Sports Dietitian, Football - Term
About The Position
Provide high quality, continuous and comprehensive nutrition services based on progressive knowledge to create and support an intercollegiate culture where athletes, coaches, and staff recognize nutrition as a critical element in academic and athletic performance. Evaluate nutrition status and needs of individual student-athletes and athletic teams in order to develop, implement, and evaluate appropriate nutrition education, dietary plans in order to enhance athletic performance and general well-being. About the Work Unit : Vanderbilt University’s Athletics Department prepares student-athletes to become leaders and champions in life by placing the highest values on integrity, character, sportsmanship and victory. Vanderbilt is a charter member of the Southeastern Conference and is the conference's only private school. The university fields 17 varsity teams, 15 of which compete in the Southeastern Conference. Key Functions and Expected Performance:
Requirements
- A Bachelor’s degree is required
- RD certification is required
- Demonstrate effective communication, strong interpersonal and team oriented skills
- Ability to work a non-standard work week which may include nights, weekends, and holidays, travel if needed with teams
- Strong time management and ability to work independently and follow through on assignments
Nice To Haves
- A Master’s Degree is preferred
Responsibilities
- Provide nutrition education and counseling to student athletes
- Assist in fueling station duties: stocking, inventory, and ordering
- Assist in all aspects of performance nutrition for designated sports
- Assist with coordination of outside catering for competition meals, pre and post-game meals, along with daily execution of performance meals.
- Collaborate with coaching, sports medicine, counseling, strength and conditioning staff to provide updates on nutrition concerns, priorities, and accomplishments made by athletes
- Conduct Grocery Store tours, develop educational materials, manage nutrition social media accounts for the student athletes
- Provide Education on banned substances and supplements per NCAA Guidelines
- Analyze and evaluate lab values
- Conduct body composition testing
- Learn to plan and optimize budget for optimal nutrition
- Learn about menu planning for the Hendrix Dining Hall
- Other duties as assigned by the Director of Sports Nutrition
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
