WIC Director

WIC Director

“Follow Your Calling, Find Your Career”

Pay Range: $80,700.92 to $105,919.95

This is an exempt (salaried) position. Pay rates are based on education, skill, experience level and internal equity. 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.

About Us
At Mecklenburg County, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are with support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. We’re counting on YOUR unique voice and perspective to help Mecklenburg County Public Health become even better, too.  Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a healthier world for all.

As a member of the Mecklenburg County Public Health team, you will become a subject matter expert in the public health field.  The CDC foundation explains that “Public health is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities.  This work is achieved by promoting health lifestyles, researching disease and injury prevention, detecting, preventing, and responding to infectious disease”.

Come be a part of Mecklenburg County’s Public Health department’s vision to “assure the health and safety of our diverse and changing community today and for future generations.”

Position Summary
Assess, plan, and evaluate the operational functions of the WIC(Women, Infants, Children) program to ensure quality, cost-effective case management and care coordination is provided. This managerial position promotes the development, review, and revision of the WIC program and Clinic policies and procedures and institutes quality assurance measures within the program to ensure quality and consistency of services.

Essential Functions
Provide leadership for assuring and coordinating the availability of nutrition services to participants receiving other health department services.
Interpret and ensure compliance with program policies, procedures, and standards.
Manage and directs day-to-day services and resources of assigned program.
Participate in the development of policies and procedures for assigned case management and care coordination programs
Ensure quality assurance activities and process improvement activities are conducted.
Prepare and monitor the program budget.
Participate in community-level planning to develop partnerships and linkages with healthcare providers and areas of collaborative practice to ensure programs’ needs are met
Collaborate effectively with agency administration to provide services for community emergency intervention
Conduct a periodic assessment of the local WIC Project needs for program planning purposes
May be required to staff shelters in the event of a disaster

Minimum Qualifications
Experience:

Minimum of six years of WIC experience, including one year of supervisory experience or completion of an approved supervisory training program.

Education:
Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition or Public Health Nutrition.
Combination of relevant education and relevant experience accepted?: N/A

Licenses and Certifications
May require a valid North Carolina or South Carolina Driver's License
May need to obtain and maintain a County Operator's Permit

Preferred Qualifications
RD or RDN licensure preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Knowledge of
Initiating referrals to community health care providers, social service, and advocacy agencies, and the ability to effectively refer clients as needed.
HIPAA compliance standards and all aspects of client privacy practices
Evaluating health trends and risk factors of target populations
Supervisory principles and practices

Skills
Providing customer service
Applying and interpreting applicable laws, rules, regulations, and procedures
Interviewing techniques
Oral and written communication at all levels of responsibility, including clients and their families.
Preparing a variety of reports and documentation
Assessing consumer needs, problems, and progress
Ability to create and deliver high-level presentations to executive leadership and external partners.

Abilities
Collaboration: Working effectively and cooperatively with others; establishing and maintaining good working relationships
Communication: Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the information provided
Customer Focus: Ensuring that the customer perspective drives business decisions and activities; crafting and implementing service practices that meet customers’ and organization’s needs.
Initiating Action: Taking prompt action to accomplish objectives; taking action to achieve goals beyond what is required; being proactive.
Leadership Disposition: Demonstrating the traits, inclinations, and dispositions that characterize successful leaders; exhibiting behavior styles that meet the demands of the leader role
Leading Through Vision and Values: Keeping the organization’s vision and values at the forefront of associate decision-making and action
Managing Work: Effectively managing one’s time and resources to ensure work is completed efficiently.
Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills: Having achieved a satisfactory level of technical and professional skill or knowledge in position-related areas; keeping up with current developments and trends in the area of expertise

Computer Skills
Proficient in various computer applications, including Microsoft Office Suite

Reasonable Accommodations Statement
To accomplish this job successfully, an individual mustbe able to perform each essential function satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may be madeto help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Disclaimer Statement
This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, requirements, or working conditions. Otherduties may be assigned basedon business needsand the supervisor’s request. Mecklenburg County reserves the right to revise the job description at any time. Designated positions may be required to assist in emergency and disaster situations.