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  • Procurement Manager

    Procurement Manager

    About the Role
    The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Procurement Manager to lead the procurement function of the GAIN Kenya country office to effectively support programme implementation and country office operations. This role will be offered on a two(2) year fixed term contract, subject to availability of funding and will be based in Nairobi, Kenya.
    This role ensures effective compliance to the procurement guidelines. The Procurement Manager will serve as a primary contact and procurement lead of the GAIN Kenya country office.
    The position holder will be expected to work closely with the operations team, Project Managers and Country Management team in the country office and provide the technical procurement support required for handling all procurement activities.
    Key Responsibilities include

    Lead the procurement function ensuring value for money, ethical procurement practices, and compliance to GAIN and international standards.
    Develop, consolidate, and maintain procurement plans for the purchase of equipment, services, and supplies for the office and projects and monitoring the procurement process.
    Develop procurement tracking system and support program and management team with up-to-date and reliable information on the procurement status.
    Prepare and submit weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual procurement reports to the Head of Operations for approval by the Country Director.
    Review and Respond in a timely way to all queries from the GAIN team on the status of outstanding procurements.
    Examine and analyse country office purchase requisitions for completeness and accuracy of information.
    Coordinate the country office teams in the preparation of specifications, bill of quantities, TORs for equipment, materials, and services to be purchased.
    Preparation of standard bidding documents, with terms and conditions of the tender

    About you

    You should have experience in leading the procurement and logistical function of an organisation preferably within a nonprofit setup. Knowledge of USAID procurement rules and regulations, or other international donor agencies is required combined with familiarity of an inventory management software is necessary.
    The position holder should demonstrate experience in procurement planning, market intelligence, vendors due diligence, competitive bidding processes, contract formulation, review of commitments, and logistics management.
    A degree in procurement, purchasing & supply chain, business management, accounting, Economics, or other relevant field of study is necessary for this role.

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    www.gainhealth.org

  • Associate, Children and Young People

    Associate, Children and Young People

    About the Role

    The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking an Associate, Children and Young People to provide technical and administrative support to project activities under the Children and Young People theme particularly those targeted at children under 10 years old and in support of GAIN’s infant foods and school feeding initiatives in the African region. This role will be offered on a two(2) year fixed term contract, subject to availability of funding and will be based in either Abuja, Nigeria or Nairobi, Kenya.

    The Associate will support the development and implementation of GAIN’s strategy focusing on the African regional infant foods domestic market, as well supporting to coordinate GAIN’s school feeding and youth employment activities. They will be involved in core project activities as well as providing a range of support services, including communications, stakeholder management, preparation and delivery of training, preparation of reports and briefs, maintaining project documentation, to ensure project outcomes are achieved on time, on budget, to quality standards and within agreed scope, in line with GAINs Project Management Guidelines.

    The Associate, Children and Young People also undertakes various administrative tasks, organizing, coordinating, scheduling, and attending meetings with team members, stakeholders, service providers and partners. 

    Key Responsibilities include

    Provide technical and administrative support to programme and country teams implementing programmatic activities related to infant foods, liaising with other GAIN departments.
    Support the internal school feeding community of practice (COP), helping to shape COP agenda, setting up and documenting meetings and activities.
    Participate in the development of GAIN’s strategy on youth employment under the leadership of the Programme Lead.
    Contribute to building internal and external awareness of GAIN’s food systems for children work (including dissemination of project activities and findings, communications assets, working papers and other publications on GAIN’s work) as required, technical groups and seminars / conferences.
    In close collaboration with the procurement function support the administrative aspects of the project procurement process.

    About you

    The ideal candidate should have experience providing technical and administrative support to programme and country teams implementing programmatic activities related to infant foods. Previous experience working in private sector with SMEs or SME support organisations, school feeding projects coupled with an understanding of food systems or agriculture, infant and children’s nutrition is preferred.
    You should have experience delivering trainings, preparation of reports and briefs, maintaining project documentation in addition to supporting core project activities such as stakeholder management and communication. This role will provide project procurement administrative support in collaboration with the country office procurement focal persons.
    An education background with a degree in Food Technology, Food Science, Business Administration, Public Policy, or related field is required.

