Job Vacancy: Senior Associate, Workforce Nutrition

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Job Vacancy: Job title: Senior Associate, Workforce Nutrition

Job description: About the RoleThe Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Senior Associate, Workforce Nutrition to support the Workforce Nutrition Project at GAIN. This role will be on a 2 years’ fixed-term contract basis, subject to availability of funding. This position is open to GAIN’s country offices in New Delhi and Abuja.Reporting to the Programme Lead, Workforce Nutrition, the Senior Associate will be responsible for monitoring, reporting and learning with focus on supporting the Workforce Nutrition Alliance as well as supporting GAINs broader workforce nutrition portfolio.Key Responsibilities include:

• Collaborating with the Project Manager to aid with the design and planning of the scope, activities and objectives of the project
• Supporting the Project Manager in preparing donors’ reports in collaboration with project teams, technical teams, funding team and support teams
• Developing appropriate narrative reporting and financial accounting documentation for the Project Manager’s review in order to meet GAIN and donor’s requirements
• Facilitating accurate project budgeting and forecasting processes, ensuring that activities costs are kept within budgets
• Ensuring timely monthly project reporting on program progress achieved, program plans, changes in direction and challenges encountered
• Supporting in the development and roll-out of the self-assessment scorecard for agricultural settings and potential new scorecard variations in the future
• Serving as a focal point for private sector partners who face any challenges with filling out the scorecard for their setting
• Identifying opportunities for improvement of the scorecard and coordinating this with the technical consultant
• Monitoring the Workforce Nutrition Alliance and developing relevant digital tools and resources to further progress this. Ensuring alignment with and integrating insights of the Consumer Goods Forum, the co-lead of the Workforce Nutrition Alliance
• Collaborating with Knowledge Leadership team on M&E framework support including roll-up indicators, theory of change/logic model, results framework, and monitoring templates
• Providing support on design, implementation and monitoring of workforce nutrition programmes to GAIN country teams and other organizations establishing workforce nutrition programmes
• Contributing to the fundraising activities of GAIN’s Workforce Nutrition programme and the Workforce Nutrition Alliance

About YouThe ideal candidate will have proven experience in international project management and monitoring/evaluation and previous practical work experience in nutrition, sustainability programmes, and / or relevant social sector projects. Candidates with experience working in a public-private partnership environment highly desirable.The postholder will have proven experience in project management, implementation, grantee oversight within international development and experience in engaging with government and private sector stakeholders and collaborators in challenging environments. Candidates with food industry experience would be an advantage.In addition to this, you will possess excellent communications and analytical skills and comfortable working in multicultural and matrix-style organization. You will be fluent in both written and verbal English and able to work with diverse groups/individuals.A Master’s degree in business administration, or agribusiness and supply chain, logistic and supply chain management, nutrition, health or related field. You will be computer literate in Microsoft Office, with advanced knowledge of database packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems.About our OfferThe starting salary for each office is as follows, depending on experience:

• India: From INR 1,282,020 (gross) – INR 1,466,532 per annum
• Nigeria: From NGN 10,705,536 (gross) – NGN 12,216,360 (gross) per annum

GAIN has a fair and competitive salary structure that allows for annual progression subject to good performance. In addition, GAIN offers a total of 37 days holiday per year (including annual leave, public holidays and additional office closure days), an attractive pension scheme and competitive insurance cover including health, travel and life assurance.We are committed to the health of our staff, especially in these challenging times, and have developed a programme of wellbeing that includes flexible working, additional leave allowances, wellbeing days, mindfulness coaching and access to independent and confidential counselling.GAIN also has a strong commitment to professional development. We will support you to grow in your career through both formal and informal training, and are committed to providing opportunities through internal recruitment, secondments and promotion. All of this is delivered in a supportive and collaborative environment.About GAINThe Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the United Nations in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition. Due to COVID19, conflict in Ukraine and climate change, malnutrition and hunger have worsened significantly since 2019, reversing a decade of progress. There is growing recognition that our food systems need to change if we are to reverse these trends.GAIN’s Strategy aims to transform food systems to make healthier diets from sustainable food systems accessible to all people and especially those whose are most vulnerable to shocks. By 2027, we aim to improve the access of 1.5 billion people to nutritionally enhanced staple foods, improve the access of 25 million people to healthier diets, and support positive food system change in 10 countries. This is bold and complex, and the only way to achieve this is to work together with partners including governments, businesses, and civil society at the country and global level. These goals, and the ways of achieving them, build on our twenty-year legacy of transforming people’s lives with improved nutrition through concerted action and effective policy change.Our Working Culture and EnvironmentWe provide a flexible working environment that includes a combination of home and office working opportunities through our global hybrid working policy. This encourages our staff to have a healthy work-life balance and increases staff motivation, enriches employee wellbeing, and improves performance and productivity.All of our positions are based in one or more of GAIN’s designated offices as stated on our job advertisements. Successful candidates will be based in one of GAIN’s country offices and must have the existing right to live and work within a reasonably commutable distance of the relevant city / cities in which the role is advertised. Please note, that GAIN does not sponsor working visas and relocations.GAIN reserves the right to withdraw an offer of employment for candidates who are considered to ineligible under the above conditions during or after the recruitment process.This advert closes on 7th May 2024. Early applications are encouraged. GAIN reserves the right to close this advert early should we receive suitable candidates ahead of the closing date.The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition is committed to equality of opportunity and creating an inclusive environment where diversity is valued. We are keen to reflect the diversity of our society at every level within our organisation and therefore welcome applications from talented and committed people from all backgrounds, representing the diverse societies we operate in.

Location: Abuja, FCT – New Delhi

Job date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 22:00:10 GMT

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