Job Description

Aramark Student Nutrition provides food and nutrition services to over 350 school districts in the U.S. It offers public and private education institutions a variety of dining options including breakfast and lunch programs, after-school snacks, catering, nutrition education and retail operations. We partner with schools to create culinary experiences that propel students to success. Our goal is to provide healthy, nutritional meals with a stellar dining experience for our communities. For more information on Aramark's Student Nutrition food service programs, please visit Aramark Student Nutrition.

The Registered Dietitian helps to provide a nutritionally sound and cost-efficient food services program that will meet the needs of students while maintaining compliance with all local guidelines as they relate to nutrition regulations. Utilizes technical training and government-mandated nutritional standards on food health to develop healthy menu implementation plans. May work closely with Food & Beverage Development and management teams.

• Oversees compliance for the United States Food and Drug Administration menu labeling laws as it relates to recipe and menu board signage in on-campus residential and proprietary retail locations, convenience locations, and catering (print and digital menus).
• Partners with the culinary team in supporting menu planning and development for school district site locations including elementary, middle, and high school. This includes oversight of ingredient and allergen transparency.
• Leads the operations team in understanding special dietary needs including dietary restrictions related to food allergies or intolerances, and lifestyle diets due to personal preferences or religious reasons.
• Supports health and wellness platforms and implementation of programs such as tabling events, food samplings, cooking demos, lunch and learns, health fairs, guest speaker events and other on-campus programming.
• Works with the Marketing Manager to engage the student population through social media and pop-up events to support meal sales.
• Build relationships with clients, organization department heads and subgroups/community groups to align student nutrition food services with overall campus wellness initiatives.

• Bachelor?s or Master's degree in nutrition, dietetics, or a related field.
• Registered Dietitian Nutritionist credential with the Commission of Dietetic Registration and Licensed Dietitian. RDN-eligible candidates may be considered.
• Proficient knowledge working with PC applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook (previous experience with food production systems and nutrition analysis software preferred).
• Food safety knowledge with ServSafe certification and food allergy knowledge with AllerTrain certification; must be obtained within 6 weeks of hire date.
• At least one (1) year experience in K12 or higher education food service preferred.
• Strong communication skills (oral and written); can effectively communicate with clients, students, and support staff.
• The ability to establish and maintain effective working relations and communicate with a wide range of people and behavior styles.
• Solid strategic, analytical, and decision-making skills.
• A self-starter, confident in abilities, fluent in technology systems, self-motivated, adaptable, and able to work effectively with little supervision.
• A strong value system, unquestioned integrity, and good listening skills.