OFNS) is seeking a Nutrition Team Lead who trains, reviews, and ensures compliance with the WIC program for both professional and paraprofessional state and contract staff. The position includes coordinating and monitoring teams engaged in delivering WIC services across a large region using multiple service delivery methods (in-person, group, virtual, mobile units, texting). This position supports WIC service delivery across multiple counties, working under the direction of the Dietitian Manager and in close collaboration with other Nutrition Team Leads statewide. This position provides specialized expertise, strategic guidance, policy input, and support to ensure effective implementation of services.

Responsibilities of the Nutrition Team Lead include but are not limited to:

• assist with planning and promotion of WIC program services and lead the implementation of new initiatives;
• build strong strategic partnerships with outside agencies, providers, and stakeholders;
• participate in multi-faceted community health assessments and planning;
• support outreach to underserved populations and uses creative problem-solving to identify and reduce barriers to services;
• ensure the WIC Program is delivered in accordance with policies, procedures, regulations, standards, and professional scope of practice;
• responsible for training and mentoring; provides guidance and coaching to motivate individuals and teams to achieve performance objectives;
• analyze and evaluate operations and make recommendations for improvements to quality, cost, efficiency, staffing, and programming;
• work closely with Vendor Liaisons and Central Office Vendor Manager to coordinate vendor activities with potential and authorized vendors.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have: A bachelor's degree in dietetics or a nutrition related field or 3 or more years of WIC Nutrition Experience. Experience with partnership building, collaboration, program development, quality assurance, quality improvement, and evaluation.

Knowledge of:

• WIC policy and procedure principles and practices;
• maternal, infant, and child health;
• quality improvement processes and management;
• training and education;
• data analysis and interpretation.

Skill to:

• maintain professional knowledge of evidence-based practices related to nutrition for maternal and child health;
• excellent communication skills;
• creative and visionary thinking;
• sound judgment, analysis, and discretion within the framework of defined policies, procedures, and scope of practice.

Ability to:

• develop and sustain effective working relationships with internal and external partners;
• set goals and priorities;
• work independently and as a contributing member of a team.

Additional Requirements: To be considered, please attach your resume.

This position is eligible for Veterans' Preference per ARSD 55:10:02:08.

The State of South Dakota does not sponsor work visas for new or existing employees. All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete an Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9. The State of South Dakota as an employer will be using E-Verify to complete employment eligibility verification upon hire.

The State of South Dakota offers $0 premium employee health insurance option plus eleven paid holidays, generous vacation and sick leave accrual, dental, vision, and other insurance options, and retirement benefits. You can view our benefits information at https://bhr.sd.gov/job-seekers/work-for-state-government/ . This position is a member of Class A retirement under SDRS.

Must apply online: https://gen-stateofsouthdako-trn.inforcloudsuite.com/hcm/xmlhttp/shorturl.do?key=22Y
You must apply online, emailed resumes or submissions will not be accepted.
South Dakota Bureau of Human Resources
Telephone: 605.773.3148 Email: careers@state.sd.us
http://bhr.sd.gov/workforus
"An Equal Opportunity Employer"

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