Dietitian (Dietician)

Job Introduction

We are currently recruiting for a Dietitian to join our Food Platform team within Service Operations. You will support the head of Nutrition & Dietetics in providing the Sodexo business with expert nutrition and dietetics advice on food product and nutrition across a range of consumer profiles and external clients while maintaining the integrity of Sodexo nutrition and dietetics publications and reputation. You will also work closely with the procurement and data teams on product specification and nutritional guidelines. You will be a UK HPC Registered Dietician with the ability to demonstrate a thorough understanding of the current UK guidelines on nutrition & diet coupled with excellent presentation skills and experience of training others. In return we offer a very competitive salary, annual bonus and up to 33 days holiday per annum

Service Operations is the part of our business that supports segment development by providing expertise and process standardisation across all segments. Service Operations leverages our global expertise and best practice to bring the best of Sodexo to all of our clients. It includes everything from FM expertise to food development through to bid support, health and safety, and contract design and management.

Role Responsibility

• Liaise with external bodies to publicise Sodexo’s approach to nutrition and diet.
• Work across all elements of Sodexo catering services, ensuring that the advice you and the team provide related to nutrition and diet meets the defined needs of both our internal and external customer and is aligned with current government and best practice guidelines.
• Effectively communicate current guidelines and suggested approaches to the Service Offer Manager and Procurement to ensure that all parties understand the benefits to be gained from adhering to nutrition and dietetic guidelines for food products across a range of consumer profiles and external clients
• Provide training and development material/workshops as required
• Liaise with client representatives, supplier representatives or dieticians as required.
• Research the legislative requirements for Sodexo segment as assigned.
• Advise on relevant nutrition and dietetics issues; providing the in-house nutrition and dietetics expertise which includes reviewing and drawing on current research, publications and good practice.
• Determine client needs, in order to ensure effective and appropriate nutrition and dietetics strategy within business planning working alongside the Service Offer Management team
• Prepare and deliver nutrition and dietetics training for segment teams and to evaluate the effectiveness of such training utilising agreed KPIs
• Demonstrate awareness of key market drivers for nutrition and dietetics: critical in terms of healthy eating, reduced salt, obesity allergens and UK government nutritional requirements specific to the consumer profile/Public health and legislations

The Ideal Candidate

• Graduate qualification in Nutrition & Dietetics
• UK HcPC Registered Dietician
• Strong presentation skills both verbally and written
• Experience of training others successfully
• Strong influencing skills to ensure the quality and standards of nutrition and dietetics are maintained throughout the business
• Result orientated
• Ability in working in a multi-cultural and matrix environment
• Maintains evidence of continuing professional development
• Driving licence with ability to travel within UK as required to provide Head of Nutrition and Dietetics with “hands on” support

Desirable

• Member of the BDA