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  • Technical Advisor, Evaluations of Food Systems Transformation, Knowledge Leadership

    Technical Advisor, Evaluations of Food Systems Transformation, Knowledge Leadership

    About the Role

    The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Technical Advisor, Evaluations of Food Systems Transformation, Knowledge Leadership to provide daily technical oversight and support throughout the project lifecycles of the two large multi-country multi-sectoral impact evaluations, working closely with the two senior KL focal points, and coordinating with country teams, implementation partners, and independent researchers. This role will be offered on a two(2) year fixed term contract, subject to availability of funding and will be based either in Nairobi, Kenya or Abuja, Nigeria depending on the location of the successful candidate.
    The Knowledge Leadership (KL) Team is responsible for supporting research, learning, and the creation and use of evidence across the organization. Staff are based in locations around the globe and form part of their local country team, as well as the global KL team. In this case, the staff member will be based in a country office and will be working with colleagues in Kenya, Nigeria, Benin, Mozambique, Uganda and Ethiopia as well as the global KL team to support the evaluations of two large projects.
    GAIN has recently embarked on two large multi-year programmes which aim to improve diets in millions of people, including women and children, in 6 countries: Benin, Ethiopia. Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Uganda.These are for the Transforming Food Systems to Improve Diet Quality and Resilience for the Most Vulnerable (“Dutch 3.0 or A1”) and Catalysing Strengthened policy action for healthy diets and resilience (“CASCADE or A2”). The two projects are meant to be complementary and synergistic, contribute to similar outcomes but using different mechanisms for action (market-based and policy-based approaches). The CASCADE project is being led by our partner CARE, although GAIN is taking a lead role in many areas of the programme delivery.
    The Knowledge Leadership (KL) team is leading the oversight of both programme evaluations for these (A1 and A2) food system transformation programmes, which are contracted out to independent research partners. GAIN’s KL team is seeking a Technical Advisor to provide comprehensive, effective, and efficient technical daily oversight and support throughout the project lifecycles of the two large multi-country multi-sectoral impact evaluations, working closely with the two senior KL focal points, and coordinating with country teams, implementation partners, and independent researchers.

    Key Responsibilities include:

    Lead the day-to-day oversight of high-quality, technically sound research, in alignment with GAIN and other relevant research good practice guidelines, to bring out the best research results from our two independent evaluations over all the 12 country-project evaluations (6 in A1 and 6 in A2). These include impact evaluations, as well as process evaluations, process tracing exercises and 2 country project assessments (in A1). Oversee quality and rigour of research and tools.
    Lead in development of programme impact pathways for 9 country-projects.
    Provide close oversight including refining research questions and methodologies, reviewing research plans and protocols, and interacting with partners and contractors as needed to carry out the activities.
    Support in-country field implementation of research, evaluation, learning, and knowledge management activities, including visiting study sites and interacting with project partners (e.g., implementing partners, consultants, contractors) to ensure timely and quality progress.
    Lead on the development of knowledge products, including research articles, briefings, presentations, and associated tables/figures.
    Work closely with all research partners to ensure all research activities are completed as planned on time, and with high quality.

    About you

    The ideal candidate should have experience with research using both quantitative and qualitive methodologies, in policy analysis, political economy, market research, food/nutrition or a related field. Experience should encompass design of research methodologies, analysis of data, and reporting of results. Demonstrated experience in critical analysis skills to support evidence generation and reporting.
    The post holder should have proven experience writing reports, academic papers, and other technical outputs and giving presentations. Track record of publication(s) in peer reviewed journals would be an added advantage in addition to experience with data management and analysis tools/software.
    You should have a demonstrable understanding of nutrition and food systems; understanding of policy process or environmental sustainability or gender issues related to food systems would be an asset. The candidate should have a minimum education background of master’s level training in nutrition, food policy, agriculture or other relevant field. The degree should include formal training in research methods. PhD level would be an added advantage

    Apply via :

    www.gainhealth.org

  • Programme Associate

    Programme Associate

    About the Role

    The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Programme Associate to provide high level support and operational guidance to the GAIN Kenya country programme team. 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.

