Football Sports Nutrition Assistant - Student Service

**Job Title:** Football Sports Nutrition Assistant - Student Service

**City:** West Lafayette

Job Summary

Football Sports Nutrition Student Assistant Purdue Sports Nutrition supports the daily needs of the student-athletes, the department is seeking dependable, determined, initiative-oriented students to help carry out the Sports Nutrition Mission of providing high performance nutrition strategies that keep boilermaker student-athletes in the game and to ensure the best possible outcomes both on the field of competition and in life beyond athletics

Major Responsibilities

• Practice and training session support: making shakes, assist in fueling and recovery of the football student-athletes
• Stocking and taking inventory
• Shipment receiving
• Food service, catering assistance
• Provide hydration and fueling during practice
• Travel packing and unpacking
• Game day field and locker room setup
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Qualifications

• Must be a current Purdue student, nutrition majors preferred, enrolling in NUTR 245/345 highly preferred
• Good time management skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to perform manual labor which may include lifting, carrying and long periods of standing and/or walking
• High level of professionalism as a representative of Purdue Athletics
• Maintain an effective working relationship with co-workers and other athletic department staff, including student-athletes and coaches
• Must be able to work independently and perform at a high level within a group
• Must be able to take initiative and anticipate needs of the student-athletes and coaches
• Students must follow all HIPAA, FERPA, NCAA, and Purdue University rules and regulations.

Availability and Time Commitment

• Ideally have some summer availability to support team workouts
• Students must be available for training camp: tentatively July 30 – August 30
• In-season – available for most practices during the week (3) and 1 weekend day, either game day or recovery day

**Education:** 0

**Experience:** 0

**FLSA Status:** Non-Exempt

**Posting Start Date:** 5/22/25