Job Description
The Academy Nutritionist will play a pivotal role in supporting the holistic development of players across all phases of the Academy pathway. This role demands a proactive, detail-oriented practitioner who can integrate strategic monitoring, individualised performance support, and impactful education within a multidisciplinary environment. Working collaboratively with performance staff, players, parents, and host families, the successful candidate will ensure that nutrition provision consistently enhances health, wellbeing, and on-field performance while upholding the highest standards of safeguarding and governance.
The Academy Nutritionist must have:
· Degree in Sports Science or related discipline
· Master’s degree in Nutrition
· SENr Registered Practitioner
· Experience working within professional sport.
· Experience working within multidisciplinary teams.
· Current FA Safeguarding certification.
Ideally, the Academy Nutritionist will:
· Proven experience delivering sports nutrition services within performance sport environments.
· Strong IT competency, particularly in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
· Engaging and confident presenter with strong communication skills.
· Excellent numeracy and literacy.
· Highly organised with strong administrative capability.
· Proactive problem-solver.
· Collaborative team player.
· Demonstrates empathy and understanding when working with young athletes.
The following is a non-exhaustive list of the responsibilities of the role:
Strategic & Monitoring Responsibilities
· Contribute to the systematic collection of objective anthropometric data (height, weight, girths, and skinfolds) in accordance with club processes, ensuring timely feedback to relevant stakeholders, particularly within the PDP phase.
· Support the Individual Development Plan (IDP) process by collecting and interpreting player-specific objective data aligned with individual performance goals (PDP players).
· Collaborate with the Schoolboy Performance Team to ensure consistent monitoring of height and weight across U9–U16 age groups.
· Ensure all designated “priority” PDP players receive a minimum nutrition touchpoint every 4-weeks to review progress and update individual plans.
· Deliver individualised nutrition support to improve performance, health, and recovery.
Curriculum & Education Delivery
· Contribute to the ongoing review and evolution of the Academy nutrition curriculum, ensuring age-appropriate content across each stage of development.
· Deliver parent education workshops (TSG) tailored to key topics relevant to U9–U21 players.
· Provide educational sessions and workshops for U18 and Development Team players aligned with performance curriculum objectives.
· Develop and distribute educational materials to players and parents, including bespoke materials to support tours and competition periods.
· Provide guidance and ongoing education to host families, with regular monitoring of nutritional standards and provision.
Performance & Operational Integration
· Liaise with age-group performance staff and the performance chef to ensure optimal nutrition provision across all training and matchday scenarios.
· Collaborate with performance staff to implement group supplementation strategies and manage individual supplementation protocols within the PDP phase (informed by blood profiling where appropriate).
· Oversee and monitor daily fuelling, recovery, and operational processes to ensure consistent, high-quality service delivery with no delivery gaps.
Safeguarding & Governance
· Maintain and demonstrate exemplary safeguarding knowledge and practice, including full understanding of legislation, governing body regulations, and child protection policies.
· Ensure all safeguarding or welfare concerns are reported promptly and appropriately.
· Comply with all club policies and procedures, including health, safety, and security regulations.
Applications close on Friday 10th April.
