Department Contact: Zaira Falliner, 575-571-5198, zfalline@nmsu.edu

Internal or External Search: External - Open to all applicants

Advertising Summary: The College of Health, Education, and Social Transformation has a job opening for a Nutrition Assistant with the NMSU Head Start program. Visit the NMSU website https://careers.nmsu.edu/jobs/search for additional information.

Position Details

Position Title: Nutrition Assistant

College/Division: College of Hlth, Educ & Soc Trans

Department: 350450-DONA ANA HEADSTART PGM

Location: Las Cruces

Offsite Location (if applicable):

Target Hourly/Salary Rate: $16.83

Appointment Full-time Equivalency: 1.0

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Bargaining Unit Announcement: This is a bargaining unit position with American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME).

Contingent Upon Funding: Contingent upon external funding

Standard Work Schedule: Standard (M-F, 8-5)

If Not a Standard Work Schedule: 

Job Duties and Responsibilities: Assist with all food related activities at the sites in the south (Anthony, Vado, Berino) and in the North if needed; Deliver food for special activities monthly; Deliver meals on days that the school district is not in operation; Coordinate with student families; Monthly checks for fire alarms, 90 minute lighting tests, and fire drills; maintain log of daily health and safety sheets for each class room; CACFP classroom monitoring; vision and hearing screening; uploads records of medical, dental and immunization information for each student in GoEngage; attend quarterly HAC meetings; participate in representing the program at health related community events; participate in recruiting events; ordering of food related items for nutritional activities; ordering of meal serving necessities for daily classroom meals; coordinate with environmental inspection entities; coordinate with annual fire marshal inspection; assist with other duties as required.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience: 
High School diploma or higher degree.

Equivalent Qualifications: 

Preferred Qualifications: 

Special Certification/Licensure: 

Working Conditions and Physical Effort

Environment: Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment.

Physical Effort: No or very limited physical effort required.

Lifting Requirements: Requires handling of average-weight objects up to 10 pounds or some standing or walking.

Risk: No or very limited exposure to physical risk.