Program ManagerRegistered Dietitian, Food and Nutrition Services

Who We Are:CAMBA is a community of staff volunteers clients donors neighbors and partners who work together to build an inclusive New York City where all children and adults have access to the resources and supports they need to thrive. We take a comprehensive approach by offering more than 180 integrated programs in: Education & Youth Development Family Support Job Training & Employment Support Services Health Housing and Legal Services. We reach almost 80000 individuals and families including almost 13000 serves a diverse cross section of New Yorkers from new mothers in Brownsville to job seekers in the Rockaways. More than half of our clients are immigrants and refugees from around the globe. Over 85% of our families are living in poverty reflecting the challenges faced by nearly 1.7 million New Yorkers today.

CAMBAs Food and Nutrition contract funded by Ryan White Part A will provide inclusive and culturally mindful food services that include Congregate Meals Self-Selected Food Pantry Bags Food Vouchers Cooking Demonstrations Nutrition Groups and one-on-one nutritional services to 250 HIV positive individuals and their minor children who are residents of NYC and who meet the financial eligibility. The program is closely aligned with research provided by Food is Medicine. All enrolled clients will meet with our Registered Dietitians and Nutritionists for an Assessment and the completion of a Comprehensive Treatment Plan to address their food and/or nutritional needs. Clients identified as having special nutritional needs will receive appropriate services including Individual Nutritional Counseling and Group Nutritional Education. Through nutritional counseling cooking demonstrations and community nutrition education groups clients will learn about meeting their own unique nutritional needs and ensuring proper nutrition and diet while managing co-morbid conditions and treatment counseling sessions clients will set nutritional goals and make specific plans to achieve them. The program staff will ensure that clients are connected and remain in HIV Primary Care to continue receiving services under this contract.

Position: Program Manager/Registered Dietitian

Reports To: Senior Vice President

Location: 19 Winthrop Street Brooklyn NY 11225

What The Program Manager/Registered Dietitian Does:

• Understand all contract requirements and communicate them to relevant staff while training staff and rotating dietetic interns on program responsibilities processes and procedures to ensure compliance in daily work.
• Coordinate and supervise all day-to-day activities of direct reporting staff and conduct biweekly one-on-one supervision with all relevant staff including registered dietitians nutritionists and interns.

• Manage an annual budget of $650000 with documentation of all expenditures. Submit necessary documentation to the Fiscal Department and all 3^rd Party Contracts in a timely and organized manner.

• Manage a caseload of 15-20 clients: meeting with 3-4 monthly.
• Observe with direct reporting staff engaging with clients and/or supervisory staff on weekly basis.
• Organize communicate and assign relevant referrals with external and internal agencies.
• Conduct monthly audit on programmatic data entry and ensure that it is 100% accurate to delivered services.

• Maintain professional relationships with clients and client confidentiality.
• Practice Universal Precautions/Standard Protocol & Procedures.
• Comply with all Federal State City and CAMBA security and privacy polices intended to protect the security and privacy of individually identifiable health information.

• Communicate with peers in other CAMBA programs on issues related to client progress and best program practices.
• Work with direct reporting staff to set staff performance targets in accordance with Ryan White Part A contract requirements.
• Develop and document all program activities (pantry distribution food voucher distribution nutritional counseling nutrition education groups daily congregate meals and more).
• Develop and implement a Quality Improvement Project for annual approval and submission.
• Ensure that all client files and program files are kept in compliance with CAMBAs and funders standards.
• Prepare review and ensure the accuracy and timeliness of contract reports and statistical information for both CAMBA management and funder use.
• Conduct an annual client satisfaction questionnaire and analyze program and demographic data to make programmatic improvements.
• Oversee onsite and organize offsite training opportunities for professional development of staff.
• Confer with the Senior Vice President and/or other CAMBA management staff as needed regarding programmatic and personnel issues.
• Participate in staff/funder/outside agency meetings as requested.
• Review and approve biweekly timesheets.
• Prepare performance appraisals for direct reporting staff.
• Immediately report to the appropriate supervisor any: monitoring visits or funders events; significant events; any incident that might subject CAMBA to liability.
• Make staffing recommendations to appropriate Program Director/Vice-President (in consultation and agreement with Human Resources).
• Other duties as necessary.

Education Licenses and/or Certifications Required:

• Bachelors degree in nutrition with at least one (1) year of experience in similar services and Registered Dietitian Eligible (RDE). Eligible to sit for the licensure exam but not required or
• Completed the educational requirements in dietetics or nutrition and successfully obtained either the Registered Dietitian (RD) or Certified Dietitian/Nutritionist (CDN) credential.

Other Requirements:

• Bilingual in Spanish or Haitian Creole (preferred)

Compensation: $80000 annually

Status: -Full-time (35 hours per week)
Benefits: CAMBA offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance dental insurance 403(b) retirement plan with employer match paid time off (vacation personal and sick time) and paid holidays.

CAMBA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace. People of color people with disabilities and lesbian gay bisexual and transgender people are encouraged to apply. We consider all applicants without regard to race color religion creed gender gender identity gender expression national origin age disability socio-economic status marital or veteran status pregnancy status or sexual orientation.