Nutritionist
Hook Norton
Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: £ 35,000 per annum
Hours: 40 per week
Our head offices based in the beautiful village of Hook Norton near Banbury. Here you will find our teams of finance, HR, purchasing, marketing & creative that support all of our locations across the Thomas Franks family. There is ample parking space available when visiting.
We have a fantastic opportunity for you as Nutritionist to join our team. As a Nutritionist, you will play a key supporting role in delivering the company’s nutrition strategy. Working under the guidance of the Lead Nutritionist, you will help provide nutritional education, support menu development, and contribute to ensuring compliance with food standards, allergens, and labelling.
You will work closely with catering teams to deliver engaging, practical, and evidence-based nutrition support across sites in the UK and Europe.
KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
* Support Senior Nutritionists in implementing the company’s nutrition strategy across Education, Business & Industry (B&I), and Sports & Leisure sectors.
* Assist in the development of nutrition resources, menu guidance, and client presentations.
* Provide practical nutrition support to catering teams to promote healthy, balanced, and innovative menus.
* Contribute to compliance monitoring relating to food standards, allergens, and food labelling.
* Support the delivery of client education sessions, workshops, and promotional events.
* Collect, analyse, and present data to support reporting and evaluation of nutrition initiatives.
* Keep up to date with nutrition research and industry trends, sharing relevant insights with the wider team.
* Represent the business professionally at client meetings and sector events as required.
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS
* Degree (BSc) in Nutrition, Dietetics, or equivalent.
* Registered Associate Nutritionist with the Association for Nutrition (AfN), or working towards registration.
* Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
* Highly organised, professional, efficient, and self-motivated
* Confident public speaker with the ability to engage a range of audiences.
* Willingness to travel to sites across the UK and internationally to support staff and clients on location.
* Good IT skills, with the ability to use nutrition-related software and tools.
* Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) and a commitment to ongoing professional growth.
* Full UK driving licence and valid passport for travel purposes.
DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE
* Experience working within a catering, hospitality, or healthcare environment.
* Previous role, placement, or internship in a nutrition-related capacity.
* Experience supporting compliance in areas such as allergens, food labelling, or menu analysis.
Benefits
* Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).
* Free meals on duty
* Volunteers leave - up to one day per year.
* Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Recommend a friend bonus.
* Unrivalled individual training and development.
* Well established apprenticeship programme.
* Team & company social events.
* Employee assistance programme.
* Workplace pension.
* Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.
About us
Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.
Disclaimer
All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.
An enhanced DBS, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure service to assess applicants' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such any criminal conviction, caution or bind-over must be declared.
Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks
We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.