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    www.gainhealth.org

  • Project Manager, Workforce Nutrition

    Project Manager, Workforce Nutrition

    About the Role

    The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Project Manager, Workforce Nutrition to provide functional, technical, and managerial leadership to the Workforce Nutrition Alliance and to support GAIN broader workforce nutrition portfolio. This role will be offered on a 2 years’ fixed term contract basis, subject to availability of funding. This position will be based in either Utrecht, Netherlands or Nairobi, Kenya.
    Reporting to the Programme Lead, the Project Manager will lead a high performing cross-functional project team and establish, manage, and maintain relationships with relevant partners and stakeholders.
    You will be responsible for the overall project management leadership and ensure the project team implement project activities within approved plans, budget, and quality standards.
    The postholder will ensure accurate planning, management and reporting of activities, budgets (resources), monitoring, external services and any other key areas required to deliver successful projects throughout the project life cycle.

    Key Responsibilities include

    Providing strategic and technical leadership in the design, planning and implementation of the project as per the GAIN Project Management Guidelines (PMG).
    Defining project scope, activities and objectives in line with the GAIN business plans, programme frameworks, and organizational strategic priorities.
    Monitoring the field and adapting project activities and implementation modalities accordingly
    Identifying, tracking and resolving project issues on an ongoing basis, and proactively seeking support where issues require wider attention and resolution.
    Building and maintaining strong partnerships with civil society, INGOs, government entities, private sector and other organisations.
    Working closely with GAIN technical teams and monitoring network to ensure projects are implemented in line with the relevant quality standards.
    Writing donors’ reports in collaboration with project teams, technical teams, funding team and support teams.
    Ensuring narrative reporting and financial accounting meet GAIN and donor’s requirements.
    Working with international finance team to ensure that accurate budgets and forecasting are drawn up for all activities, and that activities costs are kept within budgets.
    Leading on the procurement process by identifying, selecting and managing suppliers within ethical and procurement standards and guidelines.
    Ensuring monthly project reporting (in line with GAINs Project Management Standards) to update management on program progress achieved, program plans, changes in direction and challenges encountered.

    About You

    The ideal candidate will have vast practical work experience in nutrition, sustainability programmes and/or relevant social sector programmes. Also, you will have sound experience in project management, implementation, grantee oversight within international development / food industry.
    You will have experience working with the private sector on nutrition/sustainability issues and business associations globally. In addition, you will have experience in influencing and advocating nutrition/sustainability programmes to employers globally and to their suppliers.
    The ideal candidate will possess excellent project management capabilities and with the ability to communicate specialist technical knowledge to a wide range of diverse audiences. You will be a strong communicator with strong influencing skills and proficiency in written and spoken English. Also, you will be highly flexible and willing and able to travel.
    A bachelor’s degree recognized international accreditation in project management is required. Candidates with postgraduate university degree in Nutrition, Health, Business Administration, or Agribusiness and Supply Chain, or Logistic and Supply Chain Management or related field is desirable.

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    www.gainhealth.org

  • Project Coordinator-Policy & Advocacy CASCADE

    Project Coordinator-Policy & Advocacy CASCADE

    The programme has two strategic objectives: it aims to increase access to and consumption of healthy diets, as well as increasing the resilience of households to economic and climate change-related shocks across in three counties in Kenya. The project aims at doing this through contribution to the improvement of the food and nutrition policy environment in Kenya. The programme will galvanize government towards policy change and accountability.

    Key Responsibilities include:

    Support the implementation of the policy aspects for the CASCADE project.
    Review and synthesize key government food and nutrition related policy documents necessary to deliver project commitments.
    In consultation with the Head of Policy and Advocacy, develop project implementation plans and update key project documents as well as reporting project achievements.
    Contribute to drafting reports, policy papers and briefs, factsheets and other documents which synthesize GAIN learnings, values and priorities.
    Monitor, attend and engage to represent GAIN, where appropriate, in key national-level and country-level policy fora and meetings.
    In consultation with the Head of Policy and Advocacy, develop project implementation plan for the CACADE, project and other policy related work.
    Support the Head of Policy and Advocacy in engaging with the key stakeholders in government, private sector, UN, donors and civil society including academia, media, and other development practitioners; to improve support for GAIN’s mission and increase resources allocated to nutrition in Kenya.
    Synthesize and disseminate knowledge and evidence from GAIN Kenya programmes that can help drive the policy and influencing agenda for nutritious and safe food in Kenya.
    Support the development and implementation of key advocacy tools (e.g. Budget tracking tools, Score cards, public participation tools, power analysis tools).

