City : Hamilton

Category : Other

Industry : Education

Employer : McMaster University

General Description

Responsible to develop, implement and maintain nutrition programming at the University with a primary focus on health and wellness for the student population.

Representative Duties & Responsibilities 

• Plan, implement, and engage students through healthy eating programs.
• Develop and facilitate food allergy training for staff members.
• Create and modify nutrition plans for students with severe allergies, intolerances and dietary restrictions.
• Liaise with culinary and marketing team to develop, plan and coordinate recipes, menus, and nutrition programming for student population.
• Deliver presentations to students and classes regarding nutrition programming.
• Facilitate meetings with students and parents.  Monitor and evaluate effectiveness of food allergy program.
• Research and advise on trending nutrition focused menu items and trends.
• Collaborate with executive Chef on menu costing to align with targets.
• Build nutritional data base based on current and new menu items.
• Counsel students regarding various nutrition topics to assist in meeting their individual nutritional needs and goals.
• Provide information on nutrition requirements and content to a variety of individuals.
• Utilize health promotion strategies to implement and lead a workshop series aimed to increase healthy eating and food skills.
• Facilitate focus group sessions with community stakeholders.
• Remain current with new research findings in the field.
• Ensure confidential, accurate and concise documentation of student information.

Supervision

• Ensure adherence to quality standards and procedures for short-term staff and volunteers.
• Provide orientation and show procedures to others.

Effort

Physical Effort:

• A typical work day consists of greater than 3.5 hours of low physical effort for activities such as:

                 o Intermittent periods of keyboarding when completing forms and documentation.

• Elements of moderate physical effort are not a regular feature of this job.
• Elements of high physical effort are not a regular feature of this job.

Mental Effort:

• A typical work day occasionally requires routine mental effort for activities such as:

                o Collecting routine information, filing documents, and responding to routine inquiries.

• A typical work day consists of greater than 3.5 hours of moderate mental effort for activities such as:

               o Monitoring and evaluating effectiveness of food allergy program.

               o Delivering presentations to students regarding nutrition programming.

               o Provide information on nutrition requirements and content to a variety of individuals.

               o Researching and advising on trending nutrition focused menu items and trends.

• A typical work day consists of up to 3.5 hours of high mental effort for activities such as:

              o Counselling students regarding various nutrition topics to assist in meeting their individual nutritional needs and goals.

              o Building nutritional data base based on current and new menu items.

              o Utilizing health promotion strategies to implement and lead a workshop series aimed to increase healthy eating and food skills.

              o Facilitating meetings with students and parents.

              o Facilitating focus group sessions with community stakeholders.

              o Developing and facilitating food allergy training for staff members.

Working Conditions

Physical Environment:

• There are no adverse physical environment conditions inherent to the job.

Psychological Environment:

• Occasionally interacts with individuals who may be rude or upset.
• Frequently required to deal with multiple requests and simultaneous deadlines.

Health & Safety:

• Risk to the incumbent is no higher than for the general population.