    The Programme Associate will be actively contributing to the smooth running of the project operations and facilitating effective communication between programme, operations and management teams in the Kenya office.
    The Associate will also provide effective and efficient support to the Country Director (CD) to ensure smooth operational delivery. This includes senior level administrative, logistical and information management assistance for the CD.

    Key Responsibilities include

    Consolidate and maintain up-to-date records of all the businesses supported by the different projects in GAIN Kenya.

    Follow up with the operations teams and other senior staff to ensure project approvals and payments are made on time.
    Advice and guidance focal point for all project related queries relating to administration, logistics and finance from implementing partners, service providers and Government officials.
    Manage, coordinate, and maintain calendar of the CD including appointments, meetings and travel.
    Responsible for organising internal and external meetings on behalf of the CD ensuring all necessary requirements are made e.g., meeting venue, equipment, presentations, prepare agendas.
    Secretarial support for meetings by the CD including drafting and circulating meeting agendas, preparing key documentation and minutes, communicating meeting reminders, confirming venues and arranging refreshments. Writing and distributing comprehensive minutes and action points to all members post meeting.
    Responsible for the procurement of service contractors in close collaboration with project managers; including the drafting of RFPs and assessment of incoming proposals.
    Responsible for the preparation and formatting of standard contracts and related documents (amendments and extensions), in strict compliance with the standard contracting process.

    About You

    The ideal candidate should have experience in project operations management providing administrative support preferably to multiple projects. Demonstrated experience providing executive support to senior staff in calendar, meetings, and logistics management. Confidentiality is required to succeed in this role.
    In addition to this, the postholder should have proven ability to draft RFPs, assess incoming proposals, and preparation/formatting of standard contracts and related documents. Soft skills are highly valued in this role and as such will be required of the successful candidate.
    The postholder should be highly flexible, with strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills, including a proven ability to communicate diverse and disparate information and messaging in simple and concise formats. An education background in bachelor’s degree level in business administration, international relations, communication or other related field or equivalent work experience is preferred.

    Apply via :

    www.gainhealth.org

  • Project Coordinator, Food Supply Systems

    Project Coordinator, Food Supply Systems

    About the Role

    The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Project Coordinator, Food Supply Systems to provide technical expertise in developing Last Mile Vendor (LMV) businesses. They will be responsible for identification, selection and supporting business to increase the access of safe, fresh and variety of vegetables within the project area. 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.
    In Kenya, 94% of adults do not meet the WHO recommendations of 400 grams of daily fruit and vegetable consumption. In 2015, a national survey found that 15.3% consumed fruits daily and 50.9% consumed vegetables daily. Many African countries do not produce enough vegetables to meet their populations’ nutrient needs. This low production is exacerbated by high losses in the value chain.  
    GAIN Kenya has designed a program to respond to this situation by stimulating increased vegetable access and increasing consumption through demand creation.
    The Vegetables for All project will create partnerships with private actors and organizations who employ different models at various levels and support sourcing of vegetables from Good Agricultural Practices compliant suppliers to increase all-year availability of safe vegetables in target.

    Key Responsibilities include

    Collaborate with relevant structures (at national, county, market level), provide technical advice and support the implementation of existing local food safety standards.
    Identify Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) compliant vegetable suppliers and/or suppliers who are meeting the food standards in project implementation counties and link them to last mile vendors for improved sourcing of safe vegetables.
    Conduct regular visits to Last Mile Vendors (LMVs) working locations to verify actual status of vegetable supply and address vegetables supply challenges.  
    Link last mile vendors to identified suppliers who are meeting food standards for improved sourcing of safe vegetables.
    Coordinate with implementing partners and key stakeholders in the project to train the last mile vendors on various aspects including food safety, business development amongst others.
    Provision of technical support and trainings to mid value chain actors (e.g cold chain storage providers /logistics, retail shops, aggregators), Last Mile Vendors (LMVs) and market committees on the need for traceability systems for food safety and how to use the available/developed systems.
    Participate and contribute to development and implementation of project work plans in collaboration with the project coordinators.
    Provide assistance to the project manager by monitoring the project progress against project workplan and budget.

