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The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the UN in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition. Working with both governments and businesses, we aim to transform food systems so that they deliver more nutritious food for all people. In particular, we aim to make healthier food choices more desirable, more available, and more affordable. GAIN’s mission is to advance nutrition outcomes by improving consumption of nutritious and safe food for all people, especially the most vulnerable to malnutrition.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Associate, Innovations, Business Models & PPPs

Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Grade 4
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Duration: 36 Months

Overall Purpose

  • The post holder will play a critical role in driving innovations across the fortification value chain; – enabling environment, ingredients, products, technology, systems, markets, value propositions, and development of new business models GAIN seeks to leverage new, and scale up existing, innovations to address the unfinished agenda for fortification.
  • The Senior Associate will work closely with the Cluster Lead, Food Fortification, colleagues within Food Fortification Cluster, Nutrition Enterprise Unit and the Program Services Team generally, Country Programmes, Knowledge Leadership team, and the broader organization — as well as external partners and stakeholders — to manage the successful delivery of projects with a priority focus on supporting new programmes and innovations in fortification globally.
  • The role will primarily be focused on LSFF but will be expected to work across the cluster supporting work on commercialization of biofortified crops.

Tasks and Responsibilities
Strategy development and execution:

  • Develop an innovations agenda / strategy covering- ingredients, products, technology, systems (public / private, civil society), digital solutions, markets, value propositions, business models and delivery mechanisms: retail markets, social safety net programs, institutional procurement et
  • Prioritise innovations agenda and lead execution of strategy
  • Lead cross functional teams of country and global programme staff on development and scaling up innovations in food fortification
  • Partner with colleagues working on innovations and business models on commercialization of biofortified crops, GAIN’s Nutrition Enterprise Unit, social protection programs and other parts of GAIN
  • Develop tools, resources on business incentives and business support services to fortified foods processors.
  • Develop and drive public, private partnerships (PPPs) on fortification focusing on capacity building, policy, incentives, compliance to fortification mandates and other areas of interest
  • Build external partnerships focusing on new solutions and innovations in food fortification beyond the usual suspects
  • Maintain an up-to-date understanding of current and emerging topics within the food fortification innovation landscape including grant funding models and sectoral discussions

Project Management and Delivery

  • Provide technical inputs in the design and implementation of GAIN’s LSFF programmes in Bangladesh, India, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Benin, Mozambique, Pakistan, and Indonesia, as well as regional and global initiatives.
  • Support integration of digital approaches and digital data collection tools and agile project management approaches in GAIN’s LSFF and biofortification programming.
  • Supports the Cluster Lead, to identify opportunities for building pipeline and resource mobilization.
  • Support efforts to disseminate findings by writing blogs, articles and other publications on GAIN’s innovations and business models work specifically and food fortification generally.
  • Support preparation and presentation of high-quality analysis and research, as required, to support
  • LSFF team in determining future strategic priorities and setting operational plans.Tasks and Responsibilities
  • Strategy development and execution
  • Develop an innovations agenda / strategy covering- ingredients, products, technology, systems (public / private, civil society), digital solutions, markets, value propositions, business models and delivery mechanisms: retail markets, social safety net programs, institutional procurement et
  • Prioritise innovations agenda and lead execution of strategy
  • Lead cross functional teams of country and global programme staff on development and scaling up innovations in food fortification
  • Partner with colleagues working on innovations and business models on commercialization of biofortified crops, GAIN’s Nutrition Enterprise Unit, social protection programs and other parts of GAIN
  • Develop tools, resources on business incentives and business support services to fortified foods processors.
  • Develop and drive public, private partnerships (PPPs) on fortification focusing on capacity building, policy, incentives, compliance to fortification mandates and other areas of interest
  • Build external partnerships focusing on new solutions and innovations in food fortification beyond the usual suspects
  • Maintain an up-to-date understanding of current and emerging topics within the food fortification innovation landscape including grant funding models and sectoral discussions
  • Project management and delivery
  • Provide technical inputs in the design and implementation of GAIN’s LSFF programmes in Bangladesh,
  • India, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Benin, Mozambique, Pakistan, and Indonesia, as well as regional and global initiatives.
  • Support integration of digital approaches and digital data collection tools and agile project management approaches in GAIN’s LSFF and biofortification programming.
  • Supports the Cluster Lead, to identify opportunities for building pipeline and resource mobilization.
  • Support efforts to disseminate findings by writing blogs, articles and other publications on GAIN’s innovations and business models work specifically and food fortification generally.
  • Support preparation and presentation of high-quality analysis and research, as required, to support
  • LSFF team in determining future strategic priorities and setting operational plans.
  • With Knowledge Leadership team, actively monitor LSFF programs; ensures timely data collection and analyzes their performance, interprets program evaluations to identify implications and implements policy and program actions
  • Support building out of better integration between food safety, commercialization of biofortified crops and LSFF programming.

