Performance Nutrition Fellow, Athletics (Cincinnati, OH, US) - Full-time

p style="margin-bottom:11.0px"span style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"bspan style="color:blue"Current UC employees must apply internally via emSuccessFactors/em /span/b/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Founded in 1819, the University of Cincinnati ranks among the nation’s best urban public research universities. Home to 53,235 students, nearly 12,000 faculty and staff and 350,000+ living alumni, UC combines a Top 35 public research university with a physical setting The New York Times has called “the most ambitious campus design program in the country.”/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" /span/span/p pspan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"With the launch of Next Lives Here, the Cincinnati Innovation District, a $100 million JobsOhio investment, the oldest and one of the largest cooperative education programs, a dynamic academic health center and entry into the Big 12 Conference, UC’s momentum has never been stronger. UC’s annual budget stands at $1.85 billion, and its endowment totals $2 billion./span/span/p p /p pspan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"UC is a mission-driven organization where we are committed to student success and positively transforming the community through scholarship and service.  We thrive on innovation, making an impact, and fostering an environment where staff and faculty are key contributors to UC’s success.   /span/span/p divdiv style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"bAbout the Department/b/H2 /divdivpspan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"The University of Cincinnati Department of Athletics competes at the highest level of intercollegiate athletics with the vision to reach Next Level Success for all 18 varsity teams and more than 500 student-athletes. The Bearcats have a proud athletics history, winning eight national championships and 117 conference titles. The Cincinnati men's basketball team is among the 15 winningest programs all-time, while the football team became the first American Athletic Conference program to compete in the College Football Playoff in 2021. Olympic gold medalist volleyball player Jordan Thompson, NBA Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson and Major League Baseball legend Sandy Koufax are among the several luminaries who have competed as Bearcats. /span/span/p p /p pspan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"UC student-athletes collectively posted a 3.4 overall GPA in the spring of 2024, resulting in 13 consecutive semesters of a 3.3 department GPA or higher. /span/span/p p /p pspan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Under the leadership of Director of Athletics John Cunningham, and supported by more than 150 full-time staff members, UC Athletics' mission is to connect our community, enhance our University and impact the lives of student-athletes as they prepare to change the world on and off the field. /span/span/p p /p pspan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"For more information visit gobearcats.com./span/span/p /div/divdiv style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"bJob Overview/b/H2 /divdivpspan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"The University of Cincinnati, Athletics Performance Nutrition is seeking applications for a Performance Nutrition Fellow. The fellow will actively participate as a member of the Performance Nutrition unit and will work directly with assigned Olympic sports teams in collaboration with the support staff and coaching staff while supporting the goals and initiatives of the Performance Nutrition unit. The Performance Nutrition Fellow will have an immersive sports nutrition experience while providing team performance nutrition services/responsibilities, complete a sports nutrition education curriculum, and be mentored by two full-time Performance Dietitians. The Performance Nutrition Fellow will work under the supervision of the Director of Performance Nutrition. This is a hourly (40 hours), non-benefit eligible position, lasting approximately 11 months with the possibility of an extension for a maximum duration of 24 months. This position is expected to run from July 2025 through early June 2026. /span/span/p p /p pspan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"The individual in this position will have the ability to work a non-standard work week, including weekends and holidays. Effective oral and written communication, presentation, nutrition counseling skills, and strong interpersonal skills will be necessary for a successful applicant./span/span/p /div/divdiv style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"bEssential Functions/b/H2 /divdivul lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Perform various duties related to a specific department within Athletics./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Counsel student-athletes regarding nutrition for optimal performance and health and medical conditions./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Assist with food service management and daily operations including but not limited to inventory, product ordering, fueling station aesthetics and education./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Develop educational materials amp; resources, including social media content./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Develop and deliver nutrition education presentations, demonstrations, or events related to performance to assigned teams./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Attend team workouts, practices, and games as needed to provide education and fuel to enhance performance./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Assist with travel nutrition needs for assigned teams – performance menus, pre/post-game fuel, post-game meals, recovery strategies, and snack bags./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Assist with menu development and oversight for training table meals./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Work closely with Sports Medicine, Sports Performance, and Sports Psychology and Wellness to ensure a multi-disciplinary approach for student-athlete health and wellness./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Assist with management, oversight, and mentorship of student volunteers/interns./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Examine and translate scientific research related to nutrition, athletic performance, and dietary supplements./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Evaluate dietary supplements for legality, safety, quality, and efficacy./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Other duties as assigned. This job description can be changed at any time./span/span/li /ul /div/divdiv style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"bMinimum Requirements/b/H2 /divdivul lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Bachelor’s degree required.  /span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Skill in the use of personal computer and related software applications.  /span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Desire to pursue a career within intercollegiate athletics.  /span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.  /span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Ability to use independent judgement and to manage and impart information.  /span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Must maintain NCAA compliance while in this role./span/span/li /ul /div/divdiv style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"bRequired Education/b/H2 /divdivpBachelor's Degree./p /div/divdiv style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"bRequired Experience/b/H2 /divdivul lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Skilled in the use of personal computer and related software applications./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Desire to pursue a career within /span/spanspan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"intercollegiate/span/spanspan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" athletics./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Ability to use independent judgement and to manage and impart information./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Must maintain NCAA compliance while in this role./span/span/li /ul /div/divdiv style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"bAdditional Qualifications Considered/b/H2 /divdivul lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Registered Dietitian (RD)/Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) with active status through the Commission on Dietetic Registration – or achieved within three (3) months of hire./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Licensure as required by the State Medical Board of Ohio – or achieved within three (3) months of hire./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Experience in collegiate or professional sports nutrition environment is ideal. /span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"May require lifting items weighing up to 50 pounds./span/span/li /ul /div/divdiv style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"bApplication Information/b/H2 /divdivul lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Interested applicants must apply online and include a cover letter of interest, a current CV/Resume, and 3 professional references with their current contact information and job titles in their application materials. /span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"All certifications and other documentation can be uploaded using the Additional Documents section in the application. /span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Applications without a cover letter, CV/Resume, or professional references will not be considered for the position./span/span/li /ul /div/divdiv style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"bPhysical Requirements/Work Environment/b/H2 /divul style="margin-top:0.0;margin-bottom:0.0"liOffice environment/no specific unusual physical or environmental demands. /li/ul/div/divp style="margin-bottom:11.0px"span style="font-size:14.0px"bspan style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"Compensation and Benefits/span/b/span/p pspan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"UC offers an exceptional benefits package designed to support your well-being, financial security, and work-life balance. (a href="https://www.uc.edu/employees/hr/benefits.html"UC Benefits Link/a) Highlights include:/span/span/p p /p pspan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"bComprehensive Tuition Remission/b/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"UC provides tuition remission for you and your eligible dependents, covering tuition costs for nearly all undergraduate and graduate programs offered by the university./span/span/p pb style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;font-size:14.0px"Robust Retirement Plans/b/p pspan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"As a UC employee, you won’t contribute to Social Security (except Medicare). Instead, you’ll choose between state pension plans (OPERS, STRS) or an Alternative Retirement Plan (ARP), with UC contributing 14–18% of your salary based on position./span/span/p pb style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;font-size:14.0px"Real Work-Life Balance/b/p pspan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"UC prioritizes work-life balance with a generous time-off policy, including:/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"Vacation and sick time/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"11 paid holidays and additional end-of-year paid time off (Winter Season Days)/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"6 weeks of paid parental leave for new parents/span/span/p pb style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;font-size:14.0px"Additional Benefits Include:/b/p ul lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"Competitive salary based on experience/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription)/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"Flexible spending accounts amp; wellness programs/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"Professional development amp; mentorship opportunities/span/span/li /ul p /p pspan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"To learn more about why UC is a great place to work, please visit our careers page at /spanu style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;font-size:14.0px"span style="color:#00b0f0"a href="https://www.uc.edu/careers.html" style="color:#467886"span style="color:#00b0f0"https://www.uc.edu/careers.html/span/a/span/u/span/p p /p pspan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"UC is an E-Verify employer.  If hired into this position, you will be required to provide satisfactory proof of employment eligibility by providing acceptable, original forms of identification for employment verification via the Federal I-9 employment verification process. A list of acceptable documents can be seen here: /spana href="https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents" style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;font-size:14.0px;color:#467886" title="https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents"https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents/a/span/p p /p pspan style="font-size:14.0px"b style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;font-size:14.0px"Important/bspan style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif": To apply you must create a profile and submit a complete job application through the UC applicant portal.  We are unable to consider “easy apply” applications submitted via other websites.   For questions about the UC recruiting process or to request accommodations with the application, please contact Human Resources at /spanb style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;font-size:14.0px"ua href="mailto:jobs@uc.edu" style="color:#467886"jobs@uc.edu/a. /u/b/span/p p /p pspan style="font-size:14.0px"bspan style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"The University of Cincinnati is an Equal Opportunity Employer./span/b/span/p p /p pspan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"REQ: 99078 /span/span/p pspan style="font-size:14.0px"span style="color:#d3d3d3"SF:OMJ SF:RM SF:HEJ, SF:INS SF:HERC SF:DIV SF:LJN SF:IHE/span/span/p