Academy Performance Nutritionist - Part Time

We're looking for a Part-Time Academy Performance Nutritionist to join our growing team at London City Lionesses - a women's football team competing in the Women's Championship.
The London City Lionesses are part of the Kynisca group, setting a vision and building an infrastructure in which all the players and staff can thrive.
Owned by Michele Kang, our vision for Kynisca is to: 1.
Become the most preeminent sports organisation in the world; 2.
Have a high-performance culture of winning on and off the pitch; 3.
Train women as women; and 4.
Motivate and inspire the next generation of girls and women.
If you have the aspiration, drive, and qualifications to join our professional Club, please apply with your CV and cover letter to ****** Key Objectives of Role: In collaboration with the First Team Performance Nutritionist, provide individual and team nutrition services, including individual counselling, bespoke strategies and education, to enhance the health, recovery and performance of athletes.
Develop optimal nutritional strategies specific to female athletes.
Support and develop women as women.
Work closely with the Technical, Medical and Performance Multi-Disciplinary Team.
Main Duties/ Responsibilities Direct the provision of nutrition-related services.
Provide nutritional support to PGA players during all training session, with some travel required.
Educate and empower players, as well as produce appropriate visuals, on optimal nutrition for training, competition, return to play, recovery, weight management, hydration, immunity, travel, and performance supplementation.
Counsel and create individualised high performance, and recovery, nutrition plans for players.
Implement pre/post training and game day fuelling and recovery strategy.
Develop and implement cutting edge nutritional strategies aimed at optimising recovery and performance.
Conduct nutritional assessments and screenings, including assessing and analysing dietary practices and body composition.
Implement team nutrition plans, including menu building, consultation on team meals and snacks based on schedule and activities, at the training facility and during away camps and fixtures.
Research, evaluate, recommend, purchase, distribute and monitor permissible and effective nutritional supplements with attention to USADA, WADA and IOC rules, regulations and nutrition related bylaws.
Lead on the LCL hydration and fuelling strategy, including bespoke plans for each PGA player.
In collaboration with the Performance and Medical staff create and monitor off-season nutrition programs.
Co-ordinates nutrition for home facility, domestic and/or international travel, for example catering, hotel, airlines, competition, for individuals and the team.
Work closely with the First Team Performance Nutritionist to ensure a club-wide philosophy is applied.
Support the communication of effective nutrition habits to support the long term development of the athlete, as well as the short term impact on performance.
Work collaboratively with the Performance and Medical team to provide Multi-Disciplinary support, and education, by implementing and monitoring optimal female health, wellbeing, recovery, physical profiling, strength and conditioning, training and match load monitoring, nutrition, psychology, and return to play strategies.
Under the guidance of the Lead Performance Coach, collaborate with the Performance and Medical staff in the review, development and co-ordination of Applied Performance and Medical research projects, contributing to an evolving world leading High Performance support program.
Manage and mentor undergraduate student volunteers, and interns.
Attend and assist with workshops, in-service meetings, professional development courses/workshops and other development opportunities.
Perform other duties as assigned.
The above provides an outline for the role required and should not be regarded as a conclusive list.
Essential Characteristics: Cutting edge and forward thinking!
A BSc in Nutrition Science or Dietetics Master's degree in Nutrition Science or Dietetics Minimum of two (2) years' experience working as a sports dietitian in a professional or in a comparable setting working directly with elite athletes, preferably with female athletes Knowledge and understanding of female physiology and the female athlete Ability to accurately measure hydration, sweat rate/composition, and evaluate energy balance and needs Knowledge of food service quality and safety procedures Knowledge of and compliant with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Knowledge of rules and regulations of supplementation for athletic governing bodies: e.g., Informed sport, USADA, WADA Hold the Football Association level 2 Emergency First Aid in Football (EFAiF) qualification High level of knowledge of Women and Girls Athletic populations to meet the demands of Elite football Valid and accepted enhanced FA DBS or be willing to undertake this check if successful Ability to work in a fully integrated medical and performance department, to be committed to ensuring the safeguarding and welfare of all LCL athletes Maintain confidentiality and protect sensitive information regarding injured players Maintain confidentiality and protect sensitive information within football departments, upholding the highest levels of professional at all times Experience of developing and implementing innovative ideas and putting them into practice Enthusiastic and energetic team player, with experience of working as part of a Multi-Disciplinary team Strong PC skills (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) Possess exceptional organisation skills with a strong attention to detail and the ability to prioritise/multi-task Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, and a high degree of emotional intelligence A strong work ethic and friendly demeanour Ability to work on own initiative Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
Advanced and creative presentation skills Ability to work non-traditional hours, including scheduled games that can/will be weekends, evenings and perhaps Holidays.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have the aspiration, drive, and qualifications to join our professional Club, please apply with your CV and cover letter to ****** before October 31st.
Interviews will be held at a date to be confirmed and only those invited to interview will receive return notification from London City Lionesses.
Safeguarding Statement: London City Lionesses and Academy are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to endorse this commitment.
This post requires Enhanced Criminal Records Checks and may include checks against the Barred Lists, as such it is exempt from Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974).
Therefore all convictions including spent convictions that have not been subject to filtering by the DBS should be declared.
Equality Statement: We are an equal opportunities employer.
The successful candidate must ensure a positive commitment towards equality and diversity by treating others fairly and not committing any form of direct or indirect discrimination, victimisation or harassment of any description and to promote positive working relationships between all internal and external stakeholders.