A properly completed Supplemental Questionnaire must be submitted with each application.

Applications and Supplemental Questionnaires must be in the possession of the Human Resource Services Department by 4:30 p.m. on the Last Day for Filing. Postmarks are not accepted. Failure to submit the Supplemental Questionnaire will result in disqualification.

THE POSITION(S): Senior Nutritionists plan, organize and direct a nutrition program. They may be required to provide formal technical guidance and supervision to other Nutritionists. Senior Nutritionists develop long-range goals and specific objectives for a nutrition program and do related work as required. The current vacancy is in the Public Health Department.

THE REQUIREMENTS: These are entrance requirements for admission to the examination, which is competitive. Possession of the entrance requirements does not assure a place on the eligible list. A candidate's performance in the examination will be judged in comparison with the performance of other candidates.

EXPERIENCE: The equivalent of two years of full-time experience as a Nutritionist in the Alameda County classified service. (Non-classified includes District Attorney’s Office, Hospital Authority, and the Consolidated Courts.)

EDUCATION: Possession of a master's degree in nutrition, public health nutrition, or some other appropriate field from an accredited college or university, plus completion of an internship approved by the American Dietetic Association, AND

EXPERIENCE:The equivalent of three years of full-time experience in nutrition or dietetics which includes at least one year in a health agency performing program planning and evaluation. Experience in supervision is highly desirable.

EDUCATION: Possession of a bachelor's degree in nutrition, public health nutrition or some other appropriate field from an accredited four year college or university, plus completion of an internship approved by the American Dietetic Association, AND

EXPERIENCE: The equivalent of six years of full-time experience in nutrition or dietetics which includes at least one year in a health agency performing program planning and evaluation. Experience in supervision is highly desirable.

LICENSE: All candidates must possess a valid California Motor Vehicle Operator's license.

THE EXAMINATION: THIS IS A NEW CONTINUOUS EXAMINATION. The eligible list resulting from this examination will cancel any existing list and will last approximately one year but may be extended. This examination may be reopened as necessary and the names of additional candidates merged onto the existing list according to examination score.

The examination may include but may not be limited to: KNOWLEDGE OF current principles and practices of nutrition, including nutritional requirements for diverse age, cultural or socio-economic groups; anatomy, physiology, chemistry and biochemistry as it relates to health nutrition; accepted educational methods in public health and recent research on public health nutrition and community resources; methods used to develop and direct technical, educational and consultative programs and services in public health nutrition. ABILITY TO plan and organize; communicate effectively orally and in writing; provide leadership.

THE EXAMINATION WILL CONSIST OF the following three steps: A review of candidates' applications to verify possession of minimum requirements. Those candidates who possess the minimum requirements for the class will move on to the next step in the examination process, a review of candidate's Supplemental Questionnaires to verify further knowledge, skill or ability. An oral interview, weighted as 100% of the candidate's final examination score, will be the final component. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO ANNOUNCED EXAMINATION STEPS.