    About you

    The ideal candidate should have experience working with last mile vendors with ability to link them with suppliers compliant with food standards. Have a deep understanding and development of food safety and traceability systems. You should have strong capacity building skills with a wide variety of stakeholders including experience providing technical support to value chain actors such as cold chain storage providers, aggregators, retail shops, logistics etc.
    The post holder should have solid experience in the Agri-food sector in Kenya, particularly in areas of agriculture, agribusiness, nutrition etc. Experience working on donor funded agribusiness projects or with an agribusiness itself in addition to a great understanding of supply chain analysis with a focus on vegetables.
    You should be able to conduct match making events to enhance market linkages in addition to linking vendors to various business development service providers. The candidate should have an education background with a degree in Agribusiness, Agriculture, Entrepreneurship & SME Management, and/or equivalent work experience. Project Management certification is highly desirable.

    Apply via :

    www.gainhealth.org

  • Technical Advisor, Evaluations of Food Systems Transformation, Knowledge Leadership

    Technical Advisor, Evaluations of Food Systems Transformation, Knowledge Leadership

    About the Role

    The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Technical Advisor, Evaluations of Food Systems Transformation, Knowledge Leadership to provide daily technical oversight and support throughout the project lifecycles of the two large multi-country multi-sectoral impact evaluations, working closely with the two senior KL focal points, and coordinating with country teams, implementation partners, and independent researchers. This role will be offered on a two(2) year fixed term contract, subject to availability of funding and will be based either in Nairobi, Kenya or Abuja, Nigeria depending on the location of the successful candidate.
    The Knowledge Leadership (KL) Team is responsible for supporting research, learning, and the creation and use of evidence across the organization. Staff are based in locations around the globe and form part of their local country team, as well as the global KL team. In this case, the staff member will be based in a country office and will be working with colleagues in Kenya, Nigeria, Benin, Mozambique, Uganda and Ethiopia as well as the global KL team to support the evaluations of two large projects.
    GAIN has recently embarked on two large multi-year programmes which aim to improve diets in millions of people, including women and children, in 6 countries: Benin, Ethiopia. Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Uganda.These are for the Transforming Food Systems to Improve Diet Quality and Resilience for the Most Vulnerable (“Dutch 3.0 or A1”) and Catalysing Strengthened policy action for healthy diets and resilience (“CASCADE or A2”). The two projects are meant to be complementary and synergistic, contribute to similar outcomes but using different mechanisms for action (market-based and policy-based approaches). The CASCADE project is being led by our partner CARE, although GAIN is taking a lead role in many areas of the programme delivery.
    The Knowledge Leadership (KL) team is leading the oversight of both programme evaluations for these (A1 and A2) food system transformation programmes, which are contracted out to independent research partners. GAIN’s KL team is seeking a Technical Advisor to provide comprehensive, effective, and efficient technical daily oversight and support throughout the project lifecycles of the two large multi-country multi-sectoral impact evaluations, working closely with the two senior KL focal points, and coordinating with country teams, implementation partners, and independent researchers.

    Key Responsibilities include:

    Lead the day-to-day oversight of high-quality, technically sound research, in alignment with GAIN and other relevant research good practice guidelines, to bring out the best research results from our two independent evaluations over all the 12 country-project evaluations (6 in A1 and 6 in A2). These include impact evaluations, as well as process evaluations, process tracing exercises and 2 country project assessments (in A1). Oversee quality and rigour of research and tools.
    Lead in development of programme impact pathways for 9 country-projects.
    Provide close oversight including refining research questions and methodologies, reviewing research plans and protocols, and interacting with partners and contractors as needed to carry out the activities.
    Support in-country field implementation of research, evaluation, learning, and knowledge management activities, including visiting study sites and interacting with project partners (e.g., implementing partners, consultants, contractors) to ensure timely and quality progress.
    Lead on the development of knowledge products, including research articles, briefings, presentations, and associated tables/figures.
    Work closely with all research partners to ensure all research activities are completed as planned on time, and with high quality.

