WIC Breastfeeding Services Manager (Dept. of Population, Family & Reproductive Health) at Johns Hopkins University

Location: Baltimore, MD

Cap-Exempt H-1B Position — No lottery required

We are hiring a ***WIC Breastfeeding Services Manager*****.** The purpose of the WIC Breastfeeding Services Manager position is to plan, develop, and implement coordination of Breastfeeding activities for the Johns Hopkins WIC Program to ensure compliance with all Federal and State Regulations and Johns Hopkins WIC policies. In addition, the BF Services Manager serves as a “Floater” Manager; provides nutrition counseling, conducts nutrition classes as necessary, and prescribes standard and non-standard food packages when necessary. **Specific Duties & Responsibilities** - Oversees the planning, implementation and evaluation of local agency breastfeeding activities. - Serves as a liaison between WIC Center Managers, CPAs, CPPAs, BFPCs and the State WIC Breastfeeding specialists. - Works with WIC BFPC Coordinator to develop BFPC schedules and classes. - Works with WIC BFPC Coordinator to ensure clinics are staffed with BFPCs as available. - Attends all State Breastfeeding Promotion meetings. - Actively communicates all information at State meeting to WIC Director, WIC Coordinator, and WIC BFPC Coordinator. - Provides counseling and documents care plans to participants with high-risk breastfeeding conditions following State policies. - Implements and integrates Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Program Budget guidelines. - Ensures that local agency staff are properly trained in breastfeeding education and support. - Provides direct supervision and support of WIC BFPC Coordinator. - Keeps current with up-to-date breastfeeding information and disseminates this as well as FNS-provided information to other local agency staff. - Plans and conducts staff breastfeeding activities and in-service training and providing information consistent with State policies. Identifies, coordinates and collaborates with community breastfeeding stakeholders. - Maintains all breastfeeding-related inventories - Monitors local agency breastfeeding rates. - Ensures that breast pump issuance, inventor