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School Contract Nutritionist

Location
London
Salary
£14.37 Per Hour
Job Type
Permanent
Posted
17 Apr 2026

We ensure you're rewarded for all your hard work, which is why we offer a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

  • Electric vehicle charging points
  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Grow your career with our Career Pathways and MyLearning programmes
  • Quick access for you and your immediate family to a Digital GP, and wider healthcare benefits
  • Exclusive travel discounts with TUI, Expedia, Booking.com and many more
  • Save money on your food shop with discounts on Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and many more
  • Up to 44% off cinema tickets to enjoy your favourite blockbuster
  • Receive cash rewards every time you spend and use them on a wide range of brands
  • Un-wind with us with free wellness, mindfulness and exercise classes
  • You can share all discounts and offers with your friends and families

We ensure you're rewarded for all your hard work, which is why we offer a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

  • Hybrid working
  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Grow your career with our Career Pathways and MyLearning programmes
  • Quick access for you and your immediate family to a Digital GP, and wider healthcare benefits
  • Exclusive travel discounts with TUI, Expedia, Booking.com and many more
  • Save money on your food shop with discounts on Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and many more
  • Up to 44% off cinema tickets to enjoy your favourite blockbuster
  • Receive cash rewards every time you spend and use them on a wide range of brands
  • Un-wind with us with free wellness, mindfulness and exercise classes
  • You can share all discounts and offers with your friends and families

Overall Purpose of the Role:


Duties Include:

- Writing and checking medical diet menus for different allergies, intolerances, and medical conditions

- Supporting and mentoring key contracts in the South

- Regular communication with parents, schools, catering teams and medical professionals

- Completing medical diet audits across our schools

- Delivering training workshops to catering teams

- Reporting any incidents & working with HSE to investigate

- Being highly visible on the ground to support our colleagues

- Involvement in key projects and delivery of these projects across the business.

- Being a key representative of the medical diets team to operators, clients and schools.

Person Specification

Must have degree (BSc) in Nutrition or other relevant degree

Experience in working with people with allergies and intolerances is desirable but not essential as full training will be provided

Experience using nutritional analysis system such as Saffron (or equivalent) desirable but not essential as full training provided

Excellent IT skills and ability to learn new systems quickly

Excellent communication skills with ability to adapt communication to a range of stakeholders including clients, parents, and pupils

Excellent organisation skills with ability to manage a busy inbox and a high volume of workload

Confident in communicating to large groups of people and controlling challenging meetings/conversations

Ability to work under pressure and met deadlines

Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Excellent attention to detail

Demonstrates can do attitude

Passion for keeping up to date with latest nutrition research and legislation

Must be willing to travel and stay away from home occasionally


Key Contacts

Senior Medical Diet Nutritionist South

Medical Diets Team

Medical Diet Co-Ordinators

Head of Technical & Compliance

Director of Nutrition & Sustainability

Head of Operations

Regional + Area Managers

School Catering Teams

Wider Nutrition Team

About Us

Part of Compass Group UK&I, Chartwells is the leading provider of catering and support services to the education sector. For over a quarter of a century, Chartwells has been focusing on helping those in education to build strong bodies, sharp minds and lead long healthy lives. Every week, Chartwells serves millions of nutritious and delicious meals to pupils and students in primary and secondary schools, academies, independent schools, colleges, and universities across the UK. Chartwells is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all employees to share this commitment. Any offer of employment will be subject to successfully completing pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure and a Children's Barred List check. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and we ask applicants to declare all previous convictions and cautions in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

Job Reference: com/1604/J47701/52803095/SU #State Schools

Compass Group UK&I is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive - because diversity is our strength!

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