    About you

    The ideal candidate should have demonstrated experience in policy research and communication within an advocacy-oriented context, either within an NGO, government or policy context. Strong experience in partnership building and brokering between business and other stakeholders, with a strong record of negotiation. Proven knowledge of business models including experience in working with mechanisms that catalyze business partnerships and investments.
    The postholder should demonstrate ability to review literature and documentation to turn complex technical and project reports into clear stories/ coherent position papers. Ability to analyze food and nutrition security policy debates and contribute to drafting papers in line with GAIN’s strategic priorities. Demonstrate experience in policy and/or budget advocacy, strategic planning, and project management.
    You should have experience working with stakeholders from civil society, government, donors at national and international level . The ideal candidate should have an education background in a relevant field such as bachelor’s or master’s degree level in public policy, international relations, law or related field.

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    www.gainhealth.org

  • Manager, USAID Finance and Compliance

    Manager, USAID Finance and Compliance

    About the Role

    The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Manager, USAID Finance and Compliance to oversee and manage the finances of grants funded by the US Government. This role will be based in Nairobi, Kenya and is offered on a 12 months’ fixed term contract subject to the availability of funding.
    Reporting to Head of Management and Donor Accounting, the postholder will work closely with the Head of Management and Donor Accounting, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief of Party and other senior Programmes colleagues to oversee and manage the finances of grants funded by the US Government. You will be responsible for ensuring that financial management and compliance is effective and that donor reporting is timely and accurate.

    Key Responsibilities include:

    Ensuring project reports, including expenditure against remaining obligations, are reviewed on a monthly basis with implementing managers and that cost allocations are made appropriately for the awards
    Monitoring and tracking overall contractual obligations and accruals to accurately capture project financial commitments and determine pipeline variance
    Managing the financial aspects of work-planning and periodic financial reviews/modifications, while facilitating effective linkages between GAIN finance/technical staff, country programmes, and partners
    Supporting the development and management of subaward and consultants’ contracts, liaising with technical teams to track and review payments; capacity build subaward partners as necessary
    Serving as the finance/compliance focal point for assigned awards, proactively providing guidance, training, orientation and explanations on compliance to staff and partners where needed, responding to requests for assistance and taking corrective action
    Supporting contracting/subaward processes (e.g. donor agreements, teaming agreements) ensuring execution according to GAIN’s policies and procedures as well as USAID/USG requirements (2 CFR 200, FAR, AIDAR as applicable) and other donor requirements
    Preparing documentation for recurring compliance tasks including NICRA calculation, PVO and SAM registration, etc.
    Preparing and submitting annual/quarterly financial reports, donor invoices and fund requests to USAID, including textual variance analysis and context as needed, ensuring the donor is aware of the position regarding remaining obligated funds, and approved workplan budgets
    Managing the quarterly forecast for USG awards
    Representing GAIN Corporate Finance at meetings with external stakeholders (e.g. USAID, subaward recipients)
    Supporting the preparation and review (including cost analysis) of proposal budgets and supporting documents
    Travelling to field offices where necessary for start-up, close-out, training, financial reviews of projects or general operational support

    About You

    The ideal candidate will have significant professional experience in grant/donor finance with good knowledge and skills in technical accounting, the financial management of restricted donor funding, and donor compliance.
    You will have significant relevant experience in the financial management of USAID awards, including the preparation of donor reports and financial compliance and proficient in USAID regulations, particularly as applicable to awards to non-US NGOs.
    The postholder should possess excellent communication skills, fluent in written and spoken English and have experience working in multicultural and multi-country environment. You will possess strong analytical and negotiation skills and willing and able to present clear written reports and explain financial concepts and analyses to non-finance colleagues. In addition, you should be highly flexible and willing and able to travel.
    The ideal candidate will be a fully qualified accountant (holder of ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent). Candidate with bachelor’s degree or equivalent would be an advantage. You will be computer literate in Microsoft Office, candidate with experience of ERP / project management / high-end accounting systems e.g. Serenic Navigator (Navision), Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Jet Reporting, Salesforce, SharePoint and CMS websites would be an advantage.

