Sports Nutrition Assistant

Job Title: Sports Nutrition Assistant

Job Summary: Sports Nutrition Assistants will work with an assignment Pirates Minor

League team, providing clinical, food service, and education services to their assigned team in 

order to optimize the health and performance of the athletes in the Pirates organization. Sports 

Nutrition Assistants will also be an active member of the Sports Nutrition team, creating 

consistent menus and messaging across the organization, and cohesive care for athletes moving 

within the organization. Primary responsibilities include organizing all meals pre and post for 

assigned team, menu creation, supplement and snack ordering, inventory and budgeting, light 

stocking of snacks and supplements, nutrition education, and when appropriate, medical nutrition 

therapy.

Sports Nutrition Assistants will be a member of the Sports Performance staff, being the nutrition 

resource for strength and conditioning, athletic training, physical therapy, coaching, and player 

development staff.

Principal Responsibilities:

Food Service and Team Meals (50%)

•  Coordinate all home and away meals

•  Create all meal menus

•  Monitor meal times for compliance, education, and taste

•  Order and stock supplements

•  Manage daily/weekly product inventory including receiving and storing product (snacks and supplements) in appropriate places

•  Responsible for inventory of snacks, supplements, recovery

•  Responsible for food and supplement budget for assigned team

•  Make smoothies and snack bags, as needed

Sports Nutrition (20%)

•  Distribute appropriate pre-, during, and post-exercise fluids and snacks for practice and games

•  Distribute supplements as needed to athletes

•  Manage on field fueling and hydration during games

Clinical Nutrition (10%)

•  Perform sweat rate analysis, as needed

•  Perform hydration testing regularly

•  Create personalized hydration strategies, as needed

 •  Perform body composition measurements on a determined schedule

Education (10%)

•  Create educational content consistent with our organization-wide philosophies and goals

•  Provide group and individual education consistent with our organization-wide philosophies and goals

Professional Development (10%)

•  Actively participate in sports performance and sports medicine meetings on assigned team

•  Communicate regularly with supervising RD to ensure plan of care for athletes is consistent across organization

Other Duties as Assigned (5%)

•  In addition, Sports Nutrition Assistants may have other tasks to assist their

 team, or our department.