Overview
Dietitian - part time
Position Details
* Classification Details: FLSA Status Non-Exempt
* Position Title: Dietitian - part time
* Position Type: Staff
* Employee Group: Staff
* Time Status: Part-Time
* Time Category: Limited Hour (< 1000 hours)
* Annual Hours: 972
* # of Months: 12
* Hours Per Week: 8-24 hours per week
* Work Dates: August 18 – May 22 11-16 hours per week as Nutritionist in Engle Center (16 hours per week won’t be needed every week); July 1 – June 30 8 hours per week as Dietician
* Campus: Main Campus (Grantham)
Position Description
* Position Summary: The Dietician meets with students that have eating or nutritional problems to help them develop better diets, providing ongoing nutritional counseling as needed.
Education
* Education Required: Bachelor’s degree in Dietetics or a related field and Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist certification (RDN).
* Education Preferred:
Experience
* Experience Required: Minimum of one year of experience working with eating and nutritional problems including a particular focus on eating disorders.
* Experience Preferred:
Skills, Characteristics Required For Position
* Competence in the assessment of the nutritional adequacy of diets
* Strong skills in nutritional counseling and developmental psychology
* Understands the nature of eating disorders and how to work with such patients
* Ability to collaborate with other professionals
* Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
* Ability to maintain strict confidentiality
Special Working Conditions
N/A
Driving Requirements
N/A
Essential Employee
Primary Duties
* Provide nutritional counseling to students, focusing on adequacy of diets and eating disorders.
* Interact and consult with Counseling and Health Services professional staff, the Department of Athletics, the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, and Dining Services regarding the treatment of students.
* Act as a resource/liaison for students with allergies/special diet needs and dining services. Create special diets for students with allergies.
* Support dining operations with menu ideas and allergy updates.
* Participate in health education programming.
* Provide consistent and reliable attendance.
Secondary Duties
* Perform other duties as assigned.
Posting Date 09/23/2025
Open Until Filled: Yes
Diversity
Messiah University’s commitment to diversity and inclusive excellence draws inspiration from its mission “to educate men and women toward maturity of intellect, character and Christian faith in preparation for lives of service, leadership and reconciliation in church and society.” The university has pursued this vision through a strategic planning process that encourages diversity through employee and student composition, campus climate, and an educational program that seeks to equip and enable educators and students to embrace diversity. Candidates should clearly articulate why diversity and inclusive excellence matter to them as persons of faith as well as in their profession. Candidates will speak to how as a potential employee, they will contribute to the advancement of this vision through their teaching-learning, research, institutional service, and public engagement.
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Documents
* Required Documents
* Cover Letter/Letter of Interest
* Resume
Optional Documents
Human Resources: One University Avenue Suite 3015 Mechanicsburg PA 17055; 717-796-5300
Student Employment: One University Avenue Suite 3015 Mechanicsburg PA 17055; 717-796-1800 x.2900
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