Nutritionist

As a Nutritionist, you will provide critical nutritional expertise across all our education contracts, working closely with operations management, front-line staff, and performance teams. Your primary role will be to ensure compliance with relevant legislation, standards, and guidelines for healthy, nutritious children's food, in line with the ISS Education brand. Job Description You will support the design and management of special diet processes and procedures, ensuring that all dietary requirements are met with the utmost care and precision. Additionally, you will play a key role in the development and delivery of broader nutrition, health, and wellbeing initiatives and programs, promoting a comprehensive approach to health in educational settings. Your responsibilities will include offering guidance and training to staff on nutritional best practices, staying updated with the latest research and trends in nutrition, and applying this knowledge to continuously enhance our food offerings. You will collaborate with our culinary team to create menus that are both nutritious and appealing to children, fostering a positive relationship with healthy eating. If you are passionate about advancing nutritional health in education and dedicated to making a meaningful impact, we invite you to join our team. Key Responsibilities • Support the Associate Nutritionist to manage special diet referrals on a day-to-day basis and at menu change, creating general, bespoke, and complex menus in line with pupil medical requirements • Maintain pupil files in line with all GDPR requirements and ensure all other dietary safeguarding processes and procedures are adhered to • Assess menu compliance in line with legislation and other nutrition standards • Develop nutrition, wellbeing and special diet related tools and resources to support operational teams in the delivery of service • Support Operations teams to respond to school, client and parent queries relating to special diets, nutrition and legislative standards • Assist the Senior Nutritionist with expertise for new business, client visits, menu planning, special diets policy development and mobilisations & training • Design & deliver added value initiatives within the business e.g FEED days and other promotional or educational events Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications • Degree in Nutrition • Registered Nutritionist with the AfN • Member of a professional body e.g Nutrition society • Previous work experience, preferably within the Education catering sector and, or working with special diets and allergies • Experience working with children and young adults • Experience with using Saffron or other nutritional analysis programme The Company ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience. Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people. We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #ISSGreatPeople #ISSTalent #PeopleMakePlace ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer. ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste) religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work. If you have any further queries regarding this role, please contact the Resourcing Team by emailing resourcing.team@uk.issworld.com