Public Health Nutritionist Temporary

Job title: Public Health Nutritionist

**Salary**: SO2 £36,124 - £37,938 per annum

Hours: 37 hours per week or a job share would be considered

Contract: Temporary to cover maternity leave

At Catering Leeds, we are specialists in Food Education and have over 25 years’ experience of providing a great service to schools and nurseries. Our primary focus is on customer experience.

We want to work with our customers to develop true partnerships which benefit the children of Leeds, making them ready to learn and ready for life.

As a Public Health Nutritionist, you be expected to provide specialist strategic support to the service in relation to nutrition, public health initiatives, special diet provision, menu planning, training, curriculum-based support work in schools and project work. To develop initiatives which allow the service to support LCC Health and Wellbeing Strategy. To develop nutrition-based initiatives to help increase business and profitability of services.

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our

**council values**

and

**ambitions**


**About you**
- Have achieved a recognised qualification in Nutrition or Food Services at Degree level or working towards.
- Have knowledge or understanding of nutrition, nutritional guidelines and special dietary requirements.
- demonstrate a can-do approach
- have excellent organisation skills

**About the role**

The Public Heath Nutritionist role is within the Food Technology department and the post holder works in conjunction with the Food Technology and Nutrition manager as well as the Nutrition and Food Safety manager. This role provides specialist strategic support for Catering Leeds in relation to nutrition, public health initiatives, special diet provision, menu planning, training, curriculum-based support work in schools and project work. To develop nutrition-based initiatives to help increase business and profitability of services. Implement and provide specialist diets and dietetics services City Wide to meet the needs of Early Years and School aged Children. Work in direct contact with Education Establishments, Schools, Parents, Health Professionals, GP’s. Work in partnership across council directorates to support the work to achieve LCC’s HWBS objectives specifically in relation to lowering the number of children above healthy weight. To design and develop nutritionally balanced education Catering Leeds menus for Schools, Children’s Centres and SILC’s, in line with government legislation and documentation. To develop and deliver strategies City Wide meeting the requirements of the departmental service plan.

**What we offer you**

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

- a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
- membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
- a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
- a range of
**staff benefits**

to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

**How to apply**

If you have any queries or would like an informal chat about the role, please contact our dedicated recruitment team on **0113 3782323.**

**recruitment of ex-offenders policy**

**.**

**If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the**

**Skilled Worker visa**

**route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £38,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Ensure you are eligible before applying.**

**Job purpose**

**To provide specialist strategic support to the service**in relation to nutrition, **public health initiatives**, special diet provision, **menu planning, training, curriculum based support work in schools**and project work**. To develop initiatives which allow the service to support LCC Health and Wellbeing Strategy. To develop nutrition-based initiatives to help increase business and profitability of services.**

**Responsibilities**:

- Have the knowledge and ability to implement and provide specialist diets and dietetics services City Wide to meet the needs of Early Years and School aged Children. Work in direct contact with Education Establishments, Schools, Parents, Health Professionals, GP’s.
- Maintain and develop special diet database, use knowledge and influence to continually improve the special diet process and recommend further improvements which will enable efficiency in the area of special diets
- To develop food and nutrition based health promotion and support work in schools, identifying areas of development and improvement in line with national guidelines and recommendations.
- Work with health professionals, GP’s families and children to maintain good health pr