Senior Performance Nutritionist (Job share considered)

Organisation: Aquatics GB
Salary: £35,000 - £43,000 per annum (salary dependent on skills and experience)
Location: The normal place of work will be an AGB Performance Centre - Manchester, Sheffield or Loughborough
Contract type: Permanent (Full time)
Closing date: 12 February 2026
Interview date: 26 February 2026
Job Description: CONTEXT:
An excellent opportunity to join one of the most successful National Governing Bodies in the UK Sport High Performance System has arisen.
Aquatics GB oversees Aquatics sports in Great Britain - Swimming, Para-Swimming, Diving, Artistic Swimming and Water Polo. Our aquatic disciplines provide training environments in a number of Performance Centres across the UK for permanent athlete groups as well as acting as ‘performance hubs’ for national programme-wide activity for World Class Programme athletes.
A recent change has seen the Sports Science Sports Medicine Practitioner Team adopt a cross-aquatic remit, which reinforces the aquatic integration.

SUMMARY
This role will oversee, manage and drive the delivery of nutrition support for World Class Programme athletes within Aquatics GB. Reporting to the Aquatics Head of Physical Performance, the successful candidate will work collaboratively with coaches and the performance support team across all Aquatics GB World Class Programme sports to ensure the highest standards of nutrition support.

With support from the Aquatics Head of Physical Performance, the post-holder will be responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of nutrition support in line with Aquatics GB’s mission to be “The best aquatics organisation in the world”.

The post-holder will provide direct nutrition support to Aquatics athletes based in the North region. This includes the Loughborough, Shefield and Manchester Performance Centres, with some support to world class programme athletes based in Stirling also required. Travel to other centres within the Aquatics GB network may be required to fulfil non-delivery duties. Support at domestic and international competitions and training camps will also be required.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and hardworking individual with a passion for working in high performance teams. Successful candidates will show the ability to work collaboratively, display critical thinking and problem-solving skills and have the ability to work flexibly and a willingness to travel frequently. Post-holders will be expected to have excellent organisational skills and work well both independently and as part of a team. Candidates must demonstrate suitability to be role models for the high-performance culture and behaviours expected in the environment.
How to apply: If you feel that you have the skills and attributes for this role, then we would like to hear from you. Please send via email/WeTransfer (free large file sending platform) a video recording of no more than 3 minutes responding to the following question: • What inspired you to apply for this role? In addition to the video please send via email an up to date CV outlining your relevant experience for this role to the peopledepartment@aquaticsgb.com. Alternatively, please send a completed application form (written) to the peopledepartment@aquaticsgb.com. A pack can be downloaded from our website https://www.aquaticsgb.com Please note, Aquatics GB operates an anonymous recruitment process for written applications.