Health, Dental & Nutrition Manager

About The Centers

The Centers fights for equity by healing, teaching, and inspiring individuals and families to reach their full potential. We provide health, family, and workforce services at 11 locations throughout Greater Cleveland, creating life-changing solutions for people to lead healthier and more successful lives.

Our Early Learning Centers and programs provides high-quality care for children during the critical first 2,000 days of life by operating seven high-quality early learning centers, serving children birth through five years old, in Cleveland and the inner-ring suburbs. Because of our high standards, all sites achieved a 5-Star rating on the Step-Up-To-Quality Rating and been recognized and selected to be part of Universal Prekindergarten (UPK) and PRE4CLE.

We strive to be an equitable, anti-racist, and service-oriented workplace that pioneers and co-creates solutions while fostering an inclusive community where our team members thrive.

Wellbeing and Benefits

Providing quality benefits to our staff is important to us. Just as important is our staff’s well-being. That’s why we offer a number of choices from medical to dental to vision plans to meet the different needs of our staff.

· Choice of medical and dental plans · Health Savings Account · Flexible Spending Account for Health and Dependent Care · Vision · Support for continuing education and credential renewal · Life Insurance · Retirement Savings (401k) with a company contribution · Mental Health Support · Employee Assistance Program · Calm Subscription · Short- and Long-term Disability

Job Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) in Health Education, Nursing, Public Health or related program/field.
• Advance degree (MS, MPH, MPA, RN) in Health Education, Nursing Public Health or related program/field preferred.
• At least three years related experience, with emphasis on training and knowledge of community health/nutrition resources preferably in a social service environment.
• Significant decision making and problem solving abilities in areas including the allocation of resources to program components, supervisory issues, scheduling and provision of program services.
• Valid Driver’s License, with proof of valid insurance required.
• No record of child abuse or moral turpitude as determined by background check based on fingerprints.

Job Summary

The Health, Dental & Nutrition Manager manages the overall health, dental, and nutrition services activities of The Centers and The Learning Coalition by ensuring compliance with all regulations set by all funding entities.

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities

•  Supervise and oversee staff, work tasks, and activities within the Health, Dental, and Nutrition Services department to ensure the full delivery of integrated services.
•  Plan and develop The Centers health, dental and nutrition survives. Continuously ensuring objectives are up-to-date with the strategic plan of the program.
•  Develop and maintain training guides and conduct trainings as needed, when staff is unavailable.
•  Leads the Learning Coalition Health, Dental and Nutrition service area in strategic planning to ensure compliance and quality programming.
•  Provide guidance, support, and oversight to staff who work with children with identified health, dental, and nutrition needs.
•  Work cooperatively with component managers to keep abreast of program directives and coordinate unified program efforts.
•  Compliance tracking, auditing, analysis and review of health data to ensure health needs are being met.
•  Assess, identify, document, plan and evaluate all health-related services to ensure best possible health outcomes for children and families.
•  Responsible for ensuring prenatal visits are completed within two (2) weeks of birth; provides intervention for non-prenatal home visits for children, families, and pregnant women when additional supportive needs are identified.
• Provide clarification and technical support to all staff in implementing all Health and Nutrition policies and procedures
• Review all communication between the Health, Dental, and Nutrition service area, families and staff.
• Collaborate with state and community partners to enhance The Centers’ Early Learning health, dental and nutrition services.
• Attend and participate in any team/staff meetings, and/or workshops deemed necessary by job requirements. Assist in planning and preparing special events or activities.
• Participate on community health related projects, work groups, and initiatives. 

Core Competencies

• Situational Leader: enables and empowers team members to develop their competency and commitment in completing goals and tasks; creates an environment of trust and mutual respect and sets an example for other leaders in the organization.
• Team Building: The ability to provide direction and guidance to an individual or a group of people and to encourage cooperation between team members in order to attain and objective; encourages team members to use their talents and competencies in order to achieve the organization`s goals: discusses strategic goals, mission and vision with the team members and the strategic role they play in inspiring people at lower management levels; enhances the team`s problem solving skills by encouraging them to come up with their own solutions for arisen problems; practices Situational Leadership in developing individuals and teams to become self-reliant achievers
• Communication: Able to communicate in clear language and to adjust one’s use of language to the audience’s level; able to clarify vague and obscure discussion by pointing out the main issues; able to simplify other people’s complicated language and reduce digressions; uses imagery to clarify their viewpoint; estimates accurately what kind of language and stile are appropriate in various situations.
• Independent Judgement/Problem Solving: Uses data to drive decision-making and translates operational goals into key performance indicators; does not hesitate or avoid making decisions; supports his/her judgement with general numbers and facts based on the organizations' performance as a whole; encourages others to distinguish between relevant and irrelevant aspects of a question at hand; defines criteria on which his/her conclusion is based. Solves difficult problems with effective solutions; probes all fruitful sources for answers; can see hidden problems; is excellent at honest analysis; looks beyond the obvious and doesn’t stop at the first answers.

The Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.