Club Nutritionist in Bournemouth

The Club Nutritionist is responsible for delivering and developing nutritional strategies across the First Team and Academy, supporting performance, recovery, health, and long‑term athlete development. This role sits uniquely between both the First Team and Academy, delivering nutritional strategies aimed at enhancing recovery, health and long‑term athlete development. The role focuses on integrating nutritional practices into the daily environment, supporting staff education, and building sustainable, evidence‑based systems aligned with the club’s performance philosophy. The Club Nutritionist reports to the Director of Medical & Performance and is operationally managed by the First Team Head of Medical & Performance. The role works in close collaboration with the Senior Nutritionist/Academy Head of Medical & Performance to ensure alignment of nutritional practices across the player pathway, and coordinates with external consultants and service providers to deliver consistent and high‑quality nutritional support across all environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Nutrition Delivery: Support matchday, training, and recovery nutrition strategies for both Academy and First Team Players. Contribute to injury management and rehabilitation nutrition in accordance with the AFCB Injury protocols. Provide targeted support for players. Monitor and take charge of supplement provision within the Academy. Monitor Academy body composition, provide clear reports to necessary staff personnel.
• Systems & Integration: Implement club‑wide nutritional frameworks and standards in collaboration with Senior Nutritionist. Integrate nutrition into multidisciplinary performance processes. Support consistency of provision across First Team and Academy.
• Education & Development: Deliver and evolve the current AFCB nutrition education syllabus for Academy players, host families, parents and staff. Support behaviour change and long‑term nutritional habits within both Academy and First Team players. Help develop and shape the Nutrition Culture across the AFCB Academy. Contribute to internal CPD and knowledge sharing.
• Collaboration: Collaborate with catering and operations staff to ensure consistent nutritional provision across environments including the Performance Centre and away travel. Support alignment with external partners and suppliers where required. The role operates within a multidisciplinary framework and does not hold line management authority across departmental structures.
• Departmental Integration: Work within a multidisciplinary team to support player health, performance, and development. Contribute to a “one department” approach, fostering trust, collaboration, and shared accountability across medical and performance staff. Participate in interdisciplinary meetings and decision‑making processes related to player management.

General Duties - Governance & Compliance: As a member of staff ensure that you adhere to the club’s safeguarding policies and procedures and are committed to our safeguarding values, creating a safe and positive environment for all those who interact with the club. Obligation to adhere to the club’s health and safety policy and procedures. Maintain professional standards in line with governing bodies and regulatory requirements. As a member of staff to ensure in all matters, you follow and actively promote the club’s mental health policies and practices to ensure an open, non‑judgmental and inclusive environment for everyone engaged with the club. Responsibility to comply with the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, and all related Company policies, taking reasonable care for their own safety and that of others, reporting hazards or incidents, following safe systems of work, and co‑operating with all training and emergency procedures. As a member of staff to ensure in all matters you follow and actively promote the club’s equality policies and practices to ensure a welcoming, safe and inclusive environment for everyone engaged with the club.

The duties and responsibilities described are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time; or the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise: Undergraduate and postgraduate degree in a relevant subject (e.g. Nutrition, Sport & Exercise Nutrition, Dietetics). Registration with relevant professional body or working towards and achievable in 6 months (e.g. SENr, HCPC). Experience in elite sport preferred. Experience in supporting or delivering nutrition programmes. Minimum ISAK Level 1 certification.

Benefits: Free onsite parking. Season ticket and allocation of complimentary/purchased tickets (subject to availability). Subsidised lunches and complimentary healthy snacks throughout the day. Discounts at the club Superstore. Access to Health Cash Plan with Simplyhealth. Employee Assistance Programme Contribution towards eye tests and glasses. Discounts and benefits from partners and local businesses. Club pension & Life Assurance Scheme. Paid parental leave (bank of five days per year). Club events or other social events throughout the year run by our club social team. Paid volunteer opportunities (2 days per year). Paid day’s leave on your birthday.