Position Overview
A sports dietitian optimizes student-athlete performance and recovery by delivering individualized nutritional counseling and evidence-based fueling strategies tailored to collegiate training demands. Additionally, they collaborate with coaching and sports medicine staff to promote long-term health, injury prevention, and sustainable dietary habits across all Butler Athletics programs.
Responsibilities
- Nutrition Coaching
- Educating student-athletes on an individual and team level
- Creative content creation for presentations, individual consults, informative handouts, signage, etc.
- Aid in body composition testing, protocols, and solutions for players
- Medical Nutrition Therapy
- Injury protocols (pre-/post-surgery, soft tissue, concussion, etc.)
- Vitamin guidance, evaluation, and recommendations
- Eating disorder management
- Food Service
- Assisting with menu planning/design for home and away games
- Assist in Nutrition Station design and implementation
- Evaluate advancements needed to improve food service
- Nutrition Station Management
- Inventory and ordering of product
- Recruiting and scheduling of student workers
- Budget management
- Other duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree
- Professional Credential (e.g. RD, RDN)
- Current licensure as a Dietitian in Indiana or the ability/eligibility to obtain it immediately upon hire
- Minimum of 1-2 years of professional experience in nutritional counseling, with a strong preference for direct experience working with collegiate (NCAA), professional, or elite-level athletes
- Thorough understanding of the BIG EAST and NCAA rules and regulations
- Certifications (CPR/AED, First Aid)
- Outstanding verbal communication and leadership skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's Degree
BU Benefits and Perks
- Please check out Butler’s Total Rewards website to learn more about our benefit offerings, which include:
- Paid Time Off and Holidays :
- 20 days of paid time off (vacation and PTO days) per Fiscal year
- 8 Paid Holidays
- In addition, a paid Winter Break between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day
- Paid Parental Leave (after 1 year of full-time employment)
- Health :
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans including disability and life insurance programs
- Retirement :
- 10% employer contribution after 1 year of full-time employment
- Tuition Assistance :
- Remission of tuition for classes taken at Butler for employees, spouses, and dependent children.
- Eligibility after 9 months of full-time employment
- Employees & spouses- undergraduate/graduate degrees
- Dependents (under age 26)- undergraduate degree
- Covers tuition only
- Tuition Exchange Program for Dependents at participating institutions
- Butler Facilities Access, Discounts and Perks :
- Access to Butler’s on-site fitness facility and libraries for full-time staff and faculty
- LinkedIn Learning Courses
- Free premium subscription to the Calm App
- Free subscription to the WSJ, The Economist, and NYT
- Discount at the College Bookstore
- Discount on select Athletic and Arts/Events Center Performances
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