The Training Table Registered Dietitian is an expert in food, nutrition, and culinary arts. This role involves collaborating with the Vanderbilt’s Athletics’ Nutrition team to meet the dietary needs of student athletes. The Registered Dietitian designs and carries out nutritional programs and demonstrations to promote health and wellness in the athletics campus community. This includes offering nutrition information at on-campus dining locations, counseling individuals, providing nutrition related services to individuals and groups, and creating materials to support these programs. 

About the Campus Dining Department:  

Vanderbilt Campus Dining is a non-profit university-managed auxiliary service. We take pride in our commitment to providing value through the highest quality, best-tasting, most nutritious and diverse menus possible. We embrace our role as builders of community. We offer a comprehensive plan in 23 locations that include 5 residential dining halls, 4 retail dining locations, 7 cafes and 6 markets.  

Duties and Responsibilities  

The Training Table Registered Dietitian is an expert in food, nutrition, and culinary arts. This role involves collaborating with the Vanderbilt’s Athletics’ Nutrition team to meet the dietary needs of student athletes. The Registered Dietitian designs and carries out nutritional programs and demonstrations to promote health and wellness in the athletics campus community. This includes offering nutrition information at on-campus dining locations, counseling individuals, providing nutrition related services to individuals and groups, and creating materials to support these programs. 

About the Campus Dining Department:  

Vanderbilt Campus Dining is a non-profit university-managed auxiliary service. We take pride in our commitment to providing value through the highest quality, best-tasting, most nutritious and diverse menus possible. We embrace our role as builders of community. We offer a comprehensive plan in 23 locations that include 5 residential dining halls, 4 retail dining locations, 7 cafes and 6 markets.  

Duties and Responsibilities  

Liaison with Vanderbilt Athletics Nutrition Team  

• Works closely with Campus Dining Culinary team and the Athletics’ Nutrition team to assist with the development of menus for the athletic training table.   These menus will be designed to meet the individual nutritional needs for student athletes, this will include menu development for athletes with special dietary needs.   

• Works closely with Campus Dining Culinary team to ensure the purchase and preparation of high quality, fresh and local foods/ingredients to further enhance athletic performance.  Assists with designing menus with a healthy balance of complex carbohydrates, clean proteins, colorful salads, fruits and vegetables.   

• Provides nutritional education to student athletes to develop knowledge of how their choices affect their day-to-day athletic performance. 

• Provides basic nutritional facts, develops, and codes menu according to nutritional value to assist student athletes with the information needed to make good food selections.   

• Maintains daily contact and communication with Athletics personnel to ensure Dining’s food program is meeting the individual needs of student athletes. 

Operational Assistance  

• Works with Athletics Dining Team to ensure the daily needs of the operation are met  
• Supervisory responsibilities over hourly employees 

Nutrition Counseling  

• Works with the culinary team to ensure student’s dietary needs are being accommodated and arranges for specially prepared meals, purchase of prepackaged foods or sourcing special requests when the daily menu offerings do not meet their needs. 
• Works with student accessibility/disability services and campus health services for proper student registration and medical documentation as it pertains to meal plan exemptions and accommodations. 
• Provides individual tours to students and parents to familiarize them with our dining locations and to identify options related to their specific condition. 
• Follows HIPAA and FERPA guidelines throughout the entire nutrition counseling process. 

Culinary/Nutrition Instruction  

• Offers nutrition-based information with a health focus to professional and/or consumer audiences. 
• Provides nutrition education/counseling to individuals and groups. 
• Spread nutrition education and awareness through educational tabling events, cooking demos, lecture presentations, health fairs, and other on-campus programming. 

Food Writing/Editing  

• Develops story ideas and content for nutrition-based food articles for various publications, including newspapers, magazines, newsletters, websites, and books. 
• Provides content editing of recipes, head notes, nutrient analysis, and accompanying text. 
• Develops and/or contributes recipes and copy for food industry marketing materials (i.e., website, brochure, etc.). 

Recipe Development and Testing  

• Develops recipes based on specific nutrition guidelines and/or ingredients. 
• Tests recipes to ensure accuracy of measurements and instructions, quality, flavor, yield, nutrition information, and other specified criteria. 

• Provides head notes, footnotes, and other copy to accompany recipes. 

• Analyzes menus and recipes for nutritional adequacy. 

• Develops menus and/or meal plans to meet specific nutrition guidelines.  

Professional Development  

• Maintains dietetic registration and continuing education requirements. 

• Develops and implements an individualized portfolio plan for professional growth and development including participation in professional organizations and activities, workshops, and seminars. 

Qualifications:  

• A bachelor’s degree in food science, culinary arts, clinical nutrition, food and nutrition, or related area, from a U.S. regionally accredited college or university 
• At least 2 years of experience in nutritional counseling.  
• Must be a Registered Dietitian with active registration by the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the American Dietetic Association. 
• Previous experience working in a sports setting is strongly preferred. 

• Basic computer skills and an ability to work in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Outlook, Excel) is necessary. 

• Strong communication (verbal, written, interpersonal) skills and an ability to communicate effectively with a diverse population is necessary. 

• Ability to meet multiple deadlines and manage competing priorities is necessary. 

• Strong time management, organizational and multi-tasking skills and an eye for detail is necessary.  

Commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

At Vanderbilt University, we are intentional about and assume accountability for fostering advancement and respect for equity, diversity, and inclusion for all students, faculty, and staff. Our commitment to diversity makes us who we are.  We have created a community that celebrates differences and lets individuality thrive. As part of this commitment, we actively value diversity in our workplace and learning environments as we seek to take advantage of the rich backgrounds and abilities of everyone. The diverse voices of Vanderbilt represent an invaluable resource for the University in its efforts to fulfill its mission and strive to be an example of excellence in higher education.

Vanderbilt University is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Please note, all candidates selected for an offer of employment are subject to pre-employment background checks, which may include but are not limited to, based on the role for which they have been selected: criminal history, education verification, social media review, motor vehicle records, credit history, and professional license verification. 

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