Student Dining Dietitian (Hopkins Dining)

The Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 57,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

The Johns Hopkins University invites applications for a part-time Student Dining Dietitian in the Hopkins Dining program. The role provides nutrition education, counseling, and support for students with special dietary needs across Homewood and Peabody campuses, coordinating with dining leadership and staff to implement safe, healthy meals.

Reporting to the Director of Culinary Innovation, the dietitian will deliver on-site consultations, develop accommodation plans, educate frontline staff, and

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience providing nutrition counseling to a student/young-adult population.
• Knowledge of food allergies, special dietary needs, and dining accommodations.
• Strong interpersonal, counseling, presentation, documentation, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual nutrition consultations and follow-up for Johns Hopkins students across Homewood and Peabody campuses.
• Meet with students with food allergies, intolerances, or other dietary needs to understand their requirements.
• Develop, communicate, and document student-specific dining accommodation plans and maintain records.
• Communicate with students in person and via email about safe, healthy, complete meals in Hopkins facilities.
• Coordinate with Dining leadership and staff to identify menu or operational solutions when needs aren’t met.
• Provide on-site follow-up to confirm accommodations and identify improvements.
• Educate frontline staff and managers on nutrition, allergies, and dining protocols.
• Develop and present student and staff education, tabling programs, and well-being resources.
• Lead nutrition-related communications and website/social media materials.
• Assist with policies, accreditation projects, meetings, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Nutrition counseling

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Education programs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Nutrition

Licensed Dietitian-Nutritionist (LDN)

Job description

We are seeking a university-wide Student Dining Dietitian who will perform duties related to nutrition education, counseling, dining accommodations, and student support to promote Johns Hopkins students’ overall health, well-being and quality of life. The position coordinates directly with students who have special dietary needs, including food allergies and other dietary restrictions, and provides access to a Registered Dietitian who can help students safely and successfully navigate campus dining.

This position will report directly to the Director of Culinary Innovation and will serve as the primary student-facing nutrition resource for Hopkins Dining. The role will work closely with Dining leadership, chefs, managers, and frontline staff to translate student needs into practical operational outcomes and ensure students can identify complete, healthy meals that meet their dietary requirements.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Provide individual nutrition consultations and follow-up support to Johns Hopkins students across the Homewood and Peabody campuses.
• Meet with students who have food allergies, intolerances, medically indicated dietary needs, or other special dietary requirements to understand their needs, preferences, and dining concerns.
• Develop, communicate, and document student-specific dining accommodation plans and maintain a weekly record of student consultations and follow-up activity.
• Communicate with students both in person and via email to help them identify how to eat a safe, healthy, and complete meal while dining in Hopkins facilities.
• Coordinate with the Director of Culinary Innovation, Dining leadership, chefs, managers, and retail teams to identify menu or operational solutions when student needs are not being met.
• Provide on-site follow-up in dining locations to confirm accommodations can be executed effectively and identify opportunities for operational improvement.
• Provide education and development to frontline staff and managers related to nutrition, food allergies, special diets, dining accommodations, and student-specific protocols.
• Develop and present student and staff education, tabling programs, nutrition resources, and multidisciplinary well-being programming.
• Provide leadership and direction related to student nutrition care and collaborate on nutrition-related website, digital, social media, and printed communications.
• Assist with nutrition- and allergy-related policies, accreditation projects, meetings, studies, and continuous improvement initiatives while maintaining appropriate professional development.
• Be self-directed and independent, work effectively in an interdisciplinary team setting, communicate in a timely manner, treat students and colleagues with compassion and respect, and perform other duties as assigned.

Part-time Student Dining Dietitian will focus their time on the following

• Provide regular on-site student support, partner on educational events, assist with dining accommodations, and work directly with individual students with special dietary needs.

• Provide scheduled on-site services tailored to the dietary and nutrition needs of the performing arts student population.
• Maintain a visible student engagement presence within dining halls through consultations, tabling, education, and relationship building with students and staff.

Special Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Demonstrated knowledge and experience providing nutrition counseling and support to a diverse student or young-adult population.
• Knowledge of food allergies, special dietary needs, dining accommodations, and foodservice operations.
• Strong interpersonal, counseling, presentation, documentation, and communication skills with the ability to work on-site and build effective relationships with students and Dining teams.

Additional Information

• This is a part-time position working 20 hours per week. This role is expected to work on-site to support direct student, staff, and dining operations interaction.
• Schedule: 20 hours/week; on-site, primarily M-F (with some weekends and evenings as needed).
• This position is considered essential personnel.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition or a related field.
• Active Licensed Dietitian-Nutritionist (LDN) license (or eligible to apply for a license) to practice in the State of Maryland.
• Two years of clinical and/or nutrition-related experience.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications

• Current Registered Dietitian/Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RD/RDN) credential and degree from an accredited institution.

Classified Title: Dietitian

Job Posting Title (Working Title): Student Dining Dietitian (Hopkins Dining)

Role/Level/Range: ACRP/03/MD

Starting Salary Range: $57,195 - $100,040 Annually ($38.50 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)

Employee group: Part-time

Schedule: 5 days a week / Nights and weekends may be needed.

FLSA Status: Exempt

Location: Homewood Campus

Department name: Hopkins Dining

Personnel area: University Student Services