First Team Performance Nutritionist

Sheffield United Football Club are seeking a passionate and highly motivated Performance Nutritionist to join our elite performance team. The ideal candidate will possess strong experience in sports nutrition, coupled with a proven track record of delivering exceptional results in a high-performance environment. As a key member of our First Team staff, you will play a pivotal role in optimizing player performance, injury prevention, and overall well-being through evidence-based nutritional strategies.

Role Responsibilities:

• Implement evidence-based individualised strategies to support players performance and body composition goals e.g. fuelling, strength development, fat loss, hydration status etc.
• Work closely with the Head Chef to oversee and create periodised weekly training ground menus as well as hotel menu planning.
• Assist in the serving of lunch at the training ground as a point of education and to manage personalised periodisation plans.
• Good degree of cooking competency. Contribute to cheffing duties when required, such as pasta and breakfast stations.
• Travel to all home and away games to ensure optimum match day nutritional strategies are in place and adhered to.
• Work alongside the medical department in creating rehabilitation nutrition plans for injured players to facilitate their return to training.
• Carry out body composition analysis through the skinfold method alongside DEXA scans and report data back to MDT and coaching staff.
• Develop and implement innovative and evidence-based nutrition education sessions and resources to increase nutrition knowledge throughout the team.
• Being accountable for ordering and stock control of supplements in line with the budget and Informed Sport guidelines.
• Manage and coordinate nutrition assistant who will help with the delivery of the performance nutrition service.
• Coordinate collection, interpretation, and feedback of player nutritional data e.g. hydration, sweat rate, blood markers, body composition etc.
• Being innovative with ideas to enhance adherence to the nutrition programme.
• Assessment on individual player lifestyle habits including, but not limited to, dietary habits, wellness, recovery strategies.
• Communicate and influence external parties, such as personal chefs and agents.
• Any other reasonable requests as directed by management.

Club Wide Responsibilities

• Adhere to all Sheffield United Football Club's Safeguarding Policies and Procedures to foster an environment which protects from harm those defined as children and adults at risk.
• Report any concerns of a Safeguarding nature to the relevant parties and remain fully compliant with any applicable Safeguarding checks and due diligence and recognise your responsibility to the Club's Safeguarding agenda.
• Report any concerns of discrimination to the relevant parties and promote a welcoming and inclusive club environment for all.
• Adhere to the Club's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policies, supporting the Club to create an environment which is inclusive and all-encompassing.
• Carry out/take part in training requests as directed by the Club.

Essential Criteria for the role:

• Excellent interpersonal skill and an outgoing personality
• BSc Sports Nutrition (or relevant degree topic)
• Significant prior experience working in performance nutrition at an elite level
• Education and experience in behavioural coaching
• SENR graduate registration
• ISAK level 1 trained
• UK Anti-Doping advisor
• Excellent educational material development ability (posters, social media, presentations, etc)
• Good data management skills
• Experience using nutrition software
• Good work ethic & commitment to professional development

Desirable Criteria for the role:

• MSc or PhD in relevant degree