Vacancies at Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)

Key Responsibilities include

• Leveraging your technical knowledge, work to ensure FOLU remains at the cutting edge of driving needed behavior change within food systems. Identify key leverage points and strategies for systemic transformation, which are allied with FOLU’s agreed International Engagement Strategy and Results Framework, with a focus on sustainable agriculture, land management, nutrition, food security, and climate impact reduction. Facilitate and coordinate a participatory process which draws on the expertise and inputs of coalition members and the learning and insights of FOLU’s Country Platforms.
• As part of the FOLU Senior Leadership Team, provide strategic advice to the coalition on FOLU’s overall impact strategy as well as knowledge / thought leadership opportunities. Provide input to impact strategies of FOLU country platforms and strategic partner initiatives.
• Lead and coordinate knowledge products and workstreams to generate new insights on transforming food and land use systems towards sustainability and resilience through coordination and alignment with FOLU’s international partners. Develop and produce high-impact knowledge products, such as reports, briefs, and policy recommendations, to influence stakeholders at local, national, and global levels. Collaborate with experts across disciplines, including economics, agriculture, climate science, and policy, to integrate diverse perspectives into research and product development.
• Responsible for delivery of K&E team activities, including strategic oversight of day-to-day activities and workstreams.
• Oversee grant and funder reporting for policy influencing activities.
• Identify opportunities to grow FOLU’s thought leadership and impact, particularly with shifting corporate and financial institutions’ behavior. Support and facilitate concept development for new workstreams, platforms or products working with the KE team, country platforms, international partners and potential funders.
• Build and maintain relationships across the FOLU coalition and with external partners across the private sector, civil society, financial institutions and international institutions. Engage with global and regional networks, academic institutions, NGOs, and other partners to build alliances and disseminate research outputs.

About you

• We are looking for an individual with proven track record in leading multi-stakeholder initiatives, coalitions or campaigns on topics related to food systems, nutrition, climate change or other related environmental issues. You should have experience in multilateral global and national level policy processes related to food systems, nutrition, climate change or other related environmental issues with ability to spot challenges and opportunities in low- and middle-income countries.
• The post holder should possess an extensive network in relevant areas combined with experience in representation with key stakeholders such as donors, government, food system investors etc. In addition to this, you should be experienced in developing strategies and solving complex strategic and tactical problems as they arise.
• People management skills are critical to succeed in this role due to the number of partners involved in this coalition combined with excellent management and strategic leadership skills. You should be comfortable to travel internationally(15%). An educational background with a master’s in environmental studies or science; agriculture / food systems; international development, economics or related area is required.

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Key Responsibilities include

• Support the implementation and management of activities under I-CAN, including tracking, monitoring, and reporting on KPIs for I-CAN to ensure that the initiative is on time, on-budget, and well-coordinated.
• In collaboration with the I-CAN Lead and partners, support the development of annual budgets and detailed workplans for all I-CAN activities at both the global and national level.
• Provide guidance on project implementation to GAIN countries and technical know-how to design and deliver national level work including deep-dive analysis of nutrition and climate integration and technical advice on policy priorities.
• Act as a focal point for I-CAN, both internally and externally, representing I-CAN at government and donor meetings, technical groups, seminars and conferences, in coordination with the I-CAN lead.
• Coordinate planning for events and communications, in collaboration with the I-CAN Lead and I-CAN partners across climate, health, food, agriculture, gender and wider development agendas.
• Support the cultivation of a broad network of relevant partners and experts in the field, tracking I-CANs engagement with them as well as supporting the collection and management of their input.
• Support in the management and reporting for existing grants, including tracking of grant activities, drafting input for reports, and preparing for renewal proposals.

About you

• The candidate should have excellent project management and coordination skills combined with a track record in stakeholder management. You should possess relationship building skills with ability to discern where synergies can be developed and how to communicate with different partners. Since the role will support the day-to-day delivery of the I-CAN initiative, you should be highly organised and comfortable handling a wide range of operational tasks.
• Experience engaging with or supporting global/national policy processes, coalitions or campaigns on topics related to food systems, climate change or environmental issues is required. You should have great interpersonal skills with good written and verbal communication that can be demonstrated through previous experience in drafting policy papers, donor facing reports and communication campaigns.
• An educational background with a degree in a relevant field such as environmental science, international development, public policy, public health or a related field or equivalent experience is required. Master’s degree is desirable.