About Juniper

At Juniper, we deliver a diverse range of soft FM services including Catering, Cleaning and Health & Safety Consultancy; primarily in the education and public sectors. Our culture is built on trust, ownership, and high performance, where individuals are empowered to shape their work and have a real impact. For someone who believes in strong relationships and wants their skills to contribute to a purpose-led organisation, Juniper offers the perfect environment to contribute and grow.

The Role

We are seeking a qualified and passionate Dietitian to join our Catering Team and lead the management of special dietary provision across our school meal services. This is a specialist role focused on ensuring children with food allergies, intolerances, coeliac disease, diabetes, and other dietary requirements can safely access nutritious, inclusive, and enjoyable school meals.

Working closely with schools, catering teams, parents, healthcare professionals and local authority partners, you will provide expert advice on allergen management, nutritional compliance, menu development, and special diet provision. You will play a key role in supporting the health, wellbeing and safety of children while driving best practice across our school catering operations.

About you

You are a HCPC registered Dietitian with experience of assessing and managing special dietary requirements and translating clinical dietary needs into practical food solutions. You have a strong understanding of allergen legislation, food safety requirements, nutritional standards, and risk management. You have experience in paediatric diabetes and school food.

You are confident communicating with a wide range of stakeholders and can build positive relationships with schools, catering teams, parents, healthcare professionals and commissioners. Highly organised and detail oriented, you are able to manage competing priorities while maintaining accurate records and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and standards.

Most importantly, you are passionate about improving children's health and wellbeing and committed to delivering safe, inclusive, and high-quality catering services.

Overall Purpose of Job

To lead the assessment, development and management of special dietary provision for children in schools, ensuring all meals provided are safe, nutritionally appropriate and fully compliant with allergen, medical, religious, cultural and lifestyle dietary requirements.

Job Context

The Dietitian reports directly to the Head of Catering and plays a key role in supporting the delivery of safe, compliant and inclusive school meal services across the organisation. The role works closely with operational catering teams, school leaders, healthcare professionals and families to ensure best practice in allergen management, nutritional compliance and special diet provision.

Principal Accountabilities

Special Diet Management

• Review and assess special diet requests and supporting medical documentation.
• Develop, approve and review individual dietary plans.
• Maintain accurate records and documentation relating to special diets.
• Ensure all special diet provision is safe, appropriate and regularly reviewed.

Allergen and Food Safety Compliance

• Provide specialist guidance on allergen management and risk mitigation.
• Ensure compliance with relevant food safety legislation and School Food Standards.
• Support implementation of safe food handling and service procedures.
• Investigate incidents and drive corrective actions where required.

Menu Development and Nutritional Compliance

• Assess menus against nutritional standards and government guidance.
• Ensure special diet menus remain nutritionally equivalent to standard menu offerings.
• Support menu innovation to improve inclusivity, choice and meal uptake.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as the primary contact for dietary-related enquiries.
• Build effective relationships with schools, parents, carers and healthcare professionals.
• Provide accurate advice regarding allergens, ingredients and nutritional content.

Training and Education

• Deliver training programmes on nutrition, food allergies and allergen legislation.
• Develop practical guidance, resources and educational materials.
• Promote awareness of dietary inclusion and healthy eating.

Quality Assurance and Continuous Improvement

• Conduct audits of allergen and special diet management processes.
• Monitor compliance and identify opportunities for service enhancement.
• Produce reports and management information relating to special diet activity and performance.
• Support service development and continuous improvement initiatives.

Benefits

• Competitive salary of £54,975 per annum
• Exceptional Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) – a highly valued defined benefit pension offering a secure, inflation linked income in retirement, generous employer contributions (Juniper contribute 21.2% versus a minimum 3% contribution typically associated with auto enrolment schemes such as NEST), life assurance and family protection benefits. Widely recognised as one of the most attractive pension schemes available in the UK.
• Generous annual leave entitlement – 23 days plus 8 bank holidays, increasing with service to a maximum of 28 days.
• Interest-free season ticket loan to help spread the cost of commuting.
• Employee Benefits Platform offering access to a range of discounts, wellbeing resources, rewards and lifestyle benefits.

We are committed to championing equality and diversity in all aspects of employment. All employees are expected to promote and uphold our Equality and Diversity Policy in their work.

If you are a registered dietician who is organised, motivated, and passionate about maintaining high standards, we encourage you to apply.

Closing date 5pm on Sunday 5th July 2026.