Overview
Salary: $53,813.55 - $80,720.33 Annually
Location: Various Locations within the City of El Paso, TX
Job Type: Unclassified
Job Number: U0135-0126
Department: PUBLIC HEALTH
Opening Date: 01/22/2026
Closing Date: Continuous
FLSA: Exempt
Max Number of Applicants: 150
Responsibilities General Purpose
Under general supervision, provides consultation, technical assistance and referrals concerning nutrition, and medical care to qualified participants to increase the nutritional health of the consumer and community.
Typical Duties
Provides nutrition education literature and nutrition counseling services to qualified participants or interested individuals, institutions or groups. Involves: interviews qualified participants and their families to obtain nutritional information. Refers qualified participants to other agencies or institutions for additional nutrition services. Develops nutrition education lessons, brochures, pamphlets and other materials. Assists in the planning and conducting of training sessions to enhance the nutrition knowledge of health care providers. Assists in the development and implementation of the annual nutrition education plan. Supervises clinic staff to ensure clinic operations are completed within standard guidelines. Ensures compliance with state and departmental policies and procedures.
Supervise assigned staff. Involves: schedule, assign, instruct, guide and check work. Appraise employee performance. Provide training and development as needed. Enforce personnel rules and regulations and work behavior standards firmly and impartially. Counsel, motivate and maintain harmony. Interview applicants. Recommend hiring, termination, transfers, discipline, merit pay or other employee status changes.
Qualifications MOS Code : 68M (Army)
Education and Experience : A Bachelor's Degree or higher in Human Nutrition, Dietetics, Home Economics or a related field, including a concentration of 24 semester credit hours in food and nutrition.
Licenses and Certificates : Texas Class "C" Driver's License or equivalent from another state by time of appointment.
General Information For complete job specification, click here
Note : This is a temporary position. No benefits are offered. Employment is up until July 17, 2026.
Note : This is an unclassified contract position. Employment is predicated on the continuation of state/federal funding.
Note : Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a present number of qualified applications have been received.
Note : Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit www.naces.org/members for more information.
A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as “See résumé” are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.
To qualify for this position, required education, experience, knowledge and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.
Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.
Application Questions
Temporary position validity until July 17, 2026: Are you interested in Temporary employment?
Do you have a bachelor's degree, or higher, in Human Nutrition, Dietetics, or Home Economics?
Have you completed a minimum of 24 semester credit hours in food and nutrition?
Do you have a valid USA driver's license? If so, what type?
Have your foreign diploma/transcripts/degrees been translated and evaluated by a NACES agency?
Other required qualifications and acknowledgement of information accuracy.
Contact: Employer City of El Paso
Address: 300 N. Campbell, El Paso, Texas, 79901
Phone: 915-212-0045
Website: http://www.elpasotexas.gov
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Location: Various Locations within the City of El Paso, TX
Job Type: Unclassified
Job Number: U0135-0126
Department: PUBLIC HEALTH
Opening Date: 01/22/2026
Closing Date: Continuous
FLSA: Exempt
Max Number of Applicants: 150
Responsibilities General Purpose
Under general supervision, provides consultation, technical assistance and referrals concerning nutrition, and medical care to qualified participants to increase the nutritional health of the consumer and community.
Typical Duties
Provides nutrition education literature and nutrition counseling services to qualified participants or interested individuals, institutions or groups. Involves: interviews qualified participants and their families to obtain nutritional information. Refers qualified participants to other agencies or institutions for additional nutrition services. Develops nutrition education lessons, brochures, pamphlets and other materials. Assists in the planning and conducting of training sessions to enhance the nutrition knowledge of health care providers. Assists in the development and implementation of the annual nutrition education plan. Supervises clinic staff to ensure clinic operations are completed within standard guidelines. Ensures compliance with state and departmental policies and procedures.
Supervise assigned staff. Involves: schedule, assign, instruct, guide and check work. Appraise employee performance. Provide training and development as needed. Enforce personnel rules and regulations and work behavior standards firmly and impartially. Counsel, motivate and maintain harmony. Interview applicants. Recommend hiring, termination, transfers, discipline, merit pay or other employee status changes.
Qualifications MOS Code : 68M (Army)
Education and Experience : A Bachelor's Degree or higher in Human Nutrition, Dietetics, Home Economics or a related field, including a concentration of 24 semester credit hours in food and nutrition.
Licenses and Certificates : Texas Class "C" Driver's License or equivalent from another state by time of appointment.
General Information For complete job specification, click here
Note : This is a temporary position. No benefits are offered. Employment is up until July 17, 2026.
Note : This is an unclassified contract position. Employment is predicated on the continuation of state/federal funding.
Note : Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a present number of qualified applications have been received.
Note : Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit www.naces.org/members for more information.
A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as “See résumé” are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.
To qualify for this position, required education, experience, knowledge and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.
Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.
Application Questions
Temporary position validity until July 17, 2026: Are you interested in Temporary employment?
Do you have a bachelor's degree, or higher, in Human Nutrition, Dietetics, or Home Economics?
Have you completed a minimum of 24 semester credit hours in food and nutrition?
Do you have a valid USA driver's license? If so, what type?
Have your foreign diploma/transcripts/degrees been translated and evaluated by a NACES agency?
Other required qualifications and acknowledgement of information accuracy.
Contact: Employer City of El Paso
Address: 300 N. Campbell, El Paso, Texas, 79901
Phone: 915-212-0045
Website: http://www.elpasotexas.gov
#J-18808-Ljbffr