Registered Dietitian, Health & Wellbeing Manager - Elon University

Job Description

Position Description:

The Registered Dietitian, Health and Wellbeing Manager is responsible for assigned health and wellbeing programs and support the launch, activation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the health and wellbeing platform for Harvest Table Culinary Group, including maintenance of accurate nutritional analysis of the culinary-driven dining programming.

Scope of Role:

The scope of the role will partner with developing and maintaining menu analysis and menu scheduling for multiple locations on digital media platforms as well as executing health and wellbeing programming events to support the implementation of overall program. Additionally, this role will use collaborative efforts in partnership with the culinary team, guest experiences team, leadership teams, clients, and other campus organizations to enhance guest experiences through health and wellbeing programs.

• Works with internal recipe and menu programs and systems to post accurate menu ingredient and allergen transparency on digital media platform and maintenance of menu scheduling.
• Oversees FDA National Menu Labeling compliance as it relates to nutritional signage in on-campus residential and proprietary retail locations.
• Supports health and wellbeing platforms and implementation of programs such as tabling events, aiding in cooking demos, and other on-campus programming.
• Works with Guest Experiences Manager to engage the student population through social media and pop-ups events.
• Works with the culinary team to perform monthly or weekly kitchen and location recipe adherence audits. Check product purchasing and proper usage, take note of new products or changes.
• Partners with Safety Champion to engage associates and managers in educational in-service and pre-service meetings, and regular trainings to review proper food safety.
• Collaborate with the culinary team to ensure guest?s dietary preferences are being accommodated.
• Participate in culinary development training and meetings to provide partnership with menu planning and nutritional knowledge.
• Conducts one-on-one nutrition counseling and consultations for guest with special nutritional needs.
• Works with culinary team to ensure guests? nutritional 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 the needs.
• Works with guest accessibility/disability services and campus health services for proper student registration and medical documentation as it pertains to meal plan exemptions and accommodations.
• Follows HIPPA and FERPA guidelines.

• Required: Bachelor?s degree from a 4-year university or college in nutrition and Registered Dietitian credential with the Commission of Dietetic Registration and Licensed Dietitian status, if residing in a state with licensure.
• Preferred but not required: Master?s degree dietetics, food science, nutrition, institutional management or relative to a function and/or at one (1) year experience in higher education, food service and/or services in marketing.
• Strong communication skills: oral, written, and presentation. The ability to communicate with a wide range of people and behavior styles.
• Solid strategic, analytical, and decision making skills.
• A self-starter, confident in abilities, self-motivated and able to work effectively with little supervision.
• Guest-centric approach to higher education restaurants and dining experiences.
• Creative and flexible in attitude/style to adapt to new situations in a dynamic environment.
• A strong value system, unquestioned integrity, and good listening skills.