Registered Dietitian - New Britain School Nutrition

Registered Dietitian Fuel the Future with Food!

Inspire Healthy Habits. Support Growing Minds.

Are you a food-loving, student-focused nutrition expert ready to make a real difference? Join our school dining team as a Registered Dietitian and help create meals that do more than just fill platesthey empower students to learn, grow, and thrive.

What You'll Do:

• Create balanced meals that are both fun and flavorfulmeals kids genuinely enjoy.
• Partner with our chefs to test and perfect tasty, kid-approved recipes
• Keep everything nutrition-compliant, from menus to production records
• Support students with food allergies or special diets, ensuring they feel safe and included
• Be our go-to nutrition expert during state audits and reviews
• Offer friendly nutrition guidance to students and families
• Create fun, engaging wellness tools and materials for schools
• Champion a food culture that's all about health, inclusion, and joy

What You Bring to the Table:

• Registered Dietitian (RD) credential and a degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, or Food Science
• 13 years of experience (schools, healthcare, or food service settings a plus!)
• Knowledge of USDA child nutrition programs and school meal standards
• Comfortable using menu planning software (like NutriKids, Genesis, Meal Tracker)
• Excellent communication, organization, and collaboration skills
• A warm, people-first attitude and a passion for making a difference
• Willingness to travel locally to support schools when needed

Why You'll Love It Here:

• Make a real impact on kids' lives every single day
• No nights, weekends, or major holidayshello, work-life balance!
• Competitive pay + full benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401k, PTO)
• Paid training, continuing education, and growth opportunities
• Supportive, fun team with a shared mission
• A workplace where your voice, creativity, and heart matter

Who We Are:

At Whitsons, we believe every student deserves a healthy start. Our missionEnhancing Life One Meal at a Timeguides everything we do. As a Registered Dietitian, you'll be a vital part of that mission, using your skills to nourish bodies, minds, and futures.

Ready to serve up nutrition with purpose? Apply now and be part of something truly meaningful. Together, we'll make mealtimes matter.

This role offers a salary range of $70,000-$80,000 annually, based on skills, experience, and location. Employees also receive a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, generous PTO, and paid holidays.

Education and Certification Bachelor's degree in dietetics, food science, or nutrition. Registered Dietician (RD) certified.

Computer Skills Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint. Proficient in menu analysis programs such as such as: Meal Tracker, Simple Serve, Nutri Kids, Genesis.

Other Qualifications and Experience 1-3 years' experience in healthcare/schools/food manufacturing setting. Member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics preferred. Proficient in various state and regulatory nutritional standards under the Dietary Guidelines for Americans for multiply age groups (infants to elderly), the National School Lunch and Breakfast Program under the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act and the USDA. Able to handle multiple tasks in a changing work environment. Work well under deadline focused conditions. Excellent oral and written communication skills, passion for results and attention to detail. Requires occasional travel using own transportation to client locations within and outside New York to accommodate field requests.

Competencies Analytical Thinking, Communication, Customer Focus, Presentation

PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF THE JOBThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.While performing the duties of this job, the team member is frequently required to sit, stand, walk, talk and hear; use hands and fingers to feel, handle, or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. The employee must be able to multi-task.

Position may require extended hours including evenings and/or weekends, travel to multiple work sites and frequent out-of-town travel. Must be able to drive his/her own vehicle to other work sites and use his/her own smart phone.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The work is performed primarily in an office setting. The noise level in the work environment is moderate.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work and duties that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position, and the Company reserves the right to add additional duties or modify existing duties.

The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the Company and employee and is subject to change by the Company as the needs of the Company and requirements of the job change.