IU Dining and Hospitality offers a dynamic, creative, collaborative environment in which motivated employees can expand their skills as part of a diverse team while providing exceptional guest experience. Through positions in campus dining, catering, retail operations, and the hotel, employees can develop skill sets that open career opportunities on campus and beyond.
IU Dining is committed to serving the Hoosier community through creation of innovative cuisine and shared experiences.
Job Summary
Department-Specific Responsibilities
Works with incoming and current students/IU meal plan holders, in collaboration with chefs, on special diet accommodations and food allergy/intolerance issues.
Consults with customers and provides, as necessary, detailed guidelines to aid them in choosing foods safe and/or appropriate for their consumption.
Reviews and assists in planning menus for nutrients, ingredients, and allergens served to the 14,000 meal plan holders.
Designs IU childcare menus to meet CACFP guidelines.
Along with chefs, the Dietitian plans menus to ensure proper national nutrition standards are maintained throughout the 24,000 meals served daily, ensuring menu signage reflects these allergens.
Trains IU Dining staff, and continue development of the talent pipeline (3 established internship programs at this time).
Supervises dining system interns, advise system nutrition interns in item and recipe maintenance.
Reaches out to vendors to request nutrition/ingredients spec sheets for products for interns to set up ingredients.
Ensures accuracy in menu nutritionals and allergen labeling.
Maintains accuracy of IU's Net Nutrition site.
Works with production managers in fully using CBORD software to their advantage, instruct/team them best practices in maintaining accurate FSS master and service menus for each cycle (Fall, Spring, Summer)
Participates on necessary committees regarding food wellness at IU.
Collaborates with Auxiliary Business Services Marketing regarding web design and allergen signage for All You Care to Eat locations, campus cafes, and for special event theme meals.
Coordinates with established food-related campaigns to provide educational experiences for student awareness, such as Real Food Challenge / Sustainability Efforts, IU's Celebrate Every Body Week in February, National Nutrition Month in March, Food Allergy Awareness, and the Plant-Based Movement/Food Forward.
Observes customer preferences and market trends through review of IU's dining operations, other universities in the Big Ten, those within the NACUFS (National Assoc. of College & University Foodservice) organization, and within the hospitality industry.
Provides food allergy training to staff (ex. AllerTrain required for chefs, managers, assist. Managers; offer AllerTrain Lite for production/cooks staff); Maintaisw IU's profile on FARE's online Food Allergy College Search.
Provides simplified overview of food allergy training to student employees at HireMe annually in early August; Ensure Net Nutrition and food allergy accommodations are promoted at new student orientation/advise incoming students how to self-advocate/inform parents of allergy accommodations; Collaborate with stakeholders on campus: IU Athletics, IU Health and Wellness Registered Dietitians, VegIU, the Student Meal Plan Committee, IU's School of Public Health, IUB Wellness Coalition, COPE (eating disorders team), and Sustain IU/Office of Sustainability.
General Responsibilities
Plans, manages, and evaluates nutritional services for clients.
Develops and delivers education programs to raise knowledge of nutrition and healthy eating behaviors.
Provides nutrition oversight for university's healthy and sustainable food directives, goals, and programs.
Provides oversight and administrative support for employee biometric screening program.
Serves on wellness committees and professional organizations to support a mission of health and wellness education.
Qualifications
EDUCATION
Required
Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Nutrition, Community Nutrition, or Dietetics
Preferred
Master's degree in Public Health, Nutrition, Community Nutrition, or Dietetics
WORK EXPERIENCE
Required
3 years providing nutrition counseling
Preferred
Food services experience
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES
Required
Registered Dietitian through the Commission of Dietetic Registration (CDR) upon date of hire
SKILLS
Required
Proficient communication skills
Maintains a high degree of professionalism
Demonstrated time management and priority setting skills
Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
Highly thorough and dependable
Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure
Possesses a high degree of initiative
Ability to influence internal and/or external constituents
Preferred
Use of CBORD/Food Service Suite (menu management software), or interest and ability to gain menu software experience.
Able to respond to inquiries, complaints, and suggestions from customers or regulatory agencies
Able to work as a flexible team player in a dynamic environment requiring a customer focused approach
Knowledge of personal computers and general software applications
Excellent interpersonal communication skills
Strong facilitation and coaching skills
Working Conditions / Demands
This role requires sedentary work as well as extended durations of moving about the workplace. It requires the ability to move objects and equipment weighing up to 25 pounds, and the ability to discern between various objects and devices and to position patients. The person in this position should have the ability to stand or walk for long periods required occasionally. Environments include heat, cold, and particulate in the air at dining locations. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.
Work Location
Bloomington, Indiana
This is an in-person position.
Advertised Salary
$50,000 per year based on experience
Benefits Overview
For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:
Multiple plan options for medical insurance
Dental insurance
Health Savings Account with generous IU contribution
Life insurance, LTD, and AD&D options
Base retirement plan contribution from IU, subject to vesting
Additional supplemental retirement plan options
Tuition benefit for IU classes
10 paid holidays per year
Generous Paid Time Off
Paid Parental Leave
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Learn more about our benefits by reviewing our online Benefits Brochure.
Job Classification
Career Level: Advanced
FLSA: Exempt
Job Function: Health Services
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