Dietitian - Women's

Part Time, Max Term position
- Passionate, hard-working & eager to learn team player
- Fast paced sporting environment

Are you a passionate Dietitian who’s interested in women’s football and athlete nutrition? This is your chance to join a proud and historic club as Essendon Football Club (EFC) looks to appoint a Dietitian in our AFLW program.

**About us**

Essendon FC - “The Bombers” - are a professional sporting team in the Australian Football League. As home to 5 sporting teams, we run our AFL men’s and women’s programs, VFL women’s and men’s programs, and a wheelchair football team. But we’re more than the game. Not only do we exist to win premierships, we aim to give back to our loyal membership base, and importantly, our community. We understand and take seriously the impact we have on social outcomes and work tirelessly to ensure these are positive, from our partnership with The Long Walk, to our indigenous pathway programs. To do this, we have strong commercial partnerships and innovate with non-traditional ventures, such as our Essendon Education Academy and EFC Investment Fund, so that we can deliver world class events, give back to our fans, run community programs and ultimately, strive toward our next premiership.

**About the role**

Under the guidance of our Lead Performance Dietitian, as our Dietitian - Women’s, you will be responsible for the delivery of a sports nutrition program to maximise the performance of our AFLW playing list. Including the delivery of education and optimising the dietary intake of individual players according to their development plan and position.

You will be responsible for:

- Delivering group and individual education to AFLW players with the main goal of supporting good health and optimising performance.
- Providing education to AFLW players (with a particular focus on the development group) on nutrition, hydration, supplementation and lifestyle topics.
- Working closely with football operations, high performance and coaching staff to provide recommendations on best practice for nutrition and hydration.

**About you**

With a Bachelor or Master of Nutrition and Dietetics and an ISAK accreditation, you’ll have a proactive approve to driving nutrition standards and behaviours and experience developing meal plans and menus for athletes. Having experience working in elite sport, you’ll be able to communicate clearly with elite athletes, coaches and other key stakeholders. Being an accredited practicing dietitian or an accredited sports dietitian through Sports Dietitians Australia will be desirable.

**The Perks**
- ** Our work doesn’t always fit the 9 to 5.** Your life doesn’t always fit the hours around it. We offer flexibility with hybrid office / home working arrangements and hours.
- **More annual leave? **Sure EFC People* will be gifted additional leave per year taken to coincide with Footy Department mini breaks or at the discretion of the CEO. EFC People may also choose to purchase up to 10 days per annum additional leave during the year for extra time off*.
- ** Parent friendly - **We put family at the centre of our work. We know they are the centre of yours. We offer paid parental leave to both the primary and secondary carer of a biological or adopted child*.
- Access to **our Wellbeing Partner - Converge **which supports a Healthy Mind, Healthy Body and Healthy Workplace.
- ** Continuous professional development**:

- to compete at our best we have to keep learning. It’s an expectation and a commitment we make to everyone at EFC. All EFC people will have access to the Essendon Leadership Academy which consists of formal learning, coaching and mentoring, to support you in achieving your career goals.
- ** But wait there’s more - **You will have access to great benefits and discounts through our Commercial Partners. Along with two x Flexi Home & Away memberships* giving you access to our Home & Away games at Marvel Stadium and the MCG. Free onsite parking at our premium workspace, The Hangar, and more.

**Please keep reading...**

We pride ourselves on creating an environment of shared spirit of passion, innovation, and inclusivity. As an Equal Opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diversity and inclusion is an important part of how we do business. We are united in upholding our Club-wide values and are consistently setting the benchmark both on and off the field as we strive to win our next premiership. And we wouldn’t be an elite footy club if we didn’t celebrate. All our win’s matter, on and off the field, we love to reward and recognise our people from monthly barbecues to tickets to the Crichton Medal and Brownlow.

**To Apply**

With our commitment to promoting and protecting the safety and wellbeing of children and young people in our care, we undertake several screening processes to ensure this commitment is upheld. This includes ensuring all our people hold a valid employee Working with Children/Vuln