Sports Nutritionist

We are looking for a suitably qualified and experienced Sports Nutritionist to deliver an excellent service to teams and athletes who are selected to be part of the University of Oxford’s high-performance sport support service.

The Sports Nutritionist will be responsible for planning, delivering and reviewing sports nutrition programmes underpinned by sound scientific knowledge for teams and individual athletes. As part of this role you will work alongside other members of the sports services team and specialists from other areas of sports science to successfully provide a holistic athletic development service to Oxford’s student athletes. 

Working as part of the Sports Federation team you will provide the highest level of service to selected University sports teams and individual students through the Blues Performance Scheme, Oxford University’s high-performance sport support service. Support offered through the Blues Performance Scheme (BPS) incorporates strength and conditioning, sport psychology, sports nutrition, subsidised physiotherapy, lifestyle support; with other administrative assistance being provided by the wider Sports Federation team. 

This role will be heavily delivery focussed, which will include workshop delivery and 1:1 consultation, and will include evening and unsociable hours work. Other non-delivery work time distributed between planning/reviewing programmes, communicating with partner bodies and other administrative tasks associated with the delivery of nutrition support to student athletes. The workload will be higher during University terms, hence the annualised hours nature of the part-time contract. 

This is a part-time (0.35 FTE), fixed term contract until 31 July 2025.

If you have any queries or would like to arrange an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact Tiahan Eeles via email: tiahan.eeles@sport.ox.ac.uk.

For further information and to apply for these roles please visit the Oxford University recruitment website, by cliking the 'Apply' button, above.

All applications must be made online via the website.

You will be required to upload a supporting statement and your CV as part of your online application.

Only applications received before 12:00 noon on Monday 2^nd September 2024 will be considered.

Interviews will take place between 11^th and 13^th September 2024.

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