PHA Mission:

To transform the food landscape in pursuit of health equity.

Organizational Background:

Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) is the premier national nonprofit transforming the food supply in pursuit of food and health equity. Founded in 2010 in coordination with Former First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! Initiative, PHA seeks partnerships that have the greatest impact on reducing health disparities and develops evidence-based, scalable approaches that drive equity-focused, systemic changes across entire sectors. Over ten years, we have partnered with more than 500 corporations, convenience store chains, hospitals, early childhood education centers, food banks, and SNAP-Ed implementing agencies, among others, in pursuit of our vision that every family, no matter their zip code, has affordable access to good and nutritious food.

Alongside the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, we have made a commitment to add 100 million servings of vegetables, fruits, and beans to the marketplace by 2025. We have made significant progress towards that goal, providing 34 million servings to-date through evidence-based programs such as Good Food for All, Healthy Hunger Relief, Pass the Love, and Veggies Early and Often, and far-reaching corporate partnerships throughout the country.

Position Summary:

The Manager, Nutrition & Health Programs will oversee PHA’s Veggies Early & Often initiative, and support a variety of programs through nutrition content development and program administration. Veggies Early & Often convenes leaders in food, healthcare, professionals and early childhood education to consolidate evidence and promote vegetable consumption among 0-5 year olds. PHA’s programs (Good Food for All and Healthy Hunger Relief) work with families and institutions to assure good food access and healthy eating habits. This position will report directly to the Senior Director, Impact & Evaluation and will support and be supported by a diverse coalition of external partners and internal colleagues.

Key Responsibilities:

Manage PHA’s nutrition and health interests across all areas of the organization.

• Support corporate partnerships by assessing food and beverage products according to PHA healthier product criteria.
• Translate nutrition science into health messaging and review products, menus, recipes and more to align with PHA nutrition guidelines.
• Ensure all existing and new nutrition content align with PHA’s overall goals, metrics and outcomes.
• Support Senior Director of Impact and Evaluation with data collection and partner reporting.

Manage PHA’s Veggies Early & Often initiative and raise the profile of PHA’s programmatic work and partnerships in early childhood.

• Promote why “veggies early and often” matters by: hosting coalition meetings, showcasing innovation to increase vegetable consumption, and developing and disseminating nutrition education resources.
• Act as representative of and spokesperson for the PHA’s nutrition-related work, Veggies Early & Often in particular, both internally and externally.
• Build strong and informed working relationships with expert and industry leaders to ensure goals are met.
• Support fundraisers with partner coordination, data entry, and messaging as needed.

Provide administrative and communications support for PHA’s programs such as Good Food for All and Healthy Hunger Relief.

• Integrate nutrition expertise across PHA’s programs by developing educational and communications materials for the public audiences.
• Support program leads with regular program administration, implementation, and partner coordination.
• Conduct data collection and entry regularly that feeds into publicly available data and funder reporting.
• Facilitate weekly communications with partners and participants in collaboration with program leads.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications and Experience:

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in health and nutrition communications, program management in hunger relief, early childhood content, or food and beverage marketing.
• Knowledgeable about early childhood nutrition, federal nutrition assistance programs, food and nutrition security, and can integrate nutrition expertise across PHA’s programs and partnerships.
• Certification as a registered dietitian (RD) or registered dietician nutritionist (RDN) required, and a degree in public health or related fields is a plus.
• Well developed communications skills, comfort with facilitating meetings that build trust and enable diverse groups to develop synergy.
• Experience in setting group goals, preparing presentations and proposals, and assessing results of program or partnership efforts.
• Team and solutions oriented, seeing opportunities to organize , discover problems and find creative ways to solve them.
• Experience with databases and account management, Salesforce in particular is a plus.
• Strong commitment to PHA’s mission to increase Food Equity, and have a vision for this opportunity to further your professional development, and you are excited that this role will give you a platform to learn about and advocate for affordable access to good and nutritious food.
• Value diversity, equity and inclusion, incorporating them continuously, modeling inclusive behaviors and proactively managing bias.

Reporting Structure:

The Manager, Nutrition & Health Programs reports to the Senior Director, Impact & Evaluation, as part of a time led by the Vice President, Programs.

Compensation:

The salary range for this position is $70,000 to $85,000, commensurate with experience. Partnership for a Healthier America has a competitive benefits package that includes health insurance, dental insurance, 401K with an employer match, paid vacation and sick leave, paid time off during the last week of the calendar year, 11 paid Federal holidays, and the ability to work remotely full time.

How to Apply:

To apply for this position, please send a resume and cover letter to jobs@ahealthieramerica.org with “Manager, Nutrition & Health Programs” in the title.

Partnership for a Healthier America is an Equal Opportunity Employer

PHA is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and to compliance with all federal, state, and local laws concerning employment discrimination, including the Americans with Disabilities Act. To this end, PHA ensures equal opportunity to all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, lawful alien status, physical, mental, and medical disability, veteran status or liability for service in the United States Armed Forces.