    About you

    The ideal candidate should have experience with research using both quantitative and qualitive methodologies, in policy analysis, political economy, market research, food/nutrition or a related field. Experience should encompass design of research methodologies, analysis of data, and reporting of results. Demonstrated experience in critical analysis skills to support evidence generation and reporting.
    The post holder should have proven experience writing reports, academic papers, and other technical outputs and giving presentations. Track record of publication(s) in peer reviewed journals would be an added advantage in addition to experience with data management and analysis tools/software.
    You should have a demonstrable understanding of nutrition and food systems; understanding of policy process or environmental sustainability or gender issues related to food systems would be an asset. The candidate should have a minimum education background of master’s level training in nutrition, food policy, agriculture or other relevant field. The degree should include formal training in research methods. PhD level would be an added advantage

    Apply via :

    www.gainhealth.org

  • Programme Associate

    Programme Associate

    About the Role

    The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Programme Associate to provide high level support and operational guidance to the GAIN Kenya country programme team. 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.

    The Programme Associate will be actively contributing to the smooth running of the project operations and facilitating effective communication between programme, operations and management teams in the Kenya office.
    The Associate will also provide effective and efficient support to the Country Director (CD) to ensure smooth operational delivery. This includes senior level administrative, logistical and information management assistance for the CD.

    Key Responsibilities include

    Consolidate and maintain up-to-date records of all the businesses supported by the different projects in GAIN Kenya.

    Follow up with the operations teams and other senior staff to ensure project approvals and payments are made on time.
    Advice and guidance focal point for all project related queries relating to administration, logistics and finance from implementing partners, service providers and Government officials.
    Manage, coordinate, and maintain calendar of the CD including appointments, meetings and travel.
    Responsible for organising internal and external meetings on behalf of the CD ensuring all necessary requirements are made e.g., meeting venue, equipment, presentations, prepare agendas.
    Secretarial support for meetings by the CD including drafting and circulating meeting agendas, preparing key documentation and minutes, communicating meeting reminders, confirming venues and arranging refreshments. Writing and distributing comprehensive minutes and action points to all members post meeting.
    Responsible for the procurement of service contractors in close collaboration with project managers; including the drafting of RFPs and assessment of incoming proposals.
    Responsible for the preparation and formatting of standard contracts and related documents (amendments and extensions), in strict compliance with the standard contracting process.

    About You

    The ideal candidate should have experience in project operations management providing administrative support preferably to multiple projects. Demonstrated experience providing executive support to senior staff in calendar, meetings, and logistics management. Confidentiality is required to succeed in this role.
    In addition to this, the postholder should have proven ability to draft RFPs, assess incoming proposals, and preparation/formatting of standard contracts and related documents. Soft skills are highly valued in this role and as such will be required of the successful candidate.
    The postholder should be highly flexible, with strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills, including a proven ability to communicate diverse and disparate information and messaging in simple and concise formats. An education background in bachelor’s degree level in business administration, international relations, communication or other related field or equivalent work experience is preferred.

    Apply via :

    www.gainhealth.org

  • Project Coordinator, Food Supply Systems

    Project Coordinator, Food Supply Systems

    About the Role

    The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Project Coordinator, Food Supply Systems to provide technical expertise in developing Last Mile Vendor (LMV) businesses. They will be responsible for identification, selection and supporting business to increase the access of safe, fresh and variety of vegetables within the project area. 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.
    In Kenya, 94% of adults do not meet the WHO recommendations of 400 grams of daily fruit and vegetable consumption. In 2015, a national survey found that 15.3% consumed fruits daily and 50.9% consumed vegetables daily. Many African countries do not produce enough vegetables to meet their populations’ nutrient needs. This low production is exacerbated by high losses in the value chain.  
    GAIN Kenya has designed a program to respond to this situation by stimulating increased vegetable access and increasing consumption through demand creation.
    The Vegetables for All project will create partnerships with private actors and organizations who employ different models at various levels and support sourcing of vegetables from Good Agricultural Practices compliant suppliers to increase all-year availability of safe vegetables in target.

    Key Responsibilities include

    Collaborate with relevant structures (at national, county, market level), provide technical advice and support the implementation of existing local food safety standards.
    Identify Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) compliant vegetable suppliers and/or suppliers who are meeting the food standards in project implementation counties and link them to last mile vendors for improved sourcing of safe vegetables.
    Conduct regular visits to Last Mile Vendors (LMVs) working locations to verify actual status of vegetable supply and address vegetables supply challenges.  
    Link last mile vendors to identified suppliers who are meeting food standards for improved sourcing of safe vegetables.
    Coordinate with implementing partners and key stakeholders in the project to train the last mile vendors on various aspects including food safety, business development amongst others.
    Provision of technical support and trainings to mid value chain actors (e.g cold chain storage providers /logistics, retail shops, aggregators), Last Mile Vendors (LMVs) and market committees on the need for traceability systems for food safety and how to use the available/developed systems.
    Participate and contribute to development and implementation of project work plans in collaboration with the project coordinators.
    Provide assistance to the project manager by monitoring the project progress against project workplan and budget.

