Dietitian - 12m FTC

Job Introduction

We provide food services to a wide-ranging customer base; from local schools to top restaurants, prisons to healthcare providers! We're looking for an experienced and passionate Dietitian to provide expert nutrition and dietetics advice on food products and nutrition across our consumer profiles.

As a subject matter expert, you'll ensure that the food we deliver to each of our unique customers meets the required dietary and nutritional standards as well as government and best practice guidelines. You'll be responsible for producing and analysing data meticulously, taking responsibility for the accuracy of published nutrition and dietetics data.

Partnering with our procurement teams, chefs and food insight teams and external bodies you'll need excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to persuade and influence as well as superb presenting skills. You'll hold a formal qualification such as UK HPC registered dietitian, have a strong knowledge of allergens and be passionate about upskilling and training colleagues on the latest nutrition and dietetics issues.

This is a 12-month fixed term maternity cover providing you with the opportunity to work with a wide range of consumer profiles and with a variety of legislation. You will be part of a great team and have lots of flexibility as you strive to improve nutritional standards for our consumers.

You'll have the flexibility to work from home with occasional travel attending and presenting at meetings (travel expense will be paid). 

Role Responsibility

• Liaising with external bodies to publicise Sodexo’s approach to nutrition and diet.
• Working across all elements of Sodexo food 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 communicating 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
• Providing training and development material/workshops as required
• Attending meetings and provide presentations on specific nutritional topics as required by the business
• Liaising with client representatives, supplier representatives or dieticians as required

For full responsibilities please review the attached job description

The Ideal Candidate

• Have a relevant qualification in Nutrition and Dietetics
• UK HPC Registered Dietician
• Team player with excellent communication and influencing skills
• Result orientated
• Ability in working in a multi-cultural and matrix environment
• Strong presentation skills both verbally and written  
• Maintains evidence of continuing professional development
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong influencing skills to ensure the quality and standards of nutrition and dietetics are maintained throughout the business
• Experience of training others successfully
• Mobility: travel within UK as required to provide Head of Nutrition and Dietetics with “hands on” support

Desirable

• Member of the BDA

Package Description

£40k Per Annum

12-month fixed term maternity cover, 40 hours per week

We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process