NAWIRI Project Associate, Demand Creation at Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)

About the Role

Reporting to the Project Manager, the Project Associate, Demand Creation will provide technical expertise to create and sustain consumer demand for nutritious foods in Marsabit. You will be responsible for consumer-facing marketing activities that encourage purchasing of nutritious foods.

Specific Responsibilities include;

• Assessing nutritious foods marketing opportunities and working with the Project Manager to develop / revise the market expansion strategy for the GAIN supported SMEs
• Facilitating the development of the position of branded nutritious food based on lower-income family preferences.
• Identifying effective and efficient promotion activities in collaboration with civil society, government and private sectors, and facilitating the implementation of such activities
• Participating in and contributing to the development and implementation of project work plans.
• Providing assistance to the project manager by documenting and monitoring the project progress against project workplan and budget.
• Collecting, documenting, collating and analysing project data for monitoring and management information purposes
• Planning, coordinating and organizing time-bound project site visits

About You

• You should have good experience in the agri-food sector in Kenya with a specific focus on advertising and / or
• marketing of food to consumers. Previous experience of working in food sales would be highly desirable, as would experience working in a public/private partnership environment.
• In addition, you should hold at minimum a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management (Sales and Marketing); Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing option) or a suitable equivalent field.
• A diploma or equivalent certification in project management would be advantageous.
• You can find more information about the role responsibilities and our person specification in the job description attached to our advert.

About our Offer

The starting salary on offer for this role is from KES 2,083,128 -2,377,296 per annum (dependent on experience).

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.