Assistant Nutritionist

Closing Date of Applications – 22/10/2024

*Casual contract –potentially leading to a fixed-term contract on part-time hours*

Our Story

Manchester City is an English Premier League club whose roots began in East Manchester. From its first incarnation as St Mark’s West Gorton in 1880, the club became Manchester City FC in 1894. Behind each title lies emotion, moments and memories that resonate with millions of supporters around the world. Manchester City fans are known for their commitment and togetherness, as a Club that fights to the end.

Our Winning Team

MCFC is built on a vision for sustainability, with an academy structure designed to support long-term first team success, to engagement with the communities in which we reside. Together with our passionate fans and valued network of partners, we are developing Manchester City’s future history.

You’ll support the delivery of nutrition services to players within the boy’s academy across all phases (FP, YDP and PDP). This person will also be a valuable member of the physical performance department within the academy contributing to its function and expected to drive performance services forward.

Your Impact

1. To support the performance nutrition services delivery which influence across relevant departments e.g. operations, education, catering etc.

2.  Implement and maintain projects associated with performance nutrition within the physical performance department and to disseminate information across the physical performance department and wider staff group.

3.  To manage individual schedule and time commitments to ensure service delivery is distributed accordingly between all stakeholders

4.  Develop, implement and manage education programmes to players, staff and parents, with an emphasis on the Foundation Phase and Youth Development Phase.

5.  Maintain the highest standards of professional, nutritional/supplement integrity. Ensuring all produce advised and supplied within the academy comply with anti-doping regulations.

6.  Manage and develop individual technical performance development in conjunction with head of physical performance and academy nutritionist.

 

What we are looking for

Essential

• Postgraduate qualification in sports nutrition or similar
• Minimum graduate level on the Sport and Exercise nutrition Register (or working towards submission)
• Minimum ISAK level 1
• UK anti-doping accredited advisor
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills
• The proven ability to self-manage time and schedule to multiple stakeholders
• A team player helps create team spirit
• Develops and delivers practical solutions to problems, acts when sees an opportunity to ‘add value’
• Flexible and able to work within and cope with the demands of a multi squad environment.

Desirable

• An understanding of using performance nutrition analysis software
• Previous experience in an elite football environment

City Football Group promotes equal opportunities in employment and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

We will screen all applicants and select candidates whose skills and experience seem to meet our needs. We will carefully consider your application during the initial screening and will contact you only if you are selected for an interview. 

Employment is subject to the provision of proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Due to our safeguarding promise, all UK based CFG roles will be subject to a DBS check upon commencing employment with us. This will be either a basic, standard or enhanced check depending on the job role and responsibilities.