Aboriginal Hostels Limited (AHL) is looking for an experienced in-house dietitian to join our National Operations team to develop nutritional menus, recipes and provide nutritional advice tailored to AHL's 42 hostels. Working closely with hostel staff, residents, health professionals and community groups, the dietitian identifies resident nutritional requirements and local cultural preferences to tailor menus that are suitable for the hostel resident base's dietary requirements. This is a great opportunity to be part of important work that supports First Nations peoples across Australia and AHL's commitment to providing a culturally safe home away from home. The key duties of the position include The dietitian supports AHL's Food Safety requirements and advises on food safety standards as required. Holding a current Food Safety Supervisor certificate, the dietitian must be competent at cooking meals, developing recipes with nutritional information, and provide costing and quantity advice. They will be required to identify, address and deliver training needs of AHL staff to meet food safety compliance requirements, scaled in size for various sized hostels. Our hostels range from 9 residents to 100 residents. Each hostel has a summer, winter and mid-season menu requiring ongoing review and refinement. The dietitian also provides guidance on AHL's snack stations tailored to the medical, multipurpose and secondary education hostels. An immediate project will be transitioning AHL's paper-based recipes, shopping lists and nutritional information to an app for access by AHL's cooks and providing support for AHL's cooking teams to use the app to deliver the tailored menus for their hostels. This unique APS role will see the successful candidate travel regularly to regional locations and work independently at hostels training and developing staff, meeting with stakeholders and seeking feedback on meals from residents. The dietitian is required to develop information and training resources for AHL staff. Our ideal candidate will: have at least five years' experience as a dietitian working with First Nations people to improve health outcomes. have a well-developed understanding and knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander cultures in relation to food customs and geographical nuances of food supply. be results driven and able to independently manage projects, stakeholder engagement and reporting requirements. be required to represent AHL in forums and present information to Board and Executive audiences. be a Certified Food Safety Supervisor and be able to advise AHL's cooking teams on food safety and compliance with AHL's Food Safety Plan. have a strong understanding of Government procurement processes including Indigenous procurement guidelines. have cooking experience and be able to develop recipes to meet resident requirements and preferences. have a strong commitment to supporting First Nations people and contributing to health outcomes.