Key Organisational Relationships:

  • Cluster Lead, Food Fortification
  • Country Directors and Food Fortification Project Managers
  • Senior Technical Specialist, Knowledge Leadership
  • Programme Services Team colleagues
  • Knowledge Leadership colleagues working on fortification assessment, knowledge mobilization
  • Development Office, Corporate communications and Policy & External Relations
  • Liaises with local and global partners to ensure optimal project implementation.
  • Liaises with network of consultants and experts, who provide technical assistance to the Initiative

Job Requirements
Education:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Marketing, Public Health, Nutrition, Business Administration, Food Science, Public Policy, Innovations Management, IT or related field.

Other Requirements:

  • Excellent communication skills (oral and written) in English essential
  • Other languages such as French desirable.

Competencies:

  • Good project management skills
  • Proven ability to use initiative, prioritize, multi-task, and work well under pressure to meet deadlines
  • Strong communication skills in multicultural, multi-lingual environments, written and verbal. Media savviness is a plus
  • Flexible, goal oriented and willingness and ability to travel
  • IT literate with excellent MS Office skills including advanced Excel and PowerPoint
  • Self-management (independence and initiative)
  • Team working and partnerships
  • Communication and strategic influencing

Experience:

  • We are seeking someone who is intellectually curious but prepared to get their hands dirty and be able to build unusual partnerships. Key attributes include:
  • Private sector experience is a must. A blend of experience from public and private sectors preferred.
  • Experience of both B2B and B2C markets is an added advantage
  • Track record of out of the box thinking; whether systems design or innovations, technology, markets.
  • Specific experience from the food processing/agribusiness sector
  • Strong background in brand management, innovations, market analysis, market shaping strategies, supply chain management or digital programs to improve services in agriculture, food industry or public health
  • Experience driving digital projects and knowledge of agile project management approaches, an added advantage
  • Strong interpersonal skills, ability to work in an international team, comfortable with multi-tasking and operating in a fast paced, multi-faceted, and multi-cultural environment
  • Experience working at both at global and country levels and on PPPs preferred
  • Savviness across various media platforms a distinct advantage
  • Knowledge or experience in food fortification will be an added advantage
  • Experience in business consultancy an added advantage

What GAIN Offers

  • Flexible working hours.
  • Friendly working environment.
  • Professional development opportunities.

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  • Job City Abuja, Nigeria,
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Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is an international organization driven by the vision of a world without malnutrition.

Around 3.5 billion people — half the people on the planet today — are malnourished. Each year, malnutrition kills 3.1 million children under the age of five and leaves 159 million stunted, trapping generations in lives of poverty and unfulfilled potential. The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is focused on finding solutions to end malnutrition within our lifetimes.

OUR METHODOLOGY /

At GAIN, we believe that no one sector alone can solve the complex problem of malnutrition. We work closely with partners including governments, civil society, businesses, UN agencies, and academic institutions to develop programs that deliver large-scale and locally relevant solutions to malnutrition in more than 30 countries.

In recent years we have expanded our approach to reach those on the margins of society, who are often the most excluded, vulnerable and severely malnourished, such as the Dalit community in India who experience oppression because of their caste; adolescent girls; and families affected by emergencies.

ABOUT GAIN /

Each day, 795 million people — one in nine — go hungry. Close to 2 billion people survive on diets that lack the vital vitamins and nutrients needed to grow properly, live healthy lives, and raise a healthy family. About 1.4 billion people worldwide struggle with overweight and obesity. That’s more than the number of people who are hungry worldwide.

In total, around 3.5 billion people — half the people on the planet today — are malnourished.

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is an international organization that was launched at the UN in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition.

GAIN is driven by the vision of a world without malnutrition. We act as a catalyst — building alliances between governments, business and civil society — to find and deliver solutions to the complex problem of malnutrition. Today we are on track to reach over a billion people with improved nutrition – a goal for 2015.

