Nutritionist - Brighton College

As a Nutritionist, you will use your skills to maintain a high standard of quality work. In return, you will have the chance to progress your career with a company that invests in its people, celebrates individuality, and rewards and recognises employees who go beyond the plate.

We ensure you're rewarded for all your hard work, which is why we offer a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• Exclusive travel discounts with TUI, Expedia, Booking.com and many more
• Save money on your food shop with discounts on Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and many more
• Quick access for you and your immediate family to a Digital GP, and wider healthcare benefits
• Up to 44% off cinema tickets to enjoy your favourite blockbuster
• Regular emails filled with the best discounts and savings available
• Receive cash rewards every time you spend and use them on a wide range of brands
• Un-wind with us with free wellness, mindfulness and exercise classes
• You can share all discounts and offers with your friends and families
• Contributory pension scheme
• Grow your career with our Career Pathways and MyLearning programmes

Could you bring your spark to Chartwells? Here's what you need to know before applying:

Overall Purpose of the Role

The Nutritionist will be responsible for all day-to-day nutrition, allergen and sustainability work at Brighton College. This Nutritionist will report directly into the Contract Director at Brighton College but will also work very closely with the central Chartwells Nutrition, Allergen & Sustainability Teams to ensure the central concepts are executed appropriately at Brighton College.

The key priorities of this role will all be centred around the Nutrition and Sustainability Strategy for Chartwells which includes (i) supporting food offer and standards, (ii) delivery of nutrition education to pupils, (iii) scoping social value opportunities for the school, (iv) supporting the delivery of a sustainability strategy for the school and (v) to support allergen management at the school.

The Nutritionist will be required to liaise with various stakeholders including pupils, parents, teachers and sports coaches in relation to all aspects of nutrition. More specifically, the nutritionist will be forward thinking and will encourage positive behaviours around nutrition/sustainability/allergens across the school community. The Nutritionist will also be responsible for presenting at internal meetings with senior colleagues.

Responsibilities at Brighton College

• Attending the school on a daily basis; with occasional weekend and evening hours as required
• Delivering nutrition education sessions to a wide variety of audiences at the college
• Create and maintain case studies that evidence the benefits of the nutrition programme and resources within the school.
• Build connections with pupils and staff to support the multi-disciplinary nature of nutrition development across multiple domains within the school.
• Support identified pupils with more bespoke nutritional guidance based upon the demands of their school experience - academic, co-curricular.
• Maintain sound knowledge of nutritional requirements for all age groups
• Deliver training to catering teams on nutrition and wellbeing
• Review menus and provide feedback on the nutritional content of the offer
• Train catering team on allergen management process
• Write and check medical diet menus for pupils at Brighton College
• Audit kitchen and service points to ensure nutrition and allergen compliance
• Support the delivery and implementation of the social value and sustainability strategy at Brighton College alongside key stakeholders at the school

Person Specification

• Associate Registered Nutritionist with an accredited nutrition degree from university
• Knowledge of allergen legislation and experience executing safe allergen management procedures
• Must be willing to travel and stay away from home on occasion
• Ambitious, professional, organised, efficient and self-motivated
• An interest in sustainability and environment would be desired
• Confident in communicating to large groups of people and controlling challenging meetings/conversations
• Confident in delivering nutrition and food education to different audiences
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to quickly gain credibility with key stakeholder groups
• A passion for keeping up to date with research and national health events
• Excellent presentation skills
• Demonstrates Compass values and recognition principles
• Team player
• Willingness to work hard and progress

Key Contacts and Working Relationships

• Brighton College Contract Director
• Head of Nutrition and Sustainability, Chartwells (central)
• Brighton College Catering team
• Brighton College senior leadership team, parents and pupils
• School-based Nutritionists across Chartwells Independent
• Chartwells Independent Head of Operations and Regional Managers
• Chartwells Nutrition Team

As part of Compass you'll help to feed people, fuel progress and forge connections in around 6,000 venues. Join us to grow your career with the industry leader, and get competitive pay, great perks and unrivalled opportunities for learning and development, at one of the UK's biggest businesses.

Job Reference: com/2510/C05801/52692099/BU

Compass Group UK&I is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive?because diversity is our strength!


Location: Brighton, GB

Posted Date: 11/29/2024