Nutrition and Dietetic Data Administrator - 8 months FTC

Job Introduction

Are you an excellent communicator who is meticulous with data? Do you have a keen interest in nutrition and dietetics? 

We are recruiting a Nutrition and Dietetic Data Administrator on a 12 month FTC as part of our DRIVE programme which is an ongoing innovation and transformation programme to standardise our food offer across Sodexo. This global programme will drive efficiencies, support our segments in their offerings and provide access to useful data and reporting to benefit our business.

As a Nutrition and Dietetic Data Administrator, you will support the Dietetic team in capturing, collating, verifying and processing nutrition and allergen information. This role will require direct and effective communication with the business segments, buyers, product data base teams and external stakeholders. It will involve professional administrative support relating to general nutrition enquiries, both from within the business and external consumers/guests.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience in data management and strong analytical skills.

This position is offered on a fixed term contract for 12 months and will be a home based position, adhoc travel may be required once it is safe to do so.

Role Responsibility

• To support the nutrition and dietetic team in collecting, verifying and processing nutrition and allergen information
• To work closely with the procurement and data team on product specification specifically on nutrition and allergens, as well as nutritional attributes
• To support the dietitians in the assessment of menus to meet nutritional criteria’s across the range of service lines and consumer requirements.
• To conduct regular sense checking of nutrition data within the database and within the recipe management system
• To maintain day to day nutrition and dietetic enquiries and supplier information within the nutrition and dietetic supporting mailbox(s)
• Manage workload and nutrition queries effectively and independently

The Ideal Candidate

What’s essential:

• Strong analytical skills
• Ability to plan and organise workload effectively
• Meticulous and accurate with a good knowledge of numeracy
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Demonstrates discretion and can deal with confidential issues especially in relation to allergies and consumer queries
• Experienced user of Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook

Where we can be flexible:

• Dietetics graduate or Registered Nutritionist or Dietetic Assistant
• Working knowledge on Food labelling / Food specifications / Allergens / product specifications and labelling functions

Package Description

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 some 36,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the energy, corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

At Sodexo we are committed to a leading role in promoting equality opportunities and valuing diversity and inclusion. We seek to create a work environment based on mutual respect for all individuals, building a culture that appreciates and values the experiences and skills brought by each person to benefit our organisation and work hard to ensure that all people, whatever their race, colour, sex, gender identity  disability, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religion or belief, marital/partnership or family status, sexual orientation, age, social class, educational background, employment status, working pattern, are welcome to and included within our organisation.

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.