    About you

    The ideal candidate should have experience working with last mile vendors with ability to link them with suppliers compliant with food standards. Have a deep understanding and development of food safety and traceability systems. You should have strong capacity building skills with a wide variety of stakeholders including experience providing technical support to value chain actors such as cold chain storage providers, aggregators, retail shops, logistics etc.
    The post holder should have solid experience in the Agri-food sector in Kenya, particularly in areas of agriculture, agribusiness, nutrition etc. Experience working on donor funded agribusiness projects or with an agribusiness itself in addition to a great understanding of supply chain analysis with a focus on vegetables.
    You should be able to conduct match making events to enhance market linkages in addition to linking vendors to various business development service providers. The candidate should have an education background with a degree in Agribusiness, Agriculture, Entrepreneurship & SME Management, and/or equivalent work experience. Project Management certification is highly desirable.

    Apply via :

    www.gainhealth.org

  • Senior Associate, Global Advocacy (Large Scale Food Fortification)

    Senior Associate, Global Advocacy (Large Scale Food Fortification)

    Key Responsibilities include

    Defining project scope, activities, and objectives, ensuring projects are implemented in line with GAIN’s project management standards, business plans, programme frameworks, and organizational strategic priorities and that projects are managed within the appropriate timelines and budget
    Supporting the preparation of progress and donor reporting as well as high-quality, rigorous reports and other materials (presentations, briefs and articles), documenting experiences to communicate the performance of LSFF advocacy for wider dissemination and publication
    Supporting national-level advocacy and communications relevant to LSFF, especially in countries where GAIN has a country office
    Tracking LSFF commitments from the UN Food Systems Summit and other global fora, and supporting national alliance-building efforts for LSFF in Nigeria, Ethiopia, and India, as well as facilitating the advocacy collaboration between GAIN and the National Heart Foundation in Bangladesh
    Deploying new research and reports for GAIN LSFF advocacy efforts; collaborating with partners and GAIN’s communications team to ensure that notable new findings or knowledge products are promoted and disseminated and to ensure that GAIN has a communications strategy in place for key global/national moments for LSFF
    Ensuring active social media channels and strategic engagement and growth of GAIN’s mailing lists, in coordination with communications consultants and GAIN’s communications team
    Supporting fundraising to support GAIN’s national and global-level LSFF work

    About You

    The ideal candidate will have professional stakeholder and project management experience working in public policy/advocacy/communications and with focus in the fields of nutrition or international development
    Candidates’ will demonstrate the ability to think strategically and creatively about issues related to advocacy, coalition building, and public policy and will be skilled in the formulation and dissemination of policy analysis, strategy, and formal recommendations. Candidates’ with work experience in low to middle income countries and familiar with food fortification and public nutrition programming is preferrable.
    The postholder will have experience in utilizing basic advocacy tools such as a power analysis, stakeholder analysis, SWOT analysis and theory of change and able to apply these tools to create strategies and action plans.
    You will have excellent communication skills and be willing to work in multicultural and multi-lingual environments. You will be highly flexible and be willing to travel in-country and overseas when required. In addition to this, you will possess fluent written and spoken English, candidates with French language skills will be an additional asset.
    A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in public policy, communications, journalism, public health or related field is required. Candidates’ will posess strong stakeholder management skills, with a proven ability to work in an environment requiring collaboration with government, industries and international organisations.

    About our Offer

    The starting salary for each office is as follows, depending on experience:

    Kenya: From KES 3,019,680 – KES 3,454,680 (gross) per annum

    Apply via :

    jobs.gainhealth.org

  • Technical Specialist, Policy and Governance Project Coordinator, Vegetables for All

    Technical Specialist, Policy and Governance Project Coordinator, Vegetables for All

    Key Responsibilities include:

    Serving as the focal point providing support to programmatic areas, lead on the development of high-quality research, evaluation, & learning activities (e.g., surveys, evaluations, implementation research and other assessments) in alignment with state-of-art understanding of methods and theory on policy and governance and with research good-practice guidelines
    Lead literature reviews, evidence synthesis, and other desk-research activities to support evidence-based project design and research, evaluation, & learning activities.
    Undertake rigorous data analysis and visualization.
    Oversight of field implementation of research, evaluation, learning, and knowledge management activities, including visiting study sites and interacting with project partners (e.g., implementing partners, consultants, contractors).
    Develop Terms of Reference and Requests for Proposals for contracting relevant research and evaluation activities, when necessary, managing contracts of research partners ensuring timely delivery of high-quality research products.
    Lead on the critical review and development of project reports and other knowledge products, including research articles, briefings, presentations, and associated tables/figures.
    Work closely with GAIN’s Development Office to produce regular donor reports, as necessary, including tracking and updating monitoring indicators to track the projects’ progress.

    About you

    The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in research design and implementation skills using political science and/or social science research methodologies: including Political Economy Analysis (PEA), policy-process research, institutional analysis, and related approaches.
    Possess knowledge of theory and practice related to governance, institutions, service delivery, and other policy issues in Low and middle-income countries.
    The post holder should demonstrate understanding of nutrition and food systems policy and governance.
    Substantial hands-on experience doing relevant research in collaboration with local research counterparts, using either quantitative or qualitive methodologies.
    Experience should encompass the design of research methodologies, analysis of data, and reporting of results on the policy process and the role of policy, governance, and/or institutions in addressing poverty, food security, and nutrition issues.
    The candidate should have an education background with a master’s degree in political science, public policy, public health, sociology, economics, development studies, or related field.
    Degree should include formal training in research methods.

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  • Senior Programme Lead, Food Fortification

    Senior Programme Lead, Food Fortification

    About the Role

    The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Senior Programme Lead, Food Fortification to lead the combined micronutrients interventions portfolio and to maintain and enhance GAIN’s strong track record in the field of food fortification. This role will be on a permanent contract basis, subject to availability of funding. This position is open to GAIN’s country offices in London, Utrecht, Washington D.C., Nairobi and Abuja.
    Reporting to the Deputy Director, Programme Service Team (PST), you will work with the broader Programme Services Team (PST), senior leaders in GAIN country offices, Knowledge Leadership (KL), and Finance team and to support and line manage the Lead, Nutrient Enriched Crops and Lead, Large Scale Food Fortification.
    In addition, you will work closely with external partners and stakeholders to ensure that fortification is optimised as a public health strategy to reduce micronutrient deficiencies.
    Internally, you will support the design, resourcing and implementation of programmes and projects which are technically sound, aligned with GAIN’s corporate strategy, and meet the needs of vulnerable populations. Externally, you will act as GAIN ambassador to partners, donors and beneficiaries, representing excellence in GAIN programming.
    You will help galvanize donor support and provide a critical link between country operations and programming on resource mobilization. The role will also link food fortification to other key food systems interventions, building a strong team with strategic partnership with many different stakeholders.

    Key Responsibilities include

    Engaging with the thematic leads in UN agencies and major donors, contributing strategic direction and good practice to build evidence-based innovations leading to Large Scale Food Fortification (LSFF) and nutrient enriched programmes that address challenges and fill gaps in food systems
    Developing and managing relationships with other organisations active in the LSFF and biofortification space, identifying technical networks, strategic partnerships, forums etc., where GAIN needs to play a strategic role
    Supporting the delivery of the programme’s dissemination and visibility plan including by leading on dissemination workshops, manuscripts, publications, blogs, white papers, articles, factsheets, brief
    Providing technical support to Development Office on major bids for multi-country / multi-sectoral proposals and strategic donors
    Identifying new and existing donors and regularly meeting with them to canvass for new business and report back on existing funded work
    Developing a new approach to food fortification, taking full advantage of technical, systems, data and policy innovations in the field and piloting new business models
    Supporting the design process and providing technical know-how to deliver strategically relevant, sound and feasible project design through leading on implement country level activities and projects in non-GAIN office countries and support for GAIN office countries
    Mentoring and coaching Programme Leads and other senior professional staff and ensuring they are growing into leaders within the organisation and externally

    About You

    The ideal candidate will have substantial leadership and programme management experience in a relevant field at a strategic management level, with experience in designing, resourcing and implementing large scale programmes and projects which are technically sound. You will have solid experience in working with key donors, government, internal and external stakeholders and a demonstrable track record in fundraising and business development is required. Candidates’ with extensive experience working in the public and private sector is preferred.
    The postholder will also posess a successful track record of designing and managing multi-million-dollar, donor-funded projects and managing (directly and indirectly) extended multi-disciplinary project teams, technical advisers and consultants.
    You will have excellent communication skills and must be willing to work in multicultural and multi-lingual environments as well having a demonstrated ability to present to large audiences with authorities. Also, you will be highly flexible and be willing to travel in-country and overseas when required.
    In addition to this, you will possess fluent written and spoken English, candidates’ with proficiency in French will be an additional advantage.
    A Postgraduate degree in agricultural science, food science, public health, nutrition, economics, business administration or related field is preferable. You will also have strong experience with Large Scale Food Fortification work with a broad understanding of the nutrition-food systems nexus, public health, and community development, as well as a demonstrable understanding of the key trends in international and humanitarian development. Experience in agricultural value chains is desirable.

    Apply via :

    www.gainhealth.org

  • Project Manager, Procurement and Business Development (GAIN Premix Facility – GPF)

    Project Manager, Procurement and Business Development (GAIN Premix Facility – GPF)

    Key Responsibilities include:

    Providing strategic leadership in the areas of design, planning, and implementation for of the project in relation to project scoping, activities, and objectives in line with the GAIN business plans, programme frameworks, and organisational strategic priorities
    Collaborating with the Knowledge Leadership department and working with the Portfolio Lead to develop result and monitoring framework and tools to closely monitor project impact and support in research and evaluation activities for GPF as needed
    Managing a demand forecast, capturing premix needs and quality related inputs for GAIN’s projects (Food Fortification, SMEs, Workforce Nutrition etc.) and other external partners
    Leading on procurement processes by selecting, managing, and developing an effective pool of suppliers, clients and certification agents on the day-to-day operations of the GPF such as risk management, conducting tenders, sample collection and testing managing product supply accounts, ensuring a smooth procurement process from order placement through to delivery
    Supporting the development of local premix supply systems and models for LSFF programs and the expansion of new services such as supply of fortification dosifiers and analytical devices
    Maintaining relationships with key customer accounts, visiting clients and consignment stocks warehouses, ensuring progress is on track and the risk mitigation plan is up to date
    Maintaining constant liaison with the relevant NGO/UN partners, government ministries, fortified foods producers, premix blenders and micronutrient manufacturers and GPF certification agents and other stakeholders to ensure smooth operations of the GPF
    Managing and supervising the Africa Representative for the GPF and any other staff and interns under the GAIN Premix Facility

    About You

    The ideal candidate will have substantial professional experience within end-to-end procurement management (specifically with demonstrable experience managing procurement inputs on behalf of clients, food producers and partners within the food ingredients / food fortification industry, working with premix and food fortified food products within the Africa and/or Asia region).
    The postholder will also have proven experience and track record in business development and client management (with a demonstrable background in proposal development, developing a customer base and managing key stakeholders such as NGO/UN partners, government ministries, fortified foods producers, premix blenders and certification agents, and micronutrient manufacturers and proven credit management experience, managing risk assessments, collections, and due diligence.
    You will have strong stakeholder and people management skills, with a proven ability to work in an environment requiring collaboration with government, industries and international organizations. Also, you will be highly flexible and willing to travel in-country and overseas when required. In addition to this, you will possess fluent written and spoken English, candidates’ with languages skills in French will be an additional asset.
    A bachelor’s or master’s degree in business, supply chain management, procurement, marketing or related field is required and candidates’ must be familiar with procurement processes and ERP/order management systems including Incoterms® 2020.
    Professional qualifications such as professional Diplomas from Charted Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) or Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) is an added advantage.
    The ideal candidate will also have strong background in supply chain and order management; managing suppliers as well as import and export processes, preferably within an international setting / organisation. Candidates’ with experience of working in food fortification and/or global food assistance within the developing world is a significant advantage.

    Apply via :

    www.gainhealth.org