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    www.gainhealth.org

  • Project Coordinator, Food Culture Alliance & Consumer Demand

    Project Coordinator, Food Culture Alliance & Consumer Demand

    About the Role

    The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Project Coordinator, Food Culture Alliance & Consumer Demand to establish a new alliance and coordinate across relevant pillars, with a special focus on ‘Strengthening Collaboration’ and ‘Enabling Action’. This role will be offered on a three(3) year fixed term contract, subject to availabilty of funding and will be based in Nairobi, Kenya.

    In 2021, GAIN and its partners launched a new alliance Food Culture Alliance(FCA), where society’s preference is for nutritious and sustainable foods. The mission of the Food Culture Alliance is to champion food culture and leverage the toolbox of strategies it provides to shift preferences and increase society’s demand for nutritious and sustainable foods. Food culture requires concerted, cross sector efforts that are aligned towards that shared goal, hence the need to form an alliance.

    The Food Culture Alliance is setting up both a global and a country-based structure which are expected to work closely together to ensure a cohesive workplan and strategic focus. At the global level, there is the Global Food Culture Alliance, and it is led by 3 international organisations who comprise the Lead Group:  EAT, Global Business School Network (GBSN), and Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), which hosts the alliance. World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), and Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) are members of the Business Advisory Group that advises the Lead Group as representatives of business sector.

    GAIN has recently launched the Nourishing Food Pathways (NFP) programme. One key component of this programme is a project to identify ways of extending the Consumer Demand Generation approach developed by GAIN to include environmental sustainability of diets and foods. Kenya is one of three countries where this project is being implemented.

    At the country level, new alliances will be developed in line with the Food Culture Alliance 3-pillar operating model. In countries the operating model will:

    Building Knowledge – support research and learning, apply the strategic framework to address food culture.
    Strengthening Collaboration – develop and coordinate a local alliance to achieve a shared understanding of the need to shift society-wide preferences and commit to coordinated action in the food culture to achieve that aim.​ Open local membership to actors interested in DGA’s work.
    Enabling Action – deepen in-country engagements, identify a preference issue, nurture a coalition, support local fundraising efforts.

    The postholder will be expected to establish a new alliance in Kenya and coordinate across all three pillars, but with a special focus on ‘Strengthen Collaboration’ and ‘Enable Action’. The overall purpose is twofold:

    To ensure that the local Food Culture Alliance is a well-functioning ecosystem of connected actors engaged with food culture issues.
    To nurture a coalition that emerges from the local alliance. This person is the main country contact point for all matters related to the Food Culture Alliance. This is expected to be 70% of the role.

    The other 30% is focused on project managing the work where GAIN is identifying ways to extend its consumer demand generation approach to promote diets & foods that are both nutritious and environmentally more sustainable.

    Key Responsibilities include

    Develop, and coordinate effective stakeholder relationships to secure support for, and good collaboration, on food culture.
    In close coordination with Global Food Culture Alliance, implement the country workplan, as work packages, to ensure that deliverables are met and integrating of the local activities with the overarching global FCA plan.
    Coordinate and facilitate local management meetings.
    Manage the alliance membership database.
    Support the reviewing/editing concept notes.
    Organize events in coordination with service providers, partners or members while ensuring delivery of the learning and socialization activities (e.g., trainings, webinars, events).
    Manage day to day execution of research projects under supervision of global Knowledge Leadership lead for the project.
    Manage creative agency relationship under the supervision of global demand lead for the project.
    Contribute to the interpretation of research and creative brief development and input into the monitoring, learning, evaluation of Food Culture Alliance(FCA).
    Develop written summaries of local activities to support donor reporting.

