Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) Careers

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.

About the Role

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Programme Intern, Policy to support the ongoing program works in GAIN Kenya office. 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 Policy and Advocacy, 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.

About the Role

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking an Intern, Monitoring and Evaluation / Data Analysis to provide monitoring and data analysis support in 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 Senior Monitoring Associate, the intern will provide monitoring and data analysis support to the Kenya team to implement the monitoring framework of Kenya Programmes.

Key Responsibilities include

• Supporting data analysis for various projects, designing of data collection tools in survey CTO and data visualization in Tableau
• Supporting GAIN country and Knowledge & Leadership (KL) team and other partners to develop and review results/logical frameworks and monitoring plans
• Supporting quality assurance and data collection of routine monitoring data from implementing partners and government to track progress of program activities towards objectives
• Visiting field as required to ensure that programme progress against monitoring indicators is on track
• Reviewing, analysing data and supporting preparation of reports on monitoring indicators
• Contributing to analysis of information collected and supporting all dissemination efforts including writing reports, briefs and other materials
• Providing support for research studies and/or evaluations as assigned by the supervisors

About you

• The ideal candidate will be fluent in written and spoken English. Candidates with working knowledge of additional languages and who is willing and able to work in a multi-cultural, would be an advantage. You will be highly flexible and willing and able to travel occasionally in country.
• A Bachelors’ degree in statistics, public health or related fields. You will be computer literate and proactive with a commitment to quality and accuracy with close attention to detail.

About the Role

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Global Youth Campaigns Coordinator to increase visibility, outreach, and impact of the ACT4FOOD movement. This role will be offered on a 15-month fixed term contract, subject to availability of funding and will be based in either of the following locations Nairobi, New Delhi, Kigali or Dar es Salaam Tanzania.

The Youth Campaign Coordinator is responsible for supporting the ACT4FOOD movement. The position is responsible for delivering GAIN’s youth leadership initiative through the ACT4FOOD movement and will play a crucial role in coordinating the recruitment, mentoring and training of youth leaders including regularly activities, events and oversight of youth leaders’ collective action campaigns. They will also be responsible for increasing visibility, outreach, and impact of the campaign.

Key Responsibilities include

• Organise and coordinate ACT4FOOD campaign activities including the monthly youth leader meetings, yearly retreat and implementation of collective action.

• Deliver the GAIN youth leadership initiative via the ACT4FOOD movement through capacity building sessions and mentoring youth-led campaigns. Adapt the delivery of the initiative based on project learnings and input from youth leaders.
• Ensure alignment of the campaign with GAIN programmatic activities reaching young people working closely with the Programme Lead.
• Build engagement and manage social media profiles for Act4Food to enhance voice, awareness and relevance. 
• Develop monthly newsletter and keep A4F subscribers regularly updated of key activities.
• In collaboration with the Programme Lead, develop project summaries, collate lessons learned and draft best practice documents.

About you

• The ideal candidate should have experience mobilising young people for causes related to food or nutrition. Experience in campaign management, especially projects related to and working with youth, stakeholder engagement, youth engagement, public engagement, social media, project management is required to succeed in this role.
• Experience providing support to multiple countries is required since the position holder will have global outreach needs engaging with people from different cultures and backgrounds.
• The position holder should have experience running online outreach and engagement sessions combined with excellent project management skills. The role holder will be expected to interact with stakeholders at different levels of seniority ensuring alignment of the campaign with GAIN programmatic activities reaching young people.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Overseeing and delivering technical advice to country projects and supporting on the integration and development of research questions and methods
• Conducting literature reviews or data searches relevant to food and nutrition issues, as relevant to the projects
• Leading the selection, managing and engaging with key technical partners (e.g., local data collection firms, think tanks) for the high-quality design, implementation, and dissemination of the research
• Leading the implementation of research activities (e.g., surveys, evaluations, implementation research and other assessments) throughout all stages, design (protocol and questionnaire development), implementation (training, data collection and quality assurance), data analysis and reporting
• Leading the development of a learning agenda to strengthen the methods, tools, and resources available for the design, implementation and evaluation of projects (e.g., demand creation, SBCC
• Developing and reviewing reports, papers, briefs, blogs, and presentations related to the research methods and results
• Ensuring the delivery of high-quality technical outputs from external partners and team members by conducting comprehensive technical reviews and collaborating with them to enhance quality as necessary. Collaborating closely with project teams to interpret these technical outputs and translating their implications for project design and/or revision
• Representing GAIN at technical and non-technical events as appropriate. Presenting research findings to stakeholders in country workshops and at scientific or other relevant conferences to facilitate the uptake of results for decision making
• Leading or supporting monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) activities, including working with monitoring specialists to advance the development of standard indicators that can be used for tracking progress on consumer-focused projects
• Collaborating with programmes colleagues (programme services and country programmes teams) and communications teams on development of manuscripts, publications, blogs, white papers, articles, factsheets, and briefs on relevant topics

