Project Associate, Marketplace for Nutritious Foods Project Manager, Marketplace for Nutritions Foods

SALARY: Competitive
STARTING DATE: January 2019
We are seeking to deploy a Project Associate who will act as point of contact between GAIN and the project’s Innovation Accelerator beneficiaries (Small and medium sized enterprises) and provide support to the Project Manager. Under their guidance, you will support the Implementation of the project’s main activities—Innovation Accelerator, Community of Practice, with a particular focus on the implementation of the projects Innovation Accelerator activities.
The ideal candidate will have proven experience managing the performance of consultants and subcontractors, as well as experience and knowledge in food science, technology and the agriculture or business. You must be comfortable with report writing and be able to analyse and make recommendations for the improvement of technical reports and business documents (business plans, market research). It is essential that you have an understanding of financial literacy (understanding of P&L accounts, balance sheets, cashflow projections etc.) with strong inter-personal skills and the ability to work with agribusiness managers from a variety of backgrounds.
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and as an inclusive employer we are keen to reflect the diversity of our society at every level within our organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our employees worldwide are required to ensure their behaviour is consistent with our policies.

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