    About you

    The ideal candidate should be highly experienced in stakeholder engagement and able to rally relevant actors within the alliance to strengthen collaboration and enable action. Previous experience coordinating an alliance is highly preferred.
    You should demonstrate ability to understand technical literature in nutrition or food culture and support management of research projects. Experience managing creative agency relationships would be highly desirable.
    You should demonstrate experience communicating health or science information to diverse audiences. Excellent organizational skills and follow-through is necessary to succeed in this role, combined with the ability to translate technical documents for more general audiences.
    The ideal candidate should be able to develop written summaries of local activities to support donor reporting.
    The post holder should have an educational background with a degree in either Sociology/Anthropology, Political Science, Health or Science Communication or relevant field. A diploma or post graduate degree in a specialist competency area is desirable.

    Apply via :

    www.gainhealth.org

  • Project Coordinator, Demand Generation Alliance

    Project Coordinator, Demand Generation Alliance

    About the Role

    The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Project Coordinator, Demand Generation Alliance to establish a new alliance and coordinate across relevant pillars, with a special focus on ‘Strengthening Collaboration’ and ‘Enabling Action’. This role will be offered on a three(3) year fixed term contract, subject to availability of funding and will be based in Nairobi, Kenya.

    At the country level, new alliances will be developed in line with the DGA 3-pillar operating model. In countries the operating model will

    Build Knowledge – support research and learning, apply the strategic framework to address food culture.
    Strengthen Collaboration – develop and coordinate a local alliance to achieve a shared understanding of the need to shift society-wide preferences and commit to coordinated action in the food culture to achieve that aim. Open local membership to actors interested in DGA’s work.
    Enabling Action – deepen in-country engagements, identify a preference issue, nurture a coalition, support local fundraising efforts.

    Key Responsibilities include:

    Develop, and coordinate an effective stakeholder relationship management.
    In close coordination with Global DGA, implement the country workplan, as work packages, to ensure that deliverables are met.
    Coordinate and facilitate local management meetings, including drafting agenda, power-point presentations, talking points, meeting notes.
    Support the reviewing/editing concept notes.
    Delivery of the learning and socialization activities (e.g., events, trainings, webinars)
    Organize events in coordination with service providers, partners or members.
    Input into the monitoring, learning, evaluation of DGA.
    Develop written summaries of local activities to support donor reporting.

    About you

    The ideal candidate should be highly experienced in stakeholder engagement and able to rally relevant actors within the alliance to strengthen collaboration and enable action. Previous experience coordinating an alliance is highly preferred. You should demonstrate ability to understand technical literature in nutrition, food culture, sociology, or anthropology.
    You should demonstrate experience communicating health or science information to diverse audiences. Excellent organizational skills and follow-through is necessary to succeed in this role, combined with the ability to translate technical documents for more general audiences. The ideal candidate should be able to develop written summaries of local activities to support donor reporting.
    The post holder should have an educational background with a degree in either Sociology/Anthropology, Political Science, Health or Science Communication or relevant field. A diploma or post graduate degree in a specialist competency area is desirable.

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    www.gainhealth.org

  • Programme Intern Programme Intern (Demand Creation)

    Programme Intern Programme Intern (Demand Creation)

    About the Role

    The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Programme Intern to support ongoing work in all GAIN Kenya programmes. This position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya office and is offered on a 6 months fixed-term contract basis.
    Reporting to the Head of Programmes, the intern will support the ongoing program work in all GAIN Kenya programmes. You will actively support the smooth running of project operations and in collaboration with the programme team and other teams in the Kenya office.

