Volunteer Nutritionist/Dietitian/PH Nutritionist needed to deliver nutrition and lifestyle-based interventions to children in Bognor!

What will you be doing?

Following a successful first pilot in a school on the South Coast of England, we are now partnering with another charity based in the Bognor area who share our passion for improving the health and wellbeing of children through nutrition and physical activity.  In arguably one of the most important voluntary roles within the Collaboration for Kids (CFK) project, you will be responsible for delivering our fun and interactive nutrition-based intervention to a group of Primary School children (8-10 year olds) and their families.  Working in a small, supportive and friendly team, you will delivery bi-weekly face to face sessions in a 'family afterschool club' starting at the beginning of the Autumn Term (September 2024). You will also play a key role in building relationships with the children and families and may be asked to assist in the collection of baseline and post intervention data, providing feedback and learnings to assist in continuous improvement and innovation. To be successful in this role you will:

Have experience and the confidence to deliver educational sessions / resources / programmes to Primary School aged children The ability to build rapport, engage and inspire children in this age group  Have a genuine and visible passion for nutrition and changing the eating behaviours of children to improve physical activity and sports performance  Have a qualification, or working towards a qualification in sports education / coaching, personal training, sports nutrition, nutrition/dietetics/health and lifestyle coaching (ideal but not mandatory for all roles)  Be organised and structured in your approach and delivery style, ensuring CFK materials and key messages are consistently delivered Have strong interpersonal and communication skills (both visual and verbal) and fluency in English  

What are we looking for?

In this ‘intervention delivery role’ you will be confident in delivering educational programmes / sessions to children AND a real passion for nutrition and changing the eating behaviours of our young people. Qualifications wise, ideally you will have (or be studying towards) a degree or something similar in Nutrition, Dietitian or Public Health Nutriticionist (or any other relevant qualification).  As the role involves delivering face to face workshops/session in Bognor, YOU MUST either live locally or be willing and able to travel to Bognor a bi-weekly basis from the beginning of the Autumn Term (September 2024)

What difference will you make?

The impact you will have in this role is huge and extremely important. You'll be 'on the ground' working closely with educators, parents/carers and children to co-create interventions to change the eating habits of our children and future generations!