Performance Dietitian (PD)

Maximus; Fayetteville (NC); On-site; USD 61,000 - 126,000; Full time

Job summary

MaxHP is hiring a Performance Dietitian (PD), a credentialed Registered Dietitian (RD) or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) who provides comprehensive nutritional care to optimize operator health, performance, and recovery. The PD serves as a direct access provider and delivers evidence-based nutrition assessment, counseling, education, and performance-focused fueling strategies for individuals and units.

U.S. citizenship is required with an active security clearance or eligibility.

Qualifications

• Master of Science in Nutrition Science or related field is preferred.
• RD/RDN credential required.
• Five or more years of paid, full-time experience as Sport/Performance Dietitian for athletes at mentioned levels.
• Specialty certification CSSD required by hire or within six months.

Responsibilities

• Direct access provider evaluating and counseling personnel without referrals.
• Individual and group nutrition planning, screening, assessment, and counseling.
• Coordinate with chain of command on nutrition-related issues.
• Conduct nutrition assessments, order labs, hydration assessment.
• Provide education on performance nutrition to individuals and groups.
• Develop protocols to optimize performance and readiness.
• Advise on dining facility nutrition and coordinator between food service and command.
• Advise on sports foods and supplements within POTFF program.

Skills

Nutrition counseling

Performance nutrition

Group education

Collaboration with command

Education

Master of Science in Nutrition Science

Registered Dietitian / RD or RDN

CSSD certification (preferred)

Job description

General information

Thursday, November 12, 2026

Fayetteville

NC

United States

Full-time

Description & Requirements

MaxHP is hiring a Performance Dietitian (PD), a credentialed Registered Dietitian (RD) or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) who provides comprehensive nutritional care to optimize operator health, performance, and recovery. The Performance Dietitian serves as a direct access provider and delivers evidence-based nutrition assessment, counseling, education, and performance-focused fueling strategies for individuals and units. This role supports physiological and cognitive performance through nutritional risk identification, targeted dietary and supplement interventions, and development of individual and unit-specific programs.

U.S. citizenship is required. Candidates must possess an active U.S. Government security clearance or be eligible to obtain and maintain a security clearance as required for contract performance.

This position is pending upon contract award. Candidates should be willing to support POTFF Operations at one of the following locations: Tucson, AZ; Coronado, CA; Colorado Springs, CO; Washington, DC; Crestview, FL; Fort Walton Beach, FL; Homestead, FL; Tampa, FL; Valparaiso, FL; Columbus, GA; Savannah, GA; Honolulu, HI; Stennis Space Center, MS; Fayetteville, NC; Jacksonville, NC; Albuquerque, NM; Clovis, NM; Clarksville, TN; Virginia Beach, VA; Tacoma, WA; Stuttgart, Germany; Kadena, Japan; Yomitan, Japan; Mildenhall, United Kingdom.

At MaxHP, your expertise supports a mission that matters. As a joint venture between Maximus and Endurion, MaxHP brings together specialized capabilities and resources to support the POTFF Program, strengthening human performance, resilience, and mission readiness across the Special Operations community. Our professionals play an essential role in supporting the people behind the mission, helping Service members and their families remain strong, ready, and resilient. Here, your experience becomes part of something bigger: directly supporting those who serve at the highest levels of our Nation’s defense.

About the POTFF Program:

The Preservation of the Force and Family (POTFF) program supports U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) personnel and their families through an integrated, holistic approach to human performance, health, and readiness. The program brings together specialized professionals across physical, psychological, cognitive, social, and spiritual performance to strengthen resilience, optimize performance, and support long-term mission readiness and career longevity.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Function as direct access providers, evaluating and counseling personnel without a referral.
• Provide individual and group nutritional planning, screening, assessment, intervention, counseling, and documentation that is guided by evidence-based peer-reviewed literature.
• Collaborate with, advise, collaborate, and consult with the chain of command on issues pertinent to all aspects of nutrition.
• Conduct individualized nutrition assessments, which may include ordering labs and hydration assessment.
• Provide small and large group education on performance nutrition.
• Develop protocols to optimize performance and readiness.
• Develop protocols for rehabilitation and return to duty.
• Serve as an advisor and consultant on dining facility and/or galley nutrition and coordinate between food service and command.
• Serve as a primary advisor on sports foods, dietary supplements, medical foods, and performance enhancing substances within the POTFF program and unit/Command.

Required Minimum Experience and Skills

• Possess a Master of Science in Nutrition Science or a related field (preferred), or a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition Science or a related field with the additional experience stated in the next paragraph, and hold the Registered Dietitian / Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RD/RDN) credential issued by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)
• A candidate who holds a bachelor’s degree and no master’s degree shall have five (5) or more years of paid, full-time experience as a Sport and/or Performance Dietitian with individual athletes and groups of athletes at the levels of NCAA Collegiate Division I, II, or III, Olympic, professional sports, USAF CRAFT, USAF SWTW, and/or SOF Operators in the accompanying, respective settings.
• Must possess a specialty certification as a Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD) at the time of hiring, or meet all other qualifications at hiring and earn the CSSD within six (6) months of employment.
• After five (5) continuous years within POTFF, including continuous service that began under a predecessor POTFF contract, and one (1) complete testing cycle, retention of the CSSD certification becomes optional for the Performance Dietitian.
• Additional qualifications, certifications and/or diplomas relevant to a Performance Dietitian's practice are desired, but not required:
• -International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry (ISAK) Level 1 & 2
• -International Olympic Committee Diploma in Sport Nutrition
• Integrative and Functional Nutrition Certified ProfessionalTM (IFNCP)
• -Associate of Science or Bachelor of Science degree in Culinary Arts/Science/Nutrition, or Professional Culinary Experience (i.e., Chef, Sous Chef, Line Cook, etc.)
• Minimum of three (3) years or more of demonstrable accumulated experience as a Sport and/or Performance Dietitian with individual athletes and groups of athletes at the levels of NCAA Collegiate Division I, II, or III, Olympic, professional sports, USAF CRAFT, USAF SWTW and/or SOF Operators in the accompanying, respective settings.
• -Paid, full-time experience as a government civilian or contract personnel at non-SOF Combat Arms, fixed-wing fighter units, US Army H2F, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) units, may be counted towards minimum qualification requirements, provided this experience was, as a directly embedded staff member, on-site with the respective Army, Navy, Air Force and/or Marine Corps entities.

EEO Statement

Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics.

Pay Transparency

Maximus compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to job location, a candidate's education, training, experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis including seniority and merit systems, as well as internal pay alignment. Annual salary is just one component of Maximus's total compensation package. Other rewards may include short- and long-term incentives as well as program-specific awards. Additionally, Maximus provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation. Maximus will comply with regulatory minimum wage rates and exempt salary thresholds in all instances.

Accommodations

Maximus provides reasonable accommodations to individuals requiring assistance during any phase of the employment process due to a disability, medical condition, or physical or mental impairment. If you require assistance at any stage of the employment process—including accessing job postings, completing assessments, or participating in interviews,—please contact People Operations at [e-mail].

Minimum Salary

$ 61,000.00

Maximum Salary

$ 126,000.00