Performance Nutritionist

The Performance Nutritionist is responsible for leading and delivering the club's nutrition strategy across all football programmes to optimise player health, availability, recovery, adaptation, and performance. As a member of the multidisciplinary performance team, the role provides expert nutritional support to first-team, academy, programmes, ensuring nutrition is fully integrated into the club's performance philosophy., The role includes, but is not limited to:

• Lead the club's nutrition strategy, aligning nutritional practices with the club's performance objectives and long-term player development philosophy.
• Provide strategic and practical nutrition support to first-team, academy, and other designated football programmes.
• Design, implement, and evaluate individualised nutrition plans to optimise performance, recovery, body composition, injury rehabilitation, and long-term athlete development.
• Lead the integration of nutrition into the multidisciplinary performance model, working collaboratively with medical, sports science, strength and conditioning, psychology, coaching, and football operations staff.
• Conduct comprehensive nutritional assessments using validated methods and performance data to inform evidence-based interventions.
• Develop nutrition protocols for training, match preparation, recovery, travel,, hydration, supplementation, and injury management.
• Oversee supplement policies and governance, ensuring all products are appropriately risk assessed, batch tested where required, and compliant with anti-doping regulations.
• Work closely with the Performance Chef and catering team to ensure all food provision aligns with nutritional objectives, performance demands, and individual player requirements.
• Lead nutrition planning for travel, ensuring appropriate food provision and nutritional support across all environments.
• Deliver nutrition education programmes for players, coaches, and staff to promote informed decision-making and positive nutrition behaviours.
• Establish and maintain robust systems for monitoring player nutrition, dietary intake, body composition, hydration status, and intervention outcomes.