About You

• The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in research design and implementation using either quantitative or qualitative methodologies, in nutrition or a related field. Experience should encompass design of research methodologies, analysis of data and reporting of results. You will also possess hands-on experience of programmatically relevant research in a low- or middle-income country, in collaboration with local research counterparts.
• The postholder will possess strong report writing and presentation skills, including on technical topics and demonstrated experience in critical analysis skills to support evidence generation and reporting. In addition, you will be proficiency in interpreting consumer-focused research results and integrating key findings into the development of communication campaigns and strategies.
• Candidates with proven research project management experience in complex and diverse environments, including delivering projects on time and within budget and using project management processes and tools would be an asset.
• In addition to this, you will have excellent communications skills and able to work with diverse groups/individuals and comfortable working in multicultural and multi-lingual environments. You will be fluent in both written and verbal English. Candidates with proficiency in French or Portuguese would be an additional advantage. The postholder should also be highly flexible and willing and able to travel internationally regularly.
• A Master’s degree in consumer research, marketing, nutrition, public health, sustainable development or related field. Candidates with PhD in marketing, nutrition, sustainable development, economics, development studies, policy or related field would be an advantage. You will be computer literate in Microsoft Office, with demonstrated skills in data analysis software, such as R, Stata, SAS, or SPSS; or nVivo or ATLAS.ti. would be an asset.

About the Role

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Senior Associate - Environment to provide technical support on environmental aspects of Nourishing Food Pathways programme. 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.

The Senior Associate, Environment will work closely with our project teams to ensure screening for their environmental impact using the GAIN Environment Screening Tool, supporting teams to identify and mitigate risks, as well as pursuing potential co-benefits. The position will also build and maintain partnerships with actors in this space and create awareness of successful approaches towards desired environmental impact.

Key Responsibilities include

• Develop and oversee a programme of capacity building activities to upskill the organisation and enhance organisational understanding of critical topics across environment and nutrition with the support of the Lead, Environment and Nutrition.
• Lead work across GAIN countries and programmes to screen projects for their environmental impact using the GAIN Environment Screening Tool, supporting teams to identify and mitigate risks, as well as pursuing potential co-benefits.
• Work closely with to engage senior management on GAIN’s Environment work and manage stakeholders at SMT and Board level.
• In collaboration with Lead, Environment and Nutrition actively contribute to identify new funding opportunities and develop new proposals integrating nutrition and environment.
• Maintain existing partnerships with other organisations in this space and contribute to develop new ones, including proactive sharing of GAIN’s work to green our programmes to enable others to adapt and adopt successful approaches piloted through our projects.
• Develop communications materials (blogs, articles, videos, social media posts) to drive awareness and engagement with the linkages between nutrition and climate, and the solutions to joint challenges.

About you

• The ideal candidate should have experience providing technical guidance on environmental impact of projects and working closely with relevant stakeholders to ensure actions that mitigate risks or boost co-benefits are implemented. Experience with Food Systems is critical to succeed in this role.  Demonstrated experience with environmental reporting tools, management standards and targets (e.g. net zero, ISO 14001) highly preferred. You should be able to collaborate and provide support to multiple projects.
• The candidate should be skilled in maintaining partnerships within the environmental space where they drive awareness and linkages between nutrition and climate actors.  A track record in project management delivering quality project outcomes on time, and within allocated budget is required. You should be able to collect data and report findings to senior leadership.
• The post holder should have experience in training project teams/group facilitation to ensure effective stakeholder participation and consensus building. An educational background with a Masters’ degree level in environmental science or a related field is required, or equivalent work experience.

About the Role

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Financial Systems Associate to support our processes for financial planning and reporting, in ensuring that our financial systems are well maintained and maintain their integrity. This role will be offered on a permanent basis, subject to availability of funding and is open to the following locations: Nairobi, Kenya or Maputo, Mozambique.

The Financial Systems Associate will play a major role in the implementation and development of GAIN’s financial systems, in supporting our processes for financial planning and reporting, in ensuring that our financial systems are well maintained and maintain their integrity, and in providing training to colleagues across the organisation in the use of our financial systems.

Key Responsibilities include

• Liaise with service providers on assigned projects to ensure they are progressing on schedule and in accordance with set deliverables.
• Liaise with managers and staff from IS/IT and other teams to ensure the effective integration of GAIN’s financial data with other business systems, to facilitate planning and reporting, automate data collection, and ensure the integrity of data.
• Support the quarterly forecast by preparing templates, consolidating forecast inputs and making available relevant system(s). Assist in troubleshooting forecast queries to finalize forecast.
• Support the monthly accounting process by preparing and uploading timesheets and staff costs data to financial systems and sharing reports and data with other members of the Finance team.
• Contribute to developing training materials, for example presentation slide decks and online videos.
• Participating in training workshops, facilitating the events and leading sessions where required.
• Delivering inductions for new staff members.
• Test and troubleshoot GAIN's financial systems to identify and resolve areas for improvement.

