Role Title: Consultant Nutritionist

Reports to: Clinical Director

Contract: Consulting agreement, until 31 Dec 2026

Hours: 5 days (40 hours) of provision before 31 Dec 2025. 16 days (128 hours) of provision across 2026. May include evenings, weekends and bank holidays as required. 

Remuneration: £300 per day

Location: The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton

Closing date: 20th October 2025

The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a consultant nutritionist to join our Sport Science & Medicine (SS&M) team and contribute to elite sport performance through innovative nutritional strategies, supporting athletes at the highest levels of competition.

The service will be 16 days of provision across each year, with dates to be agreed in line with greatest performance and educational impact. This will be a consultancy role and may include working outside normal office hours and on public holidays where necessary.

The main purpose of this role is to oversee and deliver the nutrition provision across both the Men’s and Women’s professional playing squads. Working within the Sport Science & Medicine (SS&M) team the role will support performance through developing and implementing a nutritional service. This role includes promoting nutrition's role in performance, coordinating with Strength & Conditioning coaches and catering providers to ensure optimal food provision during training, matches, and travel, and delivering educational programs, consultations, and monitoring. Additionally, the role involves developing and maintaining nutrition policies and protocols, managing relationships with nutrition partners, ensuring compliance with anti-doping and supplement regulations, maintaining detailed records of athlete interactions, and upholding confidentiality and professional standards.

About You

Amongst other essential criteria, you will have a degree in Nutrition, Sport Science, Dietetics, or a related field, along with higher qualifications such as an IOC diploma or Masters in sports nutrition. You’ll hold a ISAK Level 1 accreditation and be an Anti-Doping Clean Sport Advisor. A minimum of three years’ postgraduate experience working with elite athletes is essential, including expertise in analysing team sport demands, developing nutrition programmes, and working with catering guidelines.

You will have a track record of working within multidisciplinary teams to deliver performance nutrition support, managing budgets, and providing cost-effective services. Experience working with supplement partners and managing key stakeholders is also important.

We are seeking a highly organised and empathetic individual with strong relationship-building skills and the ability to work collaboratively and inclusively. You are approachable, influential, and capable of positively engaging with stakeholders. You’ll demonstrate resilience under pressure, possess excellent decision-making abilities, and take active responsibility and accountability.

You will need to provide documentation from HMRC confirming your self-employment or company registration status.

For the full list of responsibilities and criteria for the role, please download the role description here: Consultant Nutritionist - Role Description 

You'll need to refer to the role description within your application to show how you meet the essential criteria.

To learn more about us as a Club, our purpose, vision and values, please click this link: SCCC

How to Apply

If you are interested in this position, simply complete our application form below - we use fair and safe recruitment methods therefore we don't review CVs as part of our selection process. Please provide as much detail as possible in your application responses as this is how we select candidates for the next stage of the process. For more information and support, please read our Application Guidance.

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Selected candidates will be invited to an interview at the Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton or via Microsoft Teams on the w/c 27th October 2025.