WIC Office Specialist - Bilingual in English and Spanish - Health Department

Salt Lake County invites you to explore our exciting career opportunities. We seek highly enthusiastic individuals to enrich our County with your experience and talent. If you enjoy working in a team environment that is committed to changing the lives of its community, please keep reading.

At Salt Lake County our culture is woven into all aspects of our work and our employees’ lives, from the way we treat each other to the way we support the community.  To promote and foster a fun and healthy work environment, we appreciate employees through great benefits, a healthy work life balance and room to grow and develop.

Peers who are motivated to make a difference in the lives of those we serve. We serve Salt Lake County and envision a safe and beautiful place for all to live, work and have fun. Salt Lake County is about connecting people and championing our community.  Community is more than a place….its our heart and service that bring us together.

Working for Salt Lake County is more than just a paycheck.  A career with /Salt Lake County includes several benefits and perks.  We support our employees with 12 Holidays, up to 24 vacation days, 12 sick days and one personal day every year.  

Provides customer service and office/program support. Serves as the initial contact for customers, both in person and over the phone, for Division-related information.

One (1) year of closely related experience directly related to these duties.

The ability to perform essential physical requirements such as lifting, walking, sitting, kneeling, or bending.

Successful completion of a mandatory State WIC Lab Module within five (5) months of hire date.

Due to the nature of this position, the successful applicant must pass a required background check through fingerprinting and enrollment in the continuous RAP Back (Record of Arrest and Prosecution Back) program in accordance with current County Human Resources policy requirements.

Due to the nature of this role, vaccination or proof of vaccination may be required.

• Basic arithmetic calculations
• Modern office practices and procedures

• Work with computer software related to job-specific duties
• Operate standard office equipment
• Produce written documents, forms, and charts
• Communicate effectively in English both verbally and in writing
• Perform excellent customer service and work cooperatively within a team environment
• Create and maintain records, files, and reports
• Understand and follow broad objectives and instructions
• Gather and condense relevant and useful information
• Work with minimum supervision and act independently