Assistant Sports Dietitian, Athletics – Nutrition Services – Full Time 8 Hour Days (Exempt) (Non-Union)

EXPIRED

Provides nutritional expertise to student-athletes and staff. Primary responsibilities include individual nutrition counseling; team education; leading internship program; serving as a food and nutrition resource for coaches, athletic trainers, and sports performance staff; and maintaining professional competency and skills required for professional practice.

Essential Duties:

• Assess and analyze dietary practices, body composition, and energy balance of athletes in the context of athletic performance and health.
• Assist Little Galen Dining Hall in the development and maintenance of performance friendly menus.
• Counsel athletes on optimal nutrition for exercise training, competition, recovery from exercise, weight management,
  hydration, immunity, disordered eating, travel, and supplementation.
• Provide personalized fueling plans to promote achieving short- and long-term goals for athletic performance and good
  health.
• Address nutritional challenges to performance, such as food allergies, bone mineral disturbances, gastrointestinal
  disturbances, iron depletion, and iron-deficiency anemia.
• Counsel athletes on optimal nutrition for recovery from illness or injury.
• Coordinate nutritional care as a member of multidisciplinary sports medicine teams for conditions such as disordered
  eating.
• Evaluate dietary supplements based on rules and regulations of the NCAA and the United States Anti-Doping Agency
  (USADA)

Provides nutritional expertise to student-athletes and staff. Primary responsibilities include individual nutrition counseling; team education; leading internship program; serving as a food and nutrition resource for coaches, athletic trainers, and sports performance staff; and maintaining professional competency and skills required for professional practice.

Essential Duties:

• Assess and analyze dietary practices, body composition, and energy balance of athletes in the context of athletic performance and health.
• Assist Little Galen Dining Hall in the development and maintenance of performance friendly menus.
• Counsel athletes on optimal nutrition for exercise training, competition, recovery from exercise, weight management,
  hydration, immunity, disordered eating, travel, and supplementation.
• Provide personalized fueling plans to promote achieving short- and long-term goals for athletic performance and good
  health.
• Address nutritional challenges to performance, such as food allergies, bone mineral disturbances, gastrointestinal
  disturbances, iron depletion, and iron-deficiency anemia.
• Counsel athletes on optimal nutrition for recovery from illness or injury.
• Coordinate nutritional care as a member of multidisciplinary sports medicine teams for conditions such as disordered
  eating.
• Evaluate dietary supplements based on rules and regulations of the NCAA and the United States Anti-Doping Agency
  (USADA)
• Document nutrition services provided and evaluate the effectiveness of nutrition strategies towards meeting desired
  outcomes.
• Assists in the management of the program budget and adherence to budget guidelines and analyzes for cost effectiveness.
  May approve expenditures for specific program areas.
• Maintains a thorough understanding of all departmental and university policies and procedures, as well as applicable
  government and industry standards, and ensures adherence to them.
• Coordinate nutrition for team travel (catering, hotels, airlines, competition)
• Assist in overseeing fueling stations and procurement of goods
• Assist in management of student-internship program and dietetic interns
• Assist in Developing Policies and Processes. Ensuring quality and consistency in clinical, food service, and education
  programming through training and quality management studies.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

 
Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in nutrition, exercise physiology, or related field required

• Master's degree in nutrition, exercise physiology, or related field preferred

• 1 year Required: 1-3 Years experience in related field

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience as a registered dietitian in a health care or educational setting preferred.

Required Licenses/Certifications:

• Registered Dietitian - RD Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the American Dietetic Association
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider from American Heart Association
• Fire Life Safety Training (LA City) If no card upon hire, one must be obtained within 30 days of hire and maintained by renewal before expiration date. (Required within LA City only)

The annual base salary range for this position is $68,640.00 - $112,370.00. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.

_ USC is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy. _ USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the  Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring  ordinance. We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact USC Human Resources by phone at (213) 821-8100, or by email at uschr@usc.edu.  Inquiries will be treated as confidential to the extent permitted by law.

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