Nutritional Health Coach Jobs

USD $21.00/Hr. -

The Job in a Nutshell

This role requires an outgoing personality and passion for sharing nutrition knowledge and inspiring people to act and achieve their health goals. You’ll wear many hats while working in a fast-paced retail setting conducting classes, private coaching sessions, community outreach, and retail operations (e.g., customer service, stocking shelves, cleaning, etc.). As the store’s nutrition professional, you will act as an educational resource providing science-based nutrition education/training to the store Crew, our customers, and the community. This position is a front-line contributor to the Natural Grocers mission and plays an integral role helping Natural Grocers improve the health and wellbeing of our communities. Through providing free nutrition education and helping people understand why their food choices matter, you will play an important role in Natural Grocers commitment creating a sustainable, Just, regenerative food system where humans, animals, and the earth can thrive.

Main Ingredients

• Motivates and provides encouragement for Crew to participate in Employee Nutrition
• Assists with cleaning the Vitamin Department and store
• Maintain Book Department
• Provides Nutrition Education
• Maintain Customer Literature Files
• Acts as the nutrition education resource for the customers, Crew, and community.
• Performs retail Operations
• Stock and Face Product
• Offers instore nutrition and recipe demonstration classes
• Offers outreach nutrition classes
• Maintains the Crew Wellness Board
• Assists with merchandising product
• Provides customer service on the floor in the vitamin aisles (assists customers with product purchasing, provides education resource, etc.)
• Provides regular trainings to Crew

Challenges

• Maintains Continued Education requirements
• Works to build community relationships (practitioner partners for referrals, Guest presenters, event partners, etc.)
• Completes CE assignments
• Responsible for printing materials used in classes, outreach, and coaching sessions
• Provides training to Crew on promoting the NHC services, instore events, and promotions
• Reads and reviews research
• Acts as an event ambassador for instore guest presenter classes during floor days Although this is a general outline of job responsibilities all employees are expected to be “hands on” and do whatever it takes to get the job done and make the company thrive.
• Attends monthly meetings (NHC webinar, Regional and Sales Building calls)
• Seeks outreach opportunities (to provide nutrition education and build brand awareness)
• Provides private individual one-on-one health coaching sessions
• Assists management with coordinating, organizing, and executing companywide events
• Respond to questions and review summaries
• Responsible for placing orders for nutrition education supplies

Recipe for Success

• Excellent public speaking skills
• Confidence in front of an audience providing cooking demonstrations and nutrition education classes
• Self-directed and able to maximize time management
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Motivated to grow and develop knowledge and skills
• A degree/certification in nutrition or a related field (e.g., dietetics, Bachelor of Science or Master of Biology, Biochemistry, Naturopathy)
• Inspired to provide nutrition education to employee Crew, customer’s and the community
• Microsoft Office skills (i.e., Excel, Outlook, etc.)
• Comfortable working in a retail setting performing retail operations (stocking, facing, checking product expiration dates, cleaning, etc.)
• Friendly, outgoing, and approachable
• Able to work well with a team and accept constructive feedback
• Excellent organizational skills and priority management
• Ability to engage customers and start conversations to promote events, services, and sales

Maintaining Nutrition Knowledge

• If the degree and/or certification do not require CEC, maintaining 16 Continuing Education (CE) Hours (or two CE units) per year is required. This job description is not an employment contract. It does not guarantee a job or that the above listed duties are the limit of responsibilities. The job and job description are subject to change with and without notice. Employees are required to accomplish any and all tasks assigned to him/her by their Manager and/or other Store Support Center manager that might not be listed in this job
• If the degree and/or certification requires continuing education to maintain, then those requirements must be fulfilled.

Description

This job description is not an employment contract. It does not guarantee a job or that the above

listed duties are the limit of responsibilities. The job and job description are subject to change with

and without notice. Employees are required to accomplish any and all tasks assigned to him/her by

their Manager and/or other Store Support Center manager that might not be listed in this job

description.

Here’s an overview of the benefits we offer our good4u Crew to help ensure the health and wellbeing of you and your family, now and well into the future

All Crew Members

• Holiday Pay for 5 Holidays – Stores Closed
• Regular, Scheduled Pay Increases
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Birthday Bonus Pay
• Advancement Opportunities and Career Development
• Health and Wellness Program
• Vitamin Bucks (up to $2,080 earned as store credit annually)
• Paid Time Off (sick days and vacation) that Increases with Tenure
• Employee Referral Program
• Good4u Crew Member Discount
• Paid Nutrition Education
• {N}power Program (customer appreciation and rewards program)

Full-Time Crew Members (30+ hours/week)

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Company Paid Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Voluntary Benefits Including Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Long-Term Disability Insurance, Term Life Insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with Company Match
• Paid Medical Leave (through company paid short-term disability insurance)
• Retirement Savings Plan (401k) with discretionary Company Match
• Paid Parental Leave

Diversity Statement

At the heart of Natural Grocers' commitment to our community and crew is this belief All people should be empowered to experience health and wellbeing! We cannot be true to this conviction without honoring diversity and cultivating inclusion throughout every aspect of our organization.

At Natural Grocers, we honor our differences, embrace diversity, and cultivate inclusion because both individual and societal health are rooted in these principles. Our Crew is diverse not only in gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, abilities, and age but also in cultural backgrounds, thoughts, and ideas. Celebrating our diversity refreshes, expands, and shapes our perspective, energizing our mission of equitable access to health and wellness for all. We welcome everyone who would like to join us in this mission, with gratitude for the unique life experience each person brings to the table. We’re committed to nurturing an ecosystem of diversity and inclusion in which our Crew can continue to thrive.

Physical Capabilities and Environmental Demands

N = Never

O = Occasional; 1-33% of time

F = Frequent; 34-66% of time

C = Constant; 67-100% of time

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to occasionally use the computer for data entry and use of mouse.
• Must be able to occasionally sit, squat, kneel, and climb as needed.
• Must be able to constantly walk, stand, use fine motor manipulations, grip, bend, twist, turn, and reach outward for the duration of the work shift.
• Must be able to frequently to reach above chest.
• Must have the ability to frequently push or pull up to 15 lbs. and occasionally push or pull 16-100 lbs.
• Must have the ability to constantly lift or carry up 10 lbs., frequently lift or carry 11-20 lbs., and occasionally lift or carry 21-100 lbs.

Environmental Requirements

• Must be able to frequently work with sharp tools and equipment, dust, fumes, and congested worksite.
• Must be able to occasionally work with noise, cold, heat, wet, humid, outside, heights, and contact stress.