Executive Director Office (EDO) Analyst at Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)

About the Role

Reporting to the Executive Director, you will be responsible for coordinating with the Senior Management team across GAIN.

The postholder will be critical in supporting GAIN’s influencing agenda, bringing in a variety of skills to identify, evaluate, analyse, and present qualitative and quantitative data across the full extent of the food system; and in supporting proposals to donors.

This role will require innovative thinking and new narratives about nutrition; scanning of the emerging ideas of partners and other actors in this space; interpreting GAIN’s strategy and helping to translate this into proposals and presentations; and supporting and co-creating with the EDO analysis.

Key Responsibilities include;

• Identifying, analysing, and organising information and briefing materials for the EDO to facilitate engagement in events and meetings
• Developing compelling, authoritative and evidence driven slides/presentations for a wide range of external and internal audiences
• Participate as appropriate in reports dissemination, via presentations, publications and other media as appropriate
• Representing GAIN during key industry discussions/presentations, while providing analysis, technical insights and disseminating lessons learnt
• Supporting the EDO internal communications strategy across GAIN. Facilitating the coordination, planning implementation and delivery of internal communications initiatives
• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with key partners and experts

About You

• The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in advocacy, communications, external engagement and/or fundraising within an international INGO or CSO environment.
• You should have a proven track record in cultivating and developing relationships with key partners and engaging with donors.
• The postholder will be able to demonstrate a strategic understanding and strong conceptual and analytical skills in the areas of food systems and nutrition or closely related domains. In addition to this, , you should have the ability to communicate clearly and effectively through oral and presentation skills in multicultural, multi-lingual environments as well as excellent and compelling writing skills.
• Candidates with in-depth knowledge of the international development agenda with experience in global health/nutrition is preferable.
• A Master’s degree level in field relevant to food systems or equivalent work experience is desirable.
• You should be highly flexible and willing to travel as and when required.