    Key Responsibilities include:

    Supporting in the development and maintenance of project plans and ensuring tasks are completed in a timely manner
    Working closely with the Project coordinator in supporting project communications, information flow and in the preparation of progress reports
    Supporting the team in organising and planning stakeholder meetings
    Providing administrative support and team support in the coordination of logistics for meetings, workshops and events

    About you

    The ideal candidate will have experience working in an administrative or coordinator role in a project management capacity e.g., in group work at university. In addition, you will have experience in engaging people from diverse cultures and backgrounds.
    You will be fluent in written and spoken English. Candidates with working knowledge of additional languages and who is comfortable working in a fast-paced dynamic, international organisation would be an advantage. The ideal candidate will possess strong research and analytical skills.
    A Bachelors’ degree in public health, nutrition, project management or related fields. You will be computer literate and have some basic knowledge of project management principles.

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  • Knowledge Management Lead – FORK

    Knowledge Management Lead – FORK

    About the Role

    The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Knowledge Management Lead – FORK to lead the sharing and uptake of a considerable amount of learning and tools to support food processing for safe and nutritious foods in Low-to-Middle-Income Countries. This role will be on a 3 years’ fixed-term contract basis, subject to availability of funding. This position is open to GAIN’s country offices in Washington DC, Nairobi and Dar Es Salaam.

    Reporting to the FORK Chief of Party, the Knowledge Management Lead will lead the sharing and uptake of a considerable amount of learning and tools, and this knowledge will need to be documented and mobilized in a way that enables the target audience to support food processing for safe and nutritious foods in Low-to-Middle-Income Countries. Specifically, working with the FORK team, the Knowledge Management Lead will lead the implementation of segments of the FORK results framework that pertain to:

    Strengthened capacity of key stakeholders and local researcher to design and implement interventions that facilitate processing of safe, nutritious foods.
    Increased knowledge exchange by inclusively linking local and global researchers, MSMEs, and other key stakeholders.
    Increased application of food safety and processing intervention research findings.
    You will work with the team to ensure the material is consolidated and aligned with the learning and collaboration aspirations of USAID. GAIN seeks to increase the amount, quality and accessibility of such learning and tools and assure its mobilization for diverse stakeholders.

    Key Responsibilities include:

    Providing strategic leadership and overarching management of FORK’s knowledge management objective, in collaboration with FORK’s Chief of Party and Deputy Chief of Party
    Working with global and country teams to assess knowledge management and mobilization needs of the program and implement activities to increase the sharing and uptake of knowledge, learning and tools to support local food processing of safe, nutritious foods
    Advising and collaborating with project staff to identify key stakeholders in implementing countries, assessing challenges and building capacity to enable and empower them to implement evidence-based interventions to improve the processing of safe, nutritious foods
    Developing strategic partnerships and initiating connections between local and global research institutes, businesses, and other key stakeholders to increase the knowledge exchange around best food processing practices and approaches
    Assessing, consolidating and supporting the use of the latest evidence on food safety and food processing interventions to project team and external partners
    Influencing and promoting mechanisms to increase the use of evidence for action in the public-private space for the processing of safe nutritious foods, across disciplines and countries
    Developing and reviewing case studies, policy and advocacy briefs, blogs, and/or other documents for dissemination on a variety of media platforms, working closely with others on the FORK team and GAIN’s communication department
    Overseeing the organization and planning of events and webinars to share project knowledge and learnings, working with USAID dissemination and learning platforms and other forums, and engaging a diverse set of partners and a wide audience
    Providing overall leadership to the Knowledge Management portfolio and line managing direct reports including supporting work plan development and performance management to ensure team synergy and high-quality technical project delivery in time and budget

    About You

    The ideal candidate will have experience working on USAID funded projects, preferably on a Feed the Future or public health project in a knowledge management capacity and experience working with the “USAID Collaborate, Learn Adapt” (CLA) framework, including experience organizing or participating in CLA workshops.
    The postholder will have an understanding of the opportunities and challenges working in food systems in LMICs, particularly in the enabling environment. Candidates with understanding of a relevant field of global development (e.g., global public health, agriculture, livestock, market development, food safety, WASH) required, understanding of food safety and/or nutrition and hands-on experience working in a low- or middle-income country would be an asset.
    You will possess strong communication skills and fluent in written and verbal English. Candidates with fluency in a second language (i.e. French, Hausa, Portuguese, Swahili, Bangla, etc.) is desirable. In addition, you will have excellent writing and presentation skills for multiple audiences, particularly informed, non-expert audiences.
    Master’s Degree in communications, international development, marketing, public relations, journalism, or related field, you will have trainings in at least two of these areas: communications, food science/technology, marketing, food safety, food systems, public health and economics.
    The ideal candidate will have experience with and proficient in using various types of presentation and graphic design software such as PowerPoint, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, PremierPro, Acrobat, Adobe Spark. In addition, you will have expertise in research translation and preparation and dissemination of documents/presentations for a diverse range policy or other non-technical audience essential.