About you

• The ideal candidate should have a strong IT background in deploying and implementing new systems. Experience with Financial systems highly preferred. The position holder should be able provide end user support and technical troubleshooting of systems at GAIN. This position will be required to ensure the effective integration of GAIN’s financial data with other business systems, to facilitate planning and reporting, automate data collection, and ensure the integrity of data.
• This will be a highly interpersonal role expected to work closely with all stakeholders across the organization and thus strong stakeholder engagement skills are required.

About the Role

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Digital Community Associate to strengthen and engage GAIN’s online presence through our digital channels. This role will be on a fixed-term contract until December 2026, subject to availability of funding. This position is open to GAIN’s country offices in Nairobi and New Delhi.

Reporting to the Digital Communications Manager, you will lead the GAIN Communications team in social media and digital campaign planning, coordination and implementation, as well as general communications support for the team when needed. You will coordinate and work with other focal points in other countries and programmes and lead on internal communication matters.

Key Responsibilities include

• Responsible for leading implementation across all our active channels to maintain and grow strong social media presence
• Advising the digital communications team to include, drafting social media content and uploading content on the GAIN website and social media platforms
• Ensuring the Head of Communications and the team have a good overview of the status of our digital channels and ensuring KPIs are trackable and reached
• Coordinating and leading creation of an internal and external newsletter to facilitate community awareness of activities
• Reviewing and coordinating the production of branded materials, such as fact sheets, infographics, brochures, reports, etc. at programme and country-level
• Producing content for social media, e.g. photos, images and infographics
• Managing the production of branded materials during events – from UN International Days to major GAIN events (different uses – from digital (web & social media) to traditional print)
• Responsible for the running of the podcast, including coordination of all end-to-end production
• Coordinating global and country communications team to include, social media support, digital support, writing content etc.

About You

• The ideal candidate will have proven experience in communication roles, preferable with links to social media, branding, marketing, journalism, public relations or related area.
• You will posess excellent creativity and writing skills and willing and able to collaboratively with a team and within a multicultural organisation. In addition to this, you will be proficiency in written and spoken English, candidates with working knowledge of French and additional languages will be an additional advantage.
• The postholder will possess proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud Programmes (Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator) to create visual content. Also, you will have video editing skills and solid understanding of social media and digital channels.

About the Role

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Compensation and Benefits, Partner to serve as the subject matter expert in all aspects of Compensation and Benefits(C&B). This role will be offered on a 1.5-year fixed term contract, subject to availability of funding and will be based in Nairobi, Kenya. 

The Compensation and Benefits Partner will play a critical role in the development, update and implementation of the compensation and benefits strategy, frameworks, and standards for all GAIN offices, to attract, motivate and retain top talent across the organisation. They will collaborate with key stakeholders, including HR staff, finance, and senior leadership, to design and administer competitive compensation and rewards programs that align with oragnisational goals and support our commitment to employee engagement and performance.

The role will also be responsible for ensuring all policies, processes and procedures relating to C&B and are reviewed and maintained regularly in addition to conducting the job evaluation process, salary reviews, benchmarking, and market surveys in various markets for all location offices where required.

Key Responsibilities include

• Plan and execute work on the implementation of the annual and mid-year salary review processes which includes data coordination, modelling, and other analytical support as required in consultation with the Head of HR and the Director of Strategic Operations.
• Lead on the renewal process of monetary and non-monetary benefits by conducting market research and analysis and provide recommendations to ensure salaries and benefits comply with the current legislation, pay equity and GAIN’s policies.
• Lead on the development of all payroll initiatives including recommendations on process improvements in order to streamline and improve efficiency.
• Analyse published and custom cut country salary surveys; review appropriateness of current surveys and research and recommend new opportunities for obtaining salary and benefit data.
• Build Compensation & Benefits capacity in country offices by educating the various teams on GAIN’s Compensation and Benefits approach and framework as well as looking for opportunities and coordinating related trainings that can be provided.
• Remain connected to external trends and regulatory developments around Reward and be part of networks and forums as needed. 

About you

• The ideal candidate should have experience developing compensation and benefits strategies and frameworks across countries. Experience in a similar role supporting multiple countries is highly preferred.  You should be able to design and administer competitive compensation and rewards programs that align with oragnisational goals.
• Expertise in conducting job evaluation processes, salary reviews, benchmarking, and market surveys is required to succeed in this role. The position holder will be required to engage with staff from various departments and senior leadership to design and administer competitive compensation and reward programs.
• You should posses advanced MS excel skills and able to interpret complex data, conduct market research, and provide data-driven recommendations. You should be knowledgeable in compensation principles and concepts, (including job analysis, market pricing, and total rewards), market trends, regulatory requirements and best practices. An educational background with a degree or equivalent in business/economics, HR management or related field is required.