- Lead the overall First Team nutrition strategy, ensuring alignment and the integration of elite nutrition practices.
- Ensuring the day-to-day implementation of performance nutrition support to First Team players; ensuring that each player’s individual nutritional needs are targeted.
- Lead the planning and delivery of periodised nutrition strategies aligned with performance objectives, training and competition demands (e.g., “fuel for the work required”).
- Oversee all matchday nutrition provision, attending home and away fixtures, delivering hands-on provision where required.
- Encourage and promote the implementation of “food first” approach to performance nutrition alongside evidence-based supplementation strategies (compliant with anti-doping regulations), across the First Team.
- Contribute to regular diagnostic profiling of players (e.g., body composition, blood profiles), analyse and report results, and be an integral part of the multi-disciplinary approach in effective interventions to improve physical performance.
- Be an integral part of the multi-disciplinary approach to return-to-play processes and develop effective nutritional interventions for the rehabilitation of injured First Team players.
- Collaborate with Chefs and catering staff to ensure menus are high quality, periodised, and tailored to individual and squad needs to promote adaptation and enhance physical performance.
- Support international players in maintaining nutrition programmes and club supplementation while on international duty.
- Liaise with players’ external key stakeholders (e.g., personal chefs, private nutritionists, trainers. Families, etc.) where required, maintaining alignment with the nutrition strategy.
- Coordinate the provision of supplements, establish and maintain relationships with various suppliers.
- Ensure data collection is maintained to the highest standard and utilised in an objective manner, in-line with physical performance benchmarks.
- Mentor and supervise the work of First Team sports science interns.
- Keep abreast of advancing knowledge and applications in sports nutrition and use this information to develop new evidence-based practices.
- Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations and healthcare governance procedures including the security and protection of confidential information.
- Contribute to the development of resources and educational aids.
- Contribute to a programme of in-house continued professional development.
- Any other reasonable duties and responsibilities the Head of Performance or any other senior manager at the Club asks you to perform.
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