GNYDA Healthy Bodegas Initiative Project

 

Students are eligible for this paid position.

 

 

Position

Title: On-Site Coordinator

Paid, part-time position (5-10 hrs/week, hours may vary)

 

Location

Bodega(s) are not yet identified, but will be located in the South Bronx.

 

Reports to

GNYDA Let’s Move Coordinator

 

Overall responsibility

Oversee GNYDA’s Healthy Bodegas Initiative and be the main contact person with the

bodega owner/manager. Make weekly on-site visits to the bodega to ensure proper

implementation of the Healthy Bodegas Initiative. Conduct promotional events at the

bodega.

 

Key areas of responsibility

• Assess store inventory

• Conduct store owner/manager survey

• Help develop implementation plan and timeline

• Help promote the bodega to get community buy-in

• Develop a relationship with the partner organization and meet with the pointperson

at the organization monthly

• Conduct a once per month nutrition promotion event and store cleanup at the

bodega

• Oversee volunteers who attend events at the bodega

• Participate in a monthly conference call with the GNYDA Let’s Move! Committee

• Evaluate the success of the program

 

Consults with

• GNYDA Let’s Move! Committee

• Bodega owner(s) and manager(s)

• Partner Organization (to be determined)

• NYC DOHMH Healthy Bodegas Initiative staff

 

Term of employment

1 year (Subject to change)

 

Qualifications

• Registered Dietitian preferred, however will consider nutrition students, RD eligible or DTR eligible with community experience

• Member of GNYDA

• Bilingual English/Spanish strongly preferred

• Community Nutrition experience preferred

• Personable with effective communication skills

• Good organizational skills

 

Pay commensurate with experience, language fluency, and number of bodegas

contracted with. Please indicate the number of hours per week you are available to

work on this project in your cover letter.

 

Please send resume and cover letter to [log in to unmask].