Job & Volunteer Opportunities

The Association for Nutrition is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications for positions available from all suitably qualified persons regardless of race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Vacancies at AfN

CPD Endorsement Assessors

The Association for Nutrition is inviting UKVRN Registered Nutritionists (RNutr) to join our team of dedicated team of CPD Endorsement Assessors. 

External Opportunities for Registrants

Postdoctoral Researcher in Food Systems

We are seeking a research fellow to work on a project on global food systems analysis. This is an exciting opportunity to join a new multi-disciplinary research team on food systems analysis jointly based at University College London and the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford, with offices in both London and Oxford. The new research group is supported by long-term funding from Wellcome Trust and by project-specific funding from the EU Horizon programme.

Research Associate (HDRC)

We are seeking to appoint an ‘embedded researcher’ in the Section of Public Health within the School of Medicine and Population Health. This is an exciting opportunity to support and develop a range of project work being undertaken in the Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) led by the City of Doncaster Council (CDC) and funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). 

Technologist – Nutrition & Health

NSF is looking for a Technologist – Nutrition & Health to join our team on a permanent, part-time basis (3 days per week), working with Whitbread – the name behind Premier Inn, Beefeater, and more.

Health Coach – Specialist Weight Management Service

We’re looking for a dynamic, compassionate, and motivated Dietitian or Nutritionist to join and help grow our Specialist Weight Management Service (SWMS) health coaching team.

Health Promotions Advisor

As a Health Promotions Advisor within Bupa Clinics, you’ll be able to use your training and education to support our customers by providing education on how to live longer, healthier, happier lives. Our customers are your priority, and you’ll spend the majority of your time with them doing what you do best and what you trained for.

Nutritionist – Sherbourne School

The Nutritionist will be dedicated to the Sherborne Schools Group, including Sherborne Boys, Sherborne Girls, Sherborne Prep, and Hanford School. This role is responsible for supporting the education and development of pupils, staff, and coaches in relation to all aspects of nutrition. The Nutritionist will take an innovative and forward-thinking approach to optimise learning, performance, and wellbeing outcomes across the school community.

Food Dudes Project Coordinator

We are looking for regional Project Coordinators to work on a national health programme for primary schools.

Researcher – Enhancing Breast Cancer Survivorship through Dietary and Exercise Support

Yorkshire Cancer Research has funded an exciting project to help women treated for breast cancer to achieve and maintain weight loss to reduce their future risk of disease recurrence. The North of England Women’s Diet and ActivitY After Early Breast Cancer (NEWDAY-ABC): hybrid intervention-implementation trial will be carried out at four sites across Yorkshire and Greater Manchester, and we are looking to recruit a researcher for 36 months to take a lead role in the day-to-day delivery of the project at the Sheffield site.

Senior Nutritional Development Chemist

This role is with a large manufacturing business who develop and produce Cosmetic, Nutritional, Pharma and Medical Device products for a variety of retailers and brands. The successful candidate will design, develop and prepare nutritional formulations meeting project briefs, ensuring compliance with regulatory and customer requirements.

External Examiner

University College Birmingham requires an External Examiner specialising in Nutrition who is RNutr registered for the Food and Nutrition BSc programme. This contract is for four years and will commence September 2025.

Nutritionist

We are excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a Nutritionist, a role to provide expert nutrition and healthy eating support, advice and information service to Sysco internal and external stakeholders.