Academy & WSL Nutritionist

Location: LCFC Training Ground Seagrave

Salary: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Expires: 10/10/2024 23:59

About The Role

Leicester City Football Club have an exciting new and unique opportunity to work within our Academy for both men’s and women’s teams; reporting into the Club’s Head of Performance Support, the overall objective of this Nutritionist role is to continue the development and management of a leading-edge programme for the Women’s first team and boys’ and girls’ Academies, via the education of key stakeholders and through player support.

Who We’re Looking For

The ideal candidate will be a registered practitioner on the Sport & Exercise Nutrition Register (SENr) and have significant experience of working within an elite sport environment, ideally within a multidisciplinary team that supports athlete development.

Due to the role supporting the LCWFC first team, alongside the boys’ and girls’ academies, the successful candidate will need to be highly organised and efficient at prioritising their workload in order to support each area as necessary. The ability to build and deliver engaging training and workshops, appropriately aligned to specific age groups, is fundamental to the role.

The three core aspects of the role centre around programme development, player support, and education, with each aspect contributing to the following main objectives:

• To work individually with players under the direction of the senior team Performance Nutritionist


• To implement and deliver the nutrition elements of the LCFC program, involving individual and group education sessions to both players and parents


• To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team across different academy age groups and the LCWFC first team to deliver core nutritional services

Due to the nature of the football calendar and demands of the role, applicants should have the flexibility to work weekends, evenings and public holidays when required.

About The Club

Knowing some of the history of Leicester City Football Club helps you appreciate the sense of community, spirit and family for which the Foxes are renowned for.

Formed in 1884, the Club was promoted to the Premier League in 2014 when the Foxes returned to the top tier as the Championship title-winners. In 2016, Leicester City became Premier League champions. This remarkable achievement qualified us for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in the Club’s history, and we subsequently reached the quarterfinals. The Club continued to build on that success and celebrated lifting the prestigious FA Cup in May 2021. Following relegation from the Premier League in 2023, the Club made it the top priority to get straight back up and did so as Championship title-winners in the 2023-2024 season.

Under the stewardship of King Power and the Club’s CEO Susan Whelan, Leicester City Football Club is deeply committed to the local community and its supporters and continually strives to ensure that every point of engagement with fans is truly world class including the experience on matchdays. Investment in the Club continues, with the 2021 opening of a new state-of-the-art training ground in North Leicestershire.

Benefits Package

Leicester City Football Club offers a competitive salary and pension scheme with life assurance to all its permanent employees. Employees are able to benefit from free onsite parking as well as an onsite subsidised staff restaurant. Employees also benefit from up to 33 days’ annual leave including bank holidays.

Contract Type – Permanent

Hours Per Week –37.5

One City. One Club. One Leicester.

Leicester City Football Club believes that football is for all, and we are committed to Diversity and Inclusion, where valuing the individual is our highest priority. We are working to see equality across all areas of the Club and welcome applications from all areas of the community. We are committed to the wellbeing of our staff and welcome applicants seeking flexible hours.

If you have any requirements in regard to the recruitment process, please let us know; we are happy to support your needs.

Supporting Documents

Academy and WSL Nutritionist Sept 24.pdf