Job title: Performance Dietitian
Company: ACT Academy of Sport
Job description: (PN 41108) Position Description:
Sport and Recreation are seeking a suitably qualified and enthusiastic professional to join our ACT Academy of Sport (ACTAS) team as a Performance Dietitian. The Performance Dietitian will work within the Performance Services team that provide sport science and sports medicine services to selected athletes from Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games sports.
The Performance Dietitian will provide individual assessments of athletes and design nutrition programs to support training, competition, healthy status, and injury rehabilitation. Additionally, the Performance Dietitian will provide educational services in the form of groupwork and workshop approaches to ACTAS sports groups, coaching staff and select elite and community sporting initiatives.
The ACT Public Service supports workforce diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, culturally diverse people and those who identify as LGBTIQ are encouraged to apply.
Notes:
An order of merit will be established from this selection process and may be used to fill future identical vacancies over the next 12 months.
ACTAS operates on the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) campus in the suburb of Bruce. As a tenant on the AIS campus ACTAS personnel must adhere to relevant AIS facility related policies and procedures inclusive of the AIS High Performance Zone Vaccination Policy.
Essential Requirements
- Working with Children / Working with Vulnerable People Check
- Tertiary qualifications or demonstrated experience in nutrition and dietetics, recognised by Dietitians Australia (DA).
- Membership with Dietitians Australia and Sports Dietitians Australia (SDA) with a minimum status of Accredited Sports Dietitian with SDA.
- Level 1 ISAK Anthropometry accredited.
- Current Level 2 Sports Integrity Australia certification (previously known as ASADA).
Desirable Criteria
- International Olympic Committee Diploma of Sports Nutrition or equivalent
- Applied research experience (Honours, Masters Level or PhD post graduate qualifications.
- Australia and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society (ANZBMS) Clinical Densitometry Course
Application Instruction
Applicants are requested to submit a current curriculum vitae with contact details of two referees, and a written response addressing the Professional/Technical Skills and Knowledge, and Behavioural Capabilities.
Expected salary: $95746 – 109072 per year
Location: Canberra, ACT
Job date: Fri, 01 Mar 2024 05:14:37 GMT
Apply for the job now!