Head Nutrition - National

Job Description

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

• Contributory pension scheme
• Car or Car Allowance
• Hybrid
• 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, Sainsburys, 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

Maternity Cover, 12 monthsThe RoleThe Head of Nutrition - Technical and Compliance within Chartwells will be responsible for two main remits:

• Medical diets, allergies and intolerances and
• Compliance to legislation.

You will own the medical diet policy and process across all sectors of Chartwells. This includes driving the strategy for the end-to-end medical diet policy and process, keeping thousands of customers with food allergies and intolerances safe on a daily basis.You will also ensure the health and wellbeing of all customers is considered at every stage of the offer development process; working as part of a multidisciplinary team and provide guidance and expertise on relevant food legislation and guidelines within theeducation sector.You will be the spokesperson for both remits building relationships both internally and externally to ensure we are continually raising the profile of Chartwells to be seen as subject matter experts and market leading across the food industry.You should have excellent relationship building skills with both internal and external stakeholders.As we enter a period of growth within Chartwells, the candidate must work well under pressure and work independently, at pace. The candidate will have line management responsibility of senior colleagues as well as leading a large team of Medical Diet and Complianceexperts. They will report into the Director of Nutrition and Sustainability and support overall business strategy.The candidate should have held a previous senior position with management responsibilities, preferably with strategy ownership and project/changemanagement responsibilities.Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring our robust policies and procedures for both medical diets and compliance are adhered to across the business
• Ensuring business compliance to relevant food legislation, including but not limited to

School Food Standards, Food Information Regulations, Calorie Labelling, Natasha Law

• Ensuring Chartwells are aligned with Compass Group best practice commitments and guidelines (e.g., Salt Targets, Sugar Targets, Plant Forward, Food For Life)
• Supporting the mobilisation of all new contracts within Chartwells with regards to medical diets and compliance
• Management of Technical and Compliance team, developing team and recognising future talent
• Project and Change Management
• Policy maker
• Enhance reputation internally and externally
• Continually look for ways to enhance our medical diet and compliance offer to ensure we are always ahead of the curve and remain award winning
• Build relationships with internal and external stakeholders to enhance our reputation and process
• Public speaking
• Ability to translate complex information into simple facts and figures for internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to handle difficult conversations and remain a strong but fair voice
• Evaluate and enhance our training programme: content and delivery
• Ability to remain resilient and find solutions for business challenges
• Key contributor to business critical workstreams
• Supporting Director of Nutrition + Sustainability in delivery of overall business strategy

Person Specification

• Educated to degree level in relevant university degree
• Minimum 5 years’ experience (foodservice industry would be preferred)
• Previous experience working in a senior role
• Experience with managing an effective team
• Comfortable working under pressure, at pace
• Strategic thinker with ability to establish a strategy and deliver on key objectives to achieve shared outcomes
• Confident in communicating to large groups of people
• Ability to control challenging meetings/conversations
• Ability to solve problems effectively, remaining resilient in challenging situations
• Excellent communication skills, verbally written and interpersonal
• Ability to quickly gain credibility with key stakeholder groups
• Professional, organised, efficient and self-motivated
• Excellent presentation skills
• IT skills
• Ability to manage a busy diary independently
• Must be willing to travel and stay away from home occasionally
• Demonstrates Compass values and recognition principles

About UsPart 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 leadlong 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 safeguardingand 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 Childrens Barred List check. Thispost 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: