Performance Nutritionistmillwall

Location Millwall Football Club Training Ground, Calmont Road, Bromley,BR1 4BY, The Den and away travel locations.
Contract Type Full Time
Salary Dependent on Experience


ROLE OVERVIEW
The Performance Nutritionist is responsible for leading and delivering the club's nutrition strategy across all football programmes to optimise player health, availability, recovery, adaptation, and performance. As a member of the multidisciplinary performance team, the role provides expert nutritional support to first-team, academy, programmes, ensuring nutrition is fully integrated into the club's performance philosophy.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The role includes, but is not limited to:

▸ Lead the club's nutrition strategy, aligning nutritional practices with the club's performance objectives and long-term player development philosophy.
▸ Provide strategic and practical nutrition support to first-team, academy, and other designated football programmes.
▸ Design, implement, and evaluate individualised nutrition plans to optimise performance, recovery, body composition, injury rehabilitation, and long-term athlete development.
▸ Lead the integration of nutrition into the multidisciplinary performance model, working collaboratively with medical, sports science, strength and conditioning, psychology, coaching, and football operations staff.
▸ Conduct comprehensive nutritional assessments using validated methods and performance data to inform evidence-based interventions.
▸ Develop nutrition protocols for training, match preparation, recovery, travel,, hydration, supplementation, and injury management.
▸ Oversee supplement policies and governance, ensuring all products are appropriately risk assessed, batch tested where required, and compliant with anti-doping regulations.
▸ Work closely with the Performance Chef and catering team to ensure all food provision aligns with nutritional objectives, performance demands, and individual player requirements.
▸ Lead nutrition planning for travel, ensuring appropriate food provision and nutritional support across all environments.
▸ Deliver nutrition education programmes for players, coaches, and staff to promote informed decision-making and positive nutrition behaviours.
▸ Establish and maintain robust systems for monitoring player nutrition, dietary intake, body composition, hydration status, and intervention outcomes.
▸ Contribute to return-to-play programmes by integrating nutritional strategies into rehabilitation plans in collaboration with the medical and performance teams.

PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential
▸ Master's degree in Nutrition, Sports Nutrition, or a related field.
▸ Certification on the Sports and Exercise Nutrition Registration (SENR) or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) or equivalent credential.
▸ ISAK accreditation (or equivalent recognised anthropometry qualification).
▸ UKAD accreditation
▸ Significant applied experience providing nutrition support at elite/professional level
▸ Proven ability to design and deliver individualised nutrition programmes
▸ Excellent player-facing skills: energetic, engaging, and trusted by athletes
▸ Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, including with external stakeholders
▸ Commitment to continuous professional development
▸ Flexibility to accommodate varying schedules, including evenings, weekends, and travel with the team(s) as required.