Dietitian (Onsite)

Overview
Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values
Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:
1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the well-being of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Department Information
The Wellness Empowerment Center provides upstream, innovative, and relevant programs, services and initiatives to help students and employees thrive. The team creatively designs prevention and education efforts to promote, nurture, and enrich the Georgia Tech community of health, well-being, and caring. Services include health and well-being educational programs, events and workshops, nutrition counseling, and sexual violence prevention, education and response. .

Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities. Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. This prohibition applies to faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including affiliates, invitees, and guests.

Job Duty 1 -
Provide nutrition counseling (primary and preventative interventions) and follow up care to students through self-referral or medical referral. Provide medical nutrition therapy as required based on treatment plan. Includes assessment, treatment, evaluation, and nutrition education. Must follow HIPAA and FERPA guidelines throughout the entire nutrition counseling process.

Job Duty 2 -
Must provide inclusive services to students that are focused on a health-at-every size approach, Intuitive Eating, and non-diet weight inclusive approaches.

Job Duty 3 -
Partner and consult with campus dining services to provide support with menu planning, promotional/orientation activities and outreach to students with nutrition concerns.

Job Duty 4 -
Develop and present health education and promotion programs, training, workshops, social media, and outreach initiatives on nutrition education and body positivity.

Job Duty 5 -
Collaborate with staff on departmental and interdisciplinary projects. Coordinate nutritional programming and related activities with various campus departments that will foster and create relationships with community partners that extend nutrition, body image, and eating disorder support services to students.

Job Duty 6 -
Serve as a member and provide direct support to the Multidisciplinary Eating Disorders Support team.

Job Duty 7 -
May supervise graduate assistants, dietetic interns, and student employees in planning, implementing health programs, objectives, and goals.

Job Duty 8 -
Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Educational Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Dietetics or Nutrition or equivalent and experience

Other Required Qualifications
Required Certifications, Licenses or Permits:
Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES)
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) License, Licensed in the State of Georgia

Required Experience
Three to five years of job-related experience as a Dietitian

Additional Preferred Qualifications
Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) Preferred is knowledge of health promotion, behavior changes and population-based theories; evidence based health promotions programs/initiatives; environmental management strategies/ecological model; and, student development theories and models

Preferred Educational Qualifications
Master's Degree in Dietetics, Nutrition, Public Health, Health Promotion, Health Policy or Health Education

ABILITIES
The job requires occasional travel up to 10% or more of the time. Overnight travel required for project delivery; flexibility in on-site daily service delivery hours Degree in Dietetics, Nutrition, Public Health, Health Promotion, Health Policy or Health (due to client shift schedules, project requirements); Experience in nutrition counseling with eating disorders and planning/implementing health education programs

KNOWLEDGE
o Knowledge of the concepts of Health at Every Size, intuitive eating, and non-diet weight inclusive approach

o Preferred is knowledge of health promotion, behavior changes and population-based theories; evidence-based health promotions programs/initiatives; environmental management strategies/ecological model; and student development theories and models

o This job requires professional level knowledge in the field of dietetics and nutrition especially as it applies to adolescents and young adults and to patients with or at-risk for eating disorders. Knowledge and skill in providing evidence-based nutrition counseling. Also required are oral and written communications skills, skills in relationship building, possessing detail orientation and follow-up skills and ability to work independently as well as a team member. Use of office and specialized computer applications is required.

SKILLS
This job requires professional level knowledge in the field of dietetics and nutrition especially as it applies to adolescents and young adults and to patients with or at-risk for eating disorders. Also required are oral and written communications skills, skill in relationship building , possessing a detail orientation and follow-up skills and ability to work independently as well as a team member. Use of office and specialized computer applications is required.

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and University policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. This prohibition applies to faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including affiliates, invitees, and guests. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

More information on these policies can be found here: https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/c2714 Board of Regents Policy Manual | University System of Georgia (usg.edu).

Salary range: $60,000.00 - $67,000.00 (commensurate with experience)

Location: Onsite (Atlanta, GA)

Job grade: S6

This is not a supervisory position.
This position does not have financial responsibilities.
No, this position will not be required to drive.
This role is not considered a position of trust.
This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Cd).
This position will not travel
This position does not require security clearance.

Successful candidate must be able to pass a background check. Please visit http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening