Jobs Kenya

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  • Project Manager, CASCADE – SYS-1032

    Project Manager, CASCADE – SYS-1032

    Key Responsibilities include:

    Responsible for the management and implementation of the CASCADE project
    Monitor risks and develop contingency plans to respond to emergencies. Escalate issues when appropriate.
    In consultation with the Head of Policy and Advocacy provide strategic leadership in the design, planning and implementation of the project as per the GAIN Project Management Guidelines (PMG).
    Define project scope, activities and objectives in line with the GAIN business plans, programme frameworks, and organizational strategic priorities.
    Monitor, attend and engage to represent GAIN, in key national-level and country-level policy fora and meetings as needed.
    Develop project implementation plan for the CASCADE project as well as relationship management between GAIN and CARE in Kenya in consultation with the Head of Policy.
    Synthesize and generate evidence from GAIN programmes that can help drive the policy agenda for nutritious and safe food in Kenya.
    Support the Head of policy and Advocacy in the drafting of reports, policy papers and briefs, factsheets and other policy documents by drawing from GAIN learnings, values and priorities.
    Build and maintain strong partnerships with civil society, INGOs, government entities, private sector and other organizations.

    About you

    The ideal candidate should have experience managing projects with a focus on policy, advocacy and influencing in addition to proven experience in delivering projects on time / on budget, using project management processes and tools including risk management, benefits management, financial management and quality assurance. Proven ability in staff management, including coaching, motivation, performance assessment, conflict prevention and management is required.
    The post holder should be able to tie policy and nutritional outcomes for effective implementation of interventions in addition to proven experience working with multiple stakeholders in government, private sector actors and civil society partners. You should be able to mobilize individuals within and outside your reporting line.
    Experience working in a matrix setting is highly desired combined with excellent skills in project management and strategic planning. The candidate should have degree or recognized international accreditation in project management, postgraduate university degree in business management, sustainable development, economics, Nutrition, development studies, peace and conflict studies or related field preferred.

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  • Project Manager, CASCADE

    Project Manager, CASCADE

    About the Role

    GAIN and CARE are implementing the CAtalyzing Strengthened policy aCtion for heAlthy Diets and resiliencE (CASCADE) that aims to improve food security and contribute to the reduction of malnutrition of at least 5 million women of reproductive age and children under 5 in Benin, Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Mozambique. 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 the six countries, with a focus on women of reproductive age and children.
    The Project Manager provides functional, technical and leadership to project teams in the CASACDE project.
    They will lead a high performing cross-functional project team, and establish, manage and maintain relationships with relevant partners and stakeholders. They are responsible for the overall project management leadership and ensure the project team implement project activities within approved plans, budget, and quality standards.

    Key Responsibilities include

    Responsible for the management and implementation of the CASCADE project
    Monitor risks and develop contingency plans to respond to emergencies. Escalate issues when appropriate.
    In consultation with the Head of Policy and Advocacy provide strategic leadership in the design, planning and implementation of the project as per the GAIN Project Management Guidelines (PMG).
    Define project scope, activities and objectives in line with the GAIN business plans, programme frameworks, and organizational strategic priorities.
    Monitor, attend and engage to represent GAIN, in key national-level and country-level policy fora and meetings as needed.
    Develop project implementation plan for the CASCADE project as well as relationship management between GAIN and CARE in Kenya in consultation with the Head of Policy.
    Synthesize and generate evidence from GAIN  programmes that can help drive the policy agenda for nutritious and safe food in Kenya.
    Support the Head of policy and Advocacy in the drafting of reports, policy papers and briefs, factsheets and other policy documents by drawing from GAIN learnings, values and priorities.
    Build and maintain strong partnerships with civil society, INGOs, government entities, private sector and other organizations.  

    About you

    The ideal candidate should have experience managing projects with a focus on policy, advocacy and influencing in addition to proven experience in delivering projects on time / on budget, using project management processes and tools including risk management, benefits management, financial management and quality assurance. Proven ability in staff management, including coaching, motivation, performance assessment, conflict prevention and management is required.
    The post holder should be able to tie policy and nutritional outcomes for effective implementation of interventions in addition to proven experience working with multiple stakeholders in government, private sector actors and civil society partners. You should be able to mobilize individuals within and outside your reporting line.
    Experience working in a matrix setting is highly desired combined with excellent skills in project management and strategic planning. The candidate should have degree or recognized international accreditation in project management, postgraduate university degree in business management, sustainable development, economics, Nutrition, development studies, peace and conflict studies or related field preferred.

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  • Gender Advisor (Africa)

    Gender Advisor (Africa)

    About the Role

    This position is part of a team responsible for supporting the integration of GAIN’s strategic gender objectives into all aspects of its work. This mainstreaming agenda, facilitated by GAIN’s Gender Lead, is comprised of two workstreams: programmatic and institutional. This role is responsible for accelerating GAIN’s process of integrating a gender focus into all steps of project implementation (project design, implementation, and monitoring).
    Reporting to the Senior Technical Specialist, Gender Lead, the postholder will be a thought-leader and adviser to GAIN’s Africa-based teams as they develop and implement projects. You will be responsible for providing the technical guidance and tools to ensure a gender-lens is applied and gender considerations integrated into activities. This position will rely on your previous programmatic experience implementing nutrition programs with a gender focus and their strong grasp of extant evidence on best practices in Africa.
    The postholder will be the focal person and technical advisor on gender for project teams across 6 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, implementing large-scale collaborative multi-sectoral nutrition programmes. In addition, you will utilise project data to document and present successful examples of gender integration, internally and externally. External engagement will also include building strategic relationships with regional partners including government decision makers and NGOs.

    Key Responsibilities include

    Providing technical guidance to GAIN and CARE consortium teams in 6 countries – Benin, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Uganda on integrating gender considerations into all aspects of the project lifecycle. This includes improving theories of change to reflect gender objectives set by programme, reviewing activity plans, identifying appropriate gender indicators, and advising evaluations.
    Identifying a set of gender assessment methodologies and tools and advising country teams on appropriate application.
    Leading on the development of a gender monitoring framework and in cooperation with the Programme Monitoring and Improvement Lead that tracks gender equitable outputs and outcomes.
    Providing advice to Country Directors and Project Managers and build capacity of country teams to effectively employ the monitoring framework in their project portfolios.
    Tracking project data on gender and periodically review progress on gender-focused outputs and outcomes and advising course correction when necessary.
    Engaging programme staff on gender through launching and facilitating a gender technical advisory group.
    Advising country policy teams on where they can and should integrate gender into advocacy initiatives to improve the enabling environment around gender.

    About You

    The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in gender equitable programming in Low- and Middle-Income countries within nutrition, food security, policy, advocacy and/or related programme areas, providing technical support, research, or evaluation (ideally within the international development, civil society, NGO sector). You will have proven field work experience in multiple Sub-Saharan African countries and demonstrated success working in multi-sectoral programmes and multi-cultural settings.
    You will have demonstrable experience of integrating new concepts and working with project / programme staff and multi-disciplinary teams at varying levels with an in‐depth understanding of programme issues and advocacy work at organizational, national and international levels.
    In addition to this, you will possess excellent M&E and data analysis skills, with an understanding of measuring and monitoring gender equitable outcomes, women’s empowerment/agency, and related topics in projects alongside an excellent understanding of nutrition and food systems concepts and measurement/monitoring.
    Excellent communication (written and verbal) alongside exceptional public speaking skills will be essential to this role, with the ability to communicate technical content to multi-disciplinary teams with varying levels of technical knowledge.
    Candidates should have an excellent command of written and spoken English. Fluency in a second language such as French/Portuguese would be added advantage.
    A master’s degree in Gender Studies, Economics, Nutrition, Sociology, Development, or related field is desirable. Candidates are expected to be highly flexible and be willing to travel occasionally.

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  • Senior Associate, Nutritious Foods Financing

    Senior Associate, Nutritious Foods Financing

    About the Role

    The post holder will play a key role in identifying technical assessment needs of SMEs, as well as being responsible for designing technical assistance support packages tailored to the individual SME’s.
    To be successful in this role the post holder will play a key role in the scaling up process in order to consolidate the chances of the project making a real impact and its ability to grow and succeed. They will work on innovative financing, impact investing and coordinate activities under the Nourishing Food Pathways(NFP) work package focused on innovative finance for nutrition.
    The Senior Associate will work closely with the Programme Lead, other project colleagues and the other GAIN Country Offices. 

    The Nutritious Foods Financing Facility (N3F): Pioneering Nutrition Financing 

    Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are a critical engine of transformation: in Africa, for example, they produce over half of calories and over 80% of animal-source foods, fruits, and vegetables, while processing or handling about 65% of food in later stages of the value chain. For low-income consumers in particular, SMEs are essential for ensuring access to nutritious, safe foods.
    Even though SMEs play such an essential role in food systems, they struggle to access the financing necessary to scale up their offerings to increase the availability and accessibility of nutritious, safe foods.
    The N3F aims to address these problems through a blended finance approach that focuses on improving nutrition by supporting SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa. The N3F will provide targeted funding to SMEs based on their financial needs and their ability to absorb and use the funds. With consumer nutrition at its core, N3F will have an integrated approach to impact and assess how SMEs support gender equity, environmental sustainability, engagement of consumers and suppliers, and employment.
    To ensure the power of SMEs to deliver nutritious, safe foods is fully unleashed, N3F will also provide support beyond financing, through a technical assistance and impact monitoring component. These components are both led by GAIN, drawing on several years’ prior experience of providing technical assistance to SMEs.

    Key Responsibilities include

    Identify technical assessment needs of SMEs operating in the food value chain that are potential pipeline for the Nutritious Food Financing Facility (N3F) Fund, working together with the investment officers at our partner asset manager Incofin Investment Management.
    Develop technical assistance support packages tailored to individual SMEs and group training according to common needs in the portfolio.
    Perform matchmaking between Technical Assistance(TA) requirements and service providers, manage engagements between GAIN, service providers, and our beneficiaries.
    Oversee the implementation of project workplans and ensure that all assignments deliver maximum value for money.
    Review and refine procedures, monitoring mechanisms, and feedback forms for the provision of TA to SMEs.
    Represent GAIN at national and regional technical meetings and workshops and assist in coordinating the organization of national and international events, technical meetings, and workshops.

    About You

    The ideal candidate for this position should have professional experience and technical understanding related to impact investment and/or development finance, business development, due diligence, food supply chains and SMEs.
    You will have the ability to operate within the private and public sectors to effectively liaise diverse stakeholders and multi-cultural settings. You have experience working in accelerator or business incubator settings and constantly assessing impact investing.
    The position holder should possess excellent coordination, communication, research, and writing skills with a strong analytical ability. They will build key relationships will SME’s, internal teams and implementing partners. The candidate should have an educational background in a relevant field such as finance, business, food value chain, economics, or other relevant field. Master’s level highly desired.

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  • Manager, Finance and Compliance

    Manager, Finance and Compliance

    About the Role
    The Manager, Finance and Compliance is a key position in the Kenya country office. This position is expected to support senior finance managers in the provision of effective, high quality financial management services to the organisation. They will oversee the financial management of a portfolio of non-US donor relationships, including compliance with contract terms, reporting to donors and managing donor audits.
    They will support in the management of change, seeking continuous improvement in operational financial planning and financial monitoring and compliance within all jurisdictions in which GAIN operates and making recommendations.
    Key Responsibilities include:

    Lead in providing financial reports, analyses and recommendations for a portfolio of major programmes, which may be multi-project and/or multi-donor in scope.
    Lead the unit in developing and maintaining effective financial business partnering across a portfolio of projects. This includes ensuring that budget holders, project managers and local finance staff are supported in the financial management of the projects, receiving information, analysis and guidance as needed.
    Oversee the budget-setting and financial forecasting processes for a portfolio of programmes and projects, ensuring that processes are completed accurately and to timetable. Provide feedback to senior finance managers on the effectiveness of processes and the quality of financial forecasts.
    Developing and presenting financial reports, analysis and recommendations on major donors to senior managers, including the impact of exchange rate fluctuations for non-US dollar grants.
    Ensuring that donor reports and forecasts are submitted by the unit accurately, on time and in compliance with donor requirements, with sufficient variance analysis and context to enable transparency.
    Leading for International Finance on donor audits, ensuring that reports presented comply with the requirements of the donor and the auditor, liaising with auditors and mobilising the unit to produce reports, supporting documentation and explanations as required.
    Support the development of the finance function and ensure that the organisation’s aims for equality, diversity and inclusion are taken forward.
    Ensure that GAIN’s financial procedures are followed within the unit and monitor their operation within programmes and projects, reporting any significant breaches and making recommendations for improvements.
    Advise senior finance managers in determining and agreeing the most effective allocation of projects and donors between units, supporting and managing unit members through any agreed changes and ensuring that effective handover/induction takes place.

    Education

    Fully qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent) (Qualified by experience considered for an exceptional candidate).
    Educated to bachelor’s degree level or equivalent an advantage.
    Line management training an advantage.

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  • Project Accountant

    Project Accountant

    About the Role
    The Project Accountant will provide financial business partnering to a portfolio of projects, supporting colleagues in the financial management of these projects. They will support the Finance and Compliance Manager by providing an effective, high quality financial management service to the organisation.
    The position holder will be expected to provide and support the financial management of a portfolio of donor relationships with an emphasis on non-US donors, ensuring compliance with contract terms, preparing and reviewing reports to donors and supporting donor audits.
    Key Responsibilities include

    Ensuring that reviews of financial performance are carried out to timetable and that explanations of financial variances and changes to forecast assumptions are recorded.
    Support the preparation of annual consolidated accounts and the external statutory audit by producing reports, supporting documentation and explanations as required.
    Preparing interim and final donor financial statements, cumulative summaries and periodic forecasts for review by finance managers, ensuring that these are accurate, that they are consistent with reported programme activity and that they are produced in accordance with agreed deadlines.
    Ensuring that donor reports and forecasts comply with grant contracts, particularly for those donors with very specific detailed information requirements.
    Ensuring that transactions and cost allocations charged to grants are compliant with expenditure restrictions specified within donor agreements, and with donor requirements for allowable expenditure.
    Check and close donor grants that have reached their completion date, ensuring that final reports have been submitted, all funds are received, and contractual obligations met.
    Monitor the operation of GAIN’s financial processes including procurement and payments, ensuring that published procedures are followed, reporting any significant breaches and approving transactions in line with delegated authority.
    Draw on observations and analysis of processes and procedures for financial management and donor accounting to provide suggestions, recommendations and observations for improvements to finance managers.

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  • Research Associate, Private Sector and Food Systems Transformation

    Research Associate, Private Sector and Food Systems Transformation

    About the Role
    The Knowledge Leadership (KL) team provides support across all programmatic areas within GAIN, working with programme teams to bring nutrition and related expertise into programme design and delivery and leading on the development and use of learning agendas to inform programme progress and impact. The KL team supports the implementation and dissemination of research, evaluation and learning activities in support of the country and global programme teams. GAIN works with private sector to envision and support their proactive role in food systems transformation. This includes both small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in food value chains, and employers of vulnerable works.
    Reporting to the Senior Manager, Knowledge Leadership, you will support the knowledge management, knowledge mobilization, research, and learning activities of GAIN programmes that support small businesses and employers to transform food systems. This includes but is not limited to SME cluster (the SUN business network) as well as selected workstreams in the Drivers of Food Systems Transformation portfolio (workforce nutrition, social protection).
    Key Responsibilities include;

    Conducting reviews of literatures relevant to various programmes learning agenda and in response to emerging research questions
    Providing technical support to the development and modification of country and global-level performance measurement frameworks (including logic models and results frameworks) for relevant projects and programmes, in consultation with relevant KL advisors and country programme managers
    Working closely with colleagues to implement the programmes research activities (e.g., support training for data collection; supervise data collection activities; manage datasets and conduct simple data analysis; verify data quality)
    Carrying out analysis on qualitative and quantitative data, including statistical analyses and format / design results for oral and written dissemination
    Supporting in the preparation of reports, briefs, presentations, and other knowledge products for the dissemination of research and programme findings and learnings

    About You

    The ideal candidate will have demonstrated related experience in food systems research and in leading and developing GAIN’s knowledge products (Working Papers, Briefing Papers). You will have knowledge of nutrition and food systems relevant to GAIN’s programming areas and quantitative and qualitative research methods and understanding of field data collection in low- or middle-income countries and associated challenges. Candidate with experience with the private sector a plus.
    You should have excellent communication, writing and presentation skills, willing and able to work in multicultural and multilingual environments. The postholder should have ability to conduct literature reviews, and systematically synthesize information.
    You should be computer literate with excellent MS Office skills, experience with data analysis software such as Stata is a plus.
    Master holder in nutrition, public health, agriculture or related field, candidate with in-depth knowledge of nutrition and food systems, with programme implementation experience is highly desirable.

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  • Senior Associate, Consumer Communication and Promotions

    Senior Associate, Consumer Communication and Promotions

    About the Role
    Reporting to the Programme Lead, Demand Generation, you will be a key member of the global technical team that provides essential support to GAIN projects on consumer demand in multiple countries. You will have the opportunity to co-design marketing strategies with country teams and provide technical support to the country teams, who are responsible for implementation of strategies to improve desirability, purchasing, and consumption of nutritious and safe food.
    The Senior Associate is responsible for ensuring the design, production, and implementation of creative ideas is technically sound and aligned to the overall programmatic strategy. The primary focus is on supporting communications through mass media (radio, TV, social media, out of home) and promotional strategies through retail and community events. Ideally, the role holder will also be able to support social and behaviour change communication strategies.
    You will work in a cross-functional, cross-disciplinary team ensuring coordination and cohesion among programmatic strategies across demand, supply and enabling environment. The cross functional team consists of in-country and global programme staff with expertise in consumer insights, brand marketing, agribusiness, retail marketing, policy, and community engagement.
    Key Responsibilities include;

    Contributing to the creative design process, by ensuring the core idea/brand is translated into appropriate consumer-relevant communication activities, and by drafting/reviewing agency briefs
    Reviewing communication strategy and materials submitted by the agencies, including logos, key messages, photography, tag lines, look and feel, among others and provide timely feedback and recommendation for change
    Advising on the procurement process and agency management by assisting local staff to find service providers, defining and assessing agency deliverables, and in timely delivery of materials by ensuring agency and project timelines are aligned
    Reviewing roll-out plans, including media plans and closely follow up for timely delivery and cost-effectiveness, and supporting timely adaptation/revision of implementation plan where necessary
    Monitoring media and event activities implementation by defining relevant KPIs to help and review monitoring reports to identify changes needed
    Providing technical guidance on local procurement process for the mass media and promotion components, including drafting/reviewing request for proposal, proposal evaluation, and contracting
    Providing technical guidance, technical review project summaries and technical materials for external engagement

    About You

    The ideal candidate will have proven marketing and communications experience with focus on developing mass media campaigns and strategies within various consumer-facing advertising, brand engagement and/or retail promotion strategies.
    You should also have experience managing various design/production agencies and executing effective campaigns.  Candidate with experience working in a public/private partnership environment and engagement with government is desirable.
    The postholder will have the ability to interpret technical reports (media coverage reports, retail sales reports, consumer insight reports) and monitoring data to develop/revise activities and prepare recommendations.
    You should be a strong team player with excellent communication skills, notably working within diverse and collaborative spaces. The postholder should have excellent command of written and spoken English, candidate with fluency in French is an asset.
    You should be computer literate and with efficient use of management tools, e.g., GANTT charts, SPRINT process. Degree holder in Advertising, Marketing or related field, candidate with Diploma or equivalent in advertising or media is highly desirable. Also, you should be highly flexible and willing and able to travel to field sites frequently.

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  • Programme Associate

    Programme Associate

    About the Role
    The Programme Associate will provide high level support and operational guidance to the GAIN Kenya country programme team, 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 be expected to take the lead on specific project components as directed and delegated by the project managers, in addition to high-level coordination and administrative support.
    Key Responsibilities include.

    Identification and implementation of an effective coordination process for the organisation of project-related information in Kenya.
    Advice and guidance focal point for all project related queries relating to administration, logistics and finance from implementing partners, service providers and Government officials.
    Follow up with the operations teams and other senior staff to ensure project approvals and payments are made on time.
    Diary management for the Country Director and the Head of Programmes in Kenya.
    Oversee all Kenya project logistics including the organization of field trips, general travel, meetings, workshops and training.
    Responsible for the procurement of service contractors in close collaboration with project managers; including the drafting of RFPs and assessment of incoming proposals.
    In consultation with the CD, PMs, and Heads of departments, coordinate information & communication requests from internal & external partners

    About You

    The ideal candidate should have strong project operations management, administrative, networking and communication skills, preferably supporting multiple projects.
    Demonstrated experience working with various senior level managers in a support role.
    In addition to this, the post holder should have proven ability to use initiative, prioritize, multi-task, and ability to handle high volume requests from programmes.
    Soft skills are highly valued in this role and as such will be required of the successful candidate.
    The post holder 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.

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  • Senior Manager, Knowledge Leadership

    Senior Manager, Knowledge Leadership

    Role specifics include;

    Providing overall research leadership, ensuring the integration, continuous improvement complementarity input of research, evaluation and learning into GAIN’s programmes and projects in line with GAIN’s priorities and global best practices
    Fostering engagement with research and other thematic leads in UN agencies and major donors on research related activities to ensure a smooth and appropriate collaboration, representing GAIN at global events and ensuring the skills and interest of consortium partners is appropriately utilized to achieve the KL teams programme goals
    Overseeing the timely dissemination and collaboration with GAIN’s teams on the development of scopes of work, outlines, and peer review publications for all research products to ensure high standards for technical content
    Contributing to GAIN influencing objectives through participation in committees, boards, advisory groups relevant to GAIN’s strategy
    Leading and contributing to the development of proposals for new funding, including authoring text in partnership with the Development Office team
    Providing overall leadership to KL projects and line managing a number of direct reports to ensure team synergy and high-quality technical project delivery in time and budget
    Providing technical support to other programming areas as needed

    About you

    You will bring extensive implementation, research, and evaluation experience, with desirable experience in large scale food fortification or biofortification.
    You will demonstrate a deep knowledge and a high level of strategic thinking in areas of research conceptualisation and design, ideally within nutrition and food systems relevant for GAIN’s programming areas, to support the advancement of the knowledge leadership programme. In addition to this, you will posess a strong track record in leading and developing people with exceptional influencing, networking, negotiation and advocacy skills.
    Skills in quantitative research methods is essential to the role (i.e survey design, implementation, data analysis, survey management, budgeting, etc).
    A PhD in nutrition, public health, or related field is required. Formal project management and leadership training would be a distinct advantage.

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