Description

Unite the Game and Inspire the Nation through Winning England Teams.

The FA has an exciting opportunity for an experienced practitioner to join our Women's Technical Department as a Women's Pathway Nutritionist. The successful candidate will:

• Continue to develop and implement a world leading nutrition service to all England Women's Development teams which supports the coaching process & provides performance advantages through optimal preparation of players and teams.
• Collaborate with the Lead Performance Nutritionist and the performance support teams across the development teams to support player health and performance throughout the England pathway.
• Provide on camp nutrition coaching to England Women's Development teams and players in line with the nutrition strategy.
  
  
  

The role is based at St George's Park, and requires travel with the England Women's Development teams. The position is a 2-year fixed-term contract with The FA.

What will you be doing?

• Continue to develop, implement, and monitor an evidence-based and innovative strategy for performance nutrition in collaboration with the Lead Performance Nutritionist.
• Lead the operational delivery of the performance nutrition service and provide nutrition coaching to England development teams and individuals in the UK and Internationally in line with the nutrition strategy.
• Develop and maintain close working relationships with national coaches and members of the performance support staff to ensure a cohesive multidisciplinary approach that supports positive behaviour change.
• Work collaboratively with the pathway chef to develop performance focused and engaging menus for UK and international travel.
• Assist in managing the supplement provision and players adherence to best practice across the England Women's Teams.
• Develop and maintain close working relationships with peers in professional clubs to enable knowledge of and management of international players.
• Work within the rules of professional confidentiality and the standards and guidelines set out in the Sport and Exercise Nutrition Register (SENr) Code of Conduct at all times.
• Advocate and protect Clean Sport through the promotion of UKAD messaging, continuous professional development in anti-doping and fostering a positive athlete and coach environment to support decision making.
• Maintain a comprehensive database of work conducted with athletes, including detailed records of work with individual athletes.
• Executes additional tasks as required to meet the FA's changing priorities.
• Comply with all company policies and procedures to ensure the highest standards of health, safety, and wellbeing can be maintained.
  
  
  

What are we looking for?

Essential for the role:

Qualifications:

• A qualification at degree level (or equivalent) in appropriate subject e.g. nutrition, sports nutrition, dietetics or related subject.
• Higher degree (IOC Diploma in Sports Nutrition/Master's/PG Cert/ degree or higher) in sports nutrition.
• Practitioner registrant on Sport and Exercise Nutrition register (or full registration within 6 months).
• UKAD certification, Introduction to Clean Sport.
  
  
  

Experience:

• Experience of analysing the demands of a sport in relation to the nutritional to develop, implement, and evaluate nutrition programmes for individual athletes within that sport.
• Extensive successful experience in delivering performance nutrition in elite sport.
• A track record of successfully integrating into established and developing multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience of menu planning and collaboration with chefs to deliver high quality nutrition.
• Experience of working within a supplement policy and dealing with external partners to facilitate appropriate supplement provision.
  
  
  

Knowledge and Skills:

• Excellent academic and applied knowledge of current best practice in performance nutrition.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage with a wide range of staff and players.
• Effective at translating current scientific literature into practical strategies for players.
• An ability to use innovative ideas to influence and support players in the camp environment to lead to long term behaviour change.
  
  
  

Beneficial to have:

• Experience of delivering nutrition support at international competitions.
• Experience of delivering performance nutrition to women's team sports.
• Knowledge and experience of delivering on specific nutrition elements linked to female athlete health.
  
  
  

What's in it for you?

We are committed to ensuring everyone can flourish in their roles, to achieve this we have unique office spaces under the arch of the iconic Wembley National Stadium, which is the home of English Football. We are also delighted to offer a world-class, Elite Performance Centre, St. George's Park in Staffordshire which is an exceptional setting to develop and inspire high-performing England teams and leaders.

We pride ourselves in offering a competitive salary as well as great opportunities to develop and grow in your role. But that is not all; we also have a range of exciting benefits, some of which can be found below:

• Access to event day tickets at Wembley Stadium, alongside a host of regular internal events throughout the season, encouraging you to connect and learn with your colleagues and look after your mental health and well-being.
• Free, nutritious lunches at Wembley Stadium and St. George's Park.
• Free private medical cover.
• A contributory pension scheme.
• An additional 'Thank You' days leave, volunteering days as well as 25 days annual leave (based on a full-time, permanent contract.)
• A hybrid working model offering greater flexibility.
  
  
  

Interviews will take place at St George's Park on Monday the 15th of September.

For more information on what it is like to work at The FA, please visit our FA Careers page, https://www.thefa.com/about-football-association/careers

We are a diverse workplace, aspiring to represent football across the country. The Football Association actively promotes inclusion and diversity, encouraging you to be the best version of yourself at work.

We welcome applications from everyone and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. If you have any particular requirements in respect of the recruitment or interview process, please mention this during your application.

As part of the FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, every employee will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role and in line with legislation and government guidance