Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
Lead Performance Nutritionist (Women's)
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The Role
To lead the women’s performance nutrition programme, both from a strategic and delivery focus. A proven leader, the position will support the Head of Sport Science and Director of Performance and Operations to meet the objectives and vision of the Performance Department and Women’s Management.
The Lead Performance Nutritionist (women’s) will be primarily responsible for delivering the first team programme, while supporting the Women’s academy nutritionist to educate players, parents, and host families. They will oversee the delivery of all nutritional strategies and content provided to the whole Academy system.
A food-first philosophy should be encouraged with the aim of maximizing player development, preventing injury and illness and optimizing preparation for, and recovery from, training and competition. The role will require exceptional communication skills that enable the successful candidate to engage with a player’s support team to help them understand and implement good nutritional habits.
The role requires an engaging individual with an established professional background who can utilize their expertise in performance nutrition to aid and impact player performance, body composition and availability. Most importantly they must be able to develop relationships with players and staff to ensure their robust scientific knowledge is being delivered in a personalized individual development program.
The position will involve travelling with the women’s first team, both home and away and being available to travel for various camps and events throughout the football season. The position requires cooperation with existing coaching, performance, and catering staff to determine appropriate methods of implementing the Women’s Performance Nutrition Strategy. As such, strong interpersonal and communication skills are essential. The candidate will be required to develop innovative nutrition strategies while managing an allocated budget of spending.
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This is a Full-time permanent position. Flexibility is required working across a Monday-Sunday rota and over bank holidays, weekends etc. to ensure that all responsibilities are met throughout the season.
Key Responsibilities
- Work with the Director of Performance and Operations and Head of Nutrition to develop a successful Women’s Performance Nutrition philosophy and education programme that reflects the nutrition expectations of football management
- Work within the performance support team, medical team, and relevant performance/coaching staff to deliver and successfully implement team and individual player plans, considering female physiology
- Deliver workshops (theoretical and practical) to players and support the women’s academy nutritionist when delivering education sessions to players parents, and host families
- Ensure ongoing adherence to the nutritional programme by utilising several methods, including player friendly content and resources, educational programmes, workshops and 1-1 communication
- Menu development
- Line manage the assistant nutritionist and women’s academy nutritionist
- Be present at key mealtimes to reinforce messages
- Ensure any supplement use is in accordance with anti-doping regulations. and maintain an up-to-date record of use
- Help to conduct continual objective monitoring of any nutritional interventions (supplement or whole food) imposed upon the players
- Distribute regular reports amongst the multidisciplinary team to demonstrate any objective assessments
- Provide reflective reports to the Nutrition Department and work collectively to improve the standard of performance nutrition in the club
- Actively seek CPD opportunities that develop both the individual and the Nutrition Team
- Conduct regular body composition assessments, including DEXA and skinfolds
- Contribute and provide support to the wider nutrition team, including men’s academy and first team
Safeguarding Responsibilities
- Have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people
- Act in accordance with the organisation’s safeguarding policies and procedures at all times
- Be alert to signs of abuse, neglect, or safeguarding concerns and report these appropriately
- Maintain professional boundaries and act as a positive role model when working with or around children
- Attend safeguarding training as required and keep knowledge up to date
Person Specification
Personal Attributes
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- Proactive in nature and able to generate innovative ideas
- Values & respects others, builds relationships, collaborates
- Gets things done, delivers to highest of standards, takes responsibility and is able to be flexible
- Exceptionally high degree of personal and professional integrity.
- A strong team ethos with demonstrable abilities in building and maintaining productive relationships with both coaching and playing staff within a high-performance environment
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with clear and adaptable communication skills that foster productive working relationships at all levels
Skills & Experience
- Degree level or equivalent in appropriate subject (e.g., Nutrition, Sports Science, Dietetics) (Essential)
- Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area (e.g., MSc, IOC Diploma in Sports Nutrition) (Essential)
- Graduate or Practitioner registrant on the Sport and Exercise Nutrition register (SENr) (Essential)
- ISAK Level 1 Accreditation (Essential)
- Experienced in a high-performance sport, preferably football and/or with female athletes, providing nutritional support to athletes and coaches to improve performance (Essential)
- Experience of managing supplement use in sport, with practical knowledge and understanding of the use of nutritional supplements and ergogenic aids
- A dynamic ability to translate food science into practical advice for female footballers and use excellent, engaging communication skills to motivate behavioural change in those individuals that require it
- Experience of implementing effective nutrition strategies for female athletes
- An understanding of the various sports science/sports medicine disciplines, how they integrate with sports nutrition and a verifiable record of working within a high performance multi-disciplinary team to deliver an effective programme
- An interest in football, with the importance of promoting and supporting equality, safeguarding and anti-doping in sport
- Experience in analysing sport specific demands to develop, implement and evaluate the nutritional programme put in place
- Excellent IT skills
Safeguarding & Recruitment Statement
Safeguarding is fundamental to success in all that we do. The Club follows a Safer Recruitment process for all roles. Successful candidates are to be reminded that they will be subject to proportionate background, DBS and reference checks as required.
We welcome applications from anyone regardless of age, disability, gender, race or ethnic and national origins, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
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