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    www.gainhealth.org

  • Lead, Cascade

    Lead, Cascade

    About the Role

    The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Lead, CASCADE to manage GAIN’s engagement with our CASCADE partner organisations. This role will be on a 3 years’ fixed-term contract basis, subject to availability of funding. This position is open to GAIN’s country offices in Nairobi and Addis Ababa.
    Reporting to the Head of GAIN Netherland, you will provide management and leadership of CASCADE implementation activities and coordinate the on-time, on-budget and with quality delivery of GAIN’s role in ‘Catalyzing Strengthened Policy Action for Healthy Diets and Resilience (CASCADE)’ across Benin, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria and Uganda.
    The postholder will bring excellent portfolio management skills to the relationship between GAIN, CARE Nederland, CARE International and our other partners, and take a lead role within GAIN in supporting the alignment, exchange and learning within and between both portfolios (CASCADE and GAIN’s market-based programme). In addition, the Programme Lead will manage GAIN’s engagement with our CASCADE partner organisations, CARE Nederland and CARE International.

    Key Responsibilities include

    Co-leading with our partners for the development of annual budgets and detailed workplans for all six geographies
    Working with GAIN country program managers to develop and follow up on their work plans to ensure we deliver on budget, on time and with quality
    Providing guidance on project implementation to GAIN countries and technical know-how to design and deliver strategically relevant, sound, and feasible project interventions
    Working in close collaboration with the CASCADE coordinator (CARE Nederland) to facilitate interactions between all consortium parties to contribute to the programme objective, serving as a member of the consortium project management unit and supporting operation of other governance functions as appropriate
    Working in close collaboration with GAIN’s Programme Services Team, including SUN Business Network team, and our partner’s technical specialists to ensure the Country Teams obtain the support they need to design and implement their projects
    Working closely with GAIN’s Knowledge Leadership team and monitoring expert, as well as our partner’s monitoring and evaluation teams to ensure monitoring and tracking targets, evaluation and learning takes place within CASCADE’s activities
    Working with country teams to ensure completion of timely donor and internal reporting (interim and final reports, periodic progress reports, annual plans)
    Working closely with GAIN colleagues at the Development Office and based in The Netherlands supporting the relationship with the donor and CARE Nederland in determining internal reporting deadlines, templates and governance structures
    Supporting knowledge management and learning, alongside CASCADE MEAL team, CARE, GAIN’s Knowledge Leadership, Communications and Country programmes teams, as well as with GAIN’s partners
    Coordinating with leadership of GAIN’s other Dutch funded programme to ensure complementarity and where relevant cooperation, including combined events, evaluation and cross-learning

    About You

    The ideal candidate should have substantial level of professional experience directly or indirectly relating to food and nutrition, supply chains and international development. You should have demonstrable success in managing multi-country and multi-partner consortium projects. Candidate with experience working at both global and African country levels is preferred.
    The postholder should have ability to operate within the private and public sectors to effectively liaise with food enterprises, development agencies, and governments at senior level. Also, you should have good understanding of policy engagement and advocacy at national level and possess excellent representational, strategic, and diplomatic abilities to represent GAIN and our partners accordingly.
    Candidate will have strong communication skills, proficiency in written and verbal English and able to work in multi-cultural and multi-lingual environments. You should be highly flexible and able and willing to travel frequently across Africa and Europe as required.
    Postgraduate Degree in business, food and nutrition, development studies, economics, agricultural development or related field. The ideal candidate will possess project coordination, management, negotiation, and advocacy skills and demonstrated excellence in written/verbal communications, research, writing and analytical ability.

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    www.gainhealth.org