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2. Provide opportunities for local program staff to attend training webinars on topics that are relevant to their job responsibilities. 3. Continue to offer as many CPA 1 & CPA 2 classes in virtual settings as practical to allow staff who want to be involved yet are limited by the commute and the time it takes to travel to TLC an opportunity to participate.
Q. To promote WIC as a career choice for nutrition professionals.
1. Collaborate with Nutrition Services, appropriate agencies, and educational institutions to promote WIC as a career choice.
2. Continue to share vacancy announcements and make appropriate referrals to local and state WIC programs when appropriate.
3. Continue to encourage staff to participate in the Per Diem Pool by making sure that all staff are aware of the pool when they come to New Staff Training and then make sure staff who are leaving have the opportunity to fill out the per diem form if they would like to continue working for WIC in some capacity.
4. Continue to guest lecture at Framingham State University and Simmons College to promote WIC as a career choice.
5. Continue to provide access to exit interviews for all staff who would like to participate and provide feedback to increase understanding about turnover at WIC.
R. Collaborate with Fiscal, Division of Capital Assets Management and Maintenance (DCAMM), and any other required program units to ensure adequate leased space for operations, the completion of repairs, upgrades, and maintenance of the leased facility for The Learning Center and the Northborough Distribution Center operations, as needed.
1. Collaborate with DCAMM and landlords to coordinate facility repair and maintenance for the WIC Learning Center and WIC Distribution Center.
2. Coordinate move to and facility set up for to new training center in Southboro.
3. Support the move of the WIC Distribution Center to its new shared location in Franklin.
S. Participate in new initiatives and other special projects, as needed.
1. Support ongoing training activities associated with the statewide use of the OnBase secure document upload and storage solution.
2. Support training activities associated with any changes to the WIC Food Package.
3. Support implementation of the ongoing staff relief project at local WIC agencies.
4. In partnership with other units, explore opportunities to maximize the utilization of TRAIN platform to modernize WIC training enrollment and provision and modernize other WIC Learning Center online resources to support staff professional development and technical assistance.