GAIN is seeking a Manager, Nutrition Finance and Development to provide strategic technical guidance on strengthening the design of financing solutions to Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) and governments across multiple countries (Bangladesh, Benin, Pakistan and Rwanda), ensuring alignment with the IFAD grant’s strategic goals. This role focuses on leveraging financing mechanisms such as loans, grants, and blended finance to achieve sustainable nutrition outcomes.
The Manager will advise governments on financing needs, integrate tailored financial products, and guide on SME lending, credit risk, and sustainable finance. They will build strong partnerships with DFIs, financial institutions, and development organisations whilst developing the capacity of country teams to effectively engage with DFIs.
This role will be offered on a two (2) year fixed term contract, subject to availability of funding and will be based in either Nigeria-Abuja, Kenya-Nairobi or Rwanda-Kigali.
Key Responsibilities include
1. Technical Advisory and Strategy Development
- Provide strategic technical guidance to DFIs and governments on structuring financing solutions to promote sustainable nutrition outcomes.
- Design tailored financial products, integrating them with government policies and grant components.
- Lead the development of financial models, business cases, and proposals to secure funding for government-backed initiatives.
2. Project Design, Planning and Implementation
- Lead the preparation of inception workshops and design country workplans
- Work with relevant environment, gender and safeguarding specialists to ensure that these components are integrated in project design and implementation plans.
- Oversee the delivery of project activities, ensuring quality, timely delivery, and budget compliance
3. Capacity Building and Knowledge Management
- Design and deliver capacity-building programs to enhance GAIN staff and country teams’ engagement with DFIs and their financing processes.
- Provide targeted training to country teams on DFI operations, negotiation tactics, and building strong relationships with DFI technical officers.
4. Project Management and Oversight
- Proactively identify and resolve project issues, adapting activities as needed and escalating issues for wider support when necessary.
- Monitor risks, develop contingency plans, and ensure regular project reviews to stay aligned with objectives.
- Collaborate with finance and procurement teams to manage budgets, ensure compliance, and select ethical suppliers.
5. People Management
- Build a high performing project team consisting of people across the organisation.
- Coach and/ or mentor the project team members and support the development of their capacity.
- Build understanding of and commitment to adhere to equity, diversity, gender, child safety and staff health and wellbeing principles
6. Relationship Management
- Build and maintain strong partnerships with relevant government entities, private sector actors, financial institutions and development organizations to drive sustainable, inclusive financial solutions geared towards nutrition financing.
- Help to facilitate partnerships between SMEs and investors and service providers
About you
The ideal candidate should have demonstrable experience working for, or with Development Finance Institutions, government agencies, international development banks, impact investment consultancies, or development organisations in the financing and project management space working on the design of grants and loans.
In addition to this, the postholder should have knowledge in structuring DFI loans, grants, and blended finance mechanisms.
The postholder should have solid track record in managing complex projects, ensuring successful delivery on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
About our Offer
The starting annual gross salary on offer per location for this role is as listed below, depending on experience.
Kenya: KES 4,808,508 – KES 5,497,476
Rwanda: RWF 27,062,064 – RWF 30,886,512
Nigeria: NGN 17,200,128 – NGN 19,666,488
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 and hybrid 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.
More Information
- Job City Kigali, Abuja, Nairobi