We focus our efforts on children, girls and women because we know that helping them have sustainable, nutritious diets is crucial to ending the cycle of malnutrition and poverty. By building alliances that deliver impact at scale, we believe that we can eliminate malnutrition within our lifetimes.

Data sources:

  • The Lancet’s series on maternal and child undernutrition
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  • World Health Organization (WHO)
  • UNICEF

OUR IMPACT /

GAIN has helped 892 million people to access affordable, nutritious food — about 350 million of whom are women and children. Our work to fortify staple foods and condiments with essential micronutrients reaches more than 30 countries worldwide. Our work includes helping to improve the quality of foods and diets and educating families of the benefits of breastfeeding and good nutrition. Worldwide, our projects are changing lives and contributing to reducing micronutrient deficiencies through large-scale food fortification. For example, we’ve increased the intake of vitamin A in Indonesia by fortifying edible oils and the intake of iron in China by fortifying soy sauce.

By 2017, we aim to increase the intake of essential micronutrients such as vitamins A, D, iron, folic acid and iodine for 1.3 billion people, including 400 million women and adolescent girls, and 200 million children under five.

In countries with the highest rates of malnutrition, multinutrient supplements or ‘home fortification’ help improve nutrition when mixed into food. In Bangladesh, we launched a new micronutrient powder program in collaboration with international development organization BRAC. Since launch, 80,000 community workers have been trained to promote home fortification, and five million sachets were sold in 2014. Monthly sales have more than tripled during the year and the overall market for micronutrient powders grew by 15 percent, with 45 million sachets produced in 2014 alone.

Data source

  • GAIN 2012–2013 Annual Report

OUR VISION /

GAIN is driven by the vision of a world without malnutrition. We believe that everyone in the world should have access to an affordable, healthy and nutritious diet. We focus on children, girls and women to break the cycle of malnutrition and poverty.

By building alliances that deliver impact at scale, we believe that we can end malnutrition within our lifetimes.

OUR APPROACH /

We believe that everyone in the world should have access to an affordable, healthy and nutritious diet.

A tailored approach to innovation. We work to understand and deliver specific solutions to the daily challenge of food insecurity faced by poor people. By understanding that there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ model, we develop alliances and build tailored programs, using a variety of flexible models and approaches.

Scale and ambition. We aim to reach 1 billion people with affordable, nutritious foods by 2015.  We build alliances between governments, local and global businesses, and civil society to deliver sustainable improvements at scale. We are part of a global network of partners working together to create sustainable solutions to malnutrition.

What matters most is impact. We focus on early life stages and maternal health when good nutrition has the most impact. We focus our efforts on children, girls and women because we know that providing access to affordable, sustainable, nutritious diets is crucial to ending the cycle of malnutrition and poverty.

OUR VALUES /

Team work

GAIN draws on the different skills of employees to create cohesive teams to deliver our programs in more than 30 countries. We also work closely with public and private partners.

Innovation

Our staff are creative thinkers who develop and test innovative business models to make markets work in a sustainable way for vunerable groups.

Passion

GAIN is made up of dedicated, enthusiastic professionals committed to our mission of making a difference on a large scale.

Professionalism

GAIN ensures professional and scientific rigor, commitment and leadership in our relations with the people and organizations we work with.

At GAIN, we believe that no one sector alone can solve the complex problem of malnutrition. We work closely with partners including governments, civil society, businesses, UN agencies, and academic institutions to develop programs that deliver large-scale and locally relevant solutions to malnutrition in more than 30 countries.

In recent years we have expanded our approach to reach those on the margins of society, who are often the most excluded, vulnerable and severely malnourished, such as the Dalit community in India who experience oppression because of their caste; adolescent girls; and families affected by emergencies.

ABOUT GAIN /

Each day, 795 million people — one in nine — go hungry. Close to 2 billion people survive on diets that lack the vital vitamins and nutrients needed to grow properly, live healthy lives, and raise a healthy family. About 1.4 billion people worldwide struggle with overweight and obesity. That’s more than the number of people who are hungry worldwide.

In total, around 3.5 billion people — half the people on the planet today — are malnourished.

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is an international organization that was launched at the UN in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition.

GAIN is driven by the vision of a world without malnutrition. We act as a catalyst — building alliances between governments, business and civil society — to find and deliver solutions to the complex problem of malnutrition. Today we are on track to reach over a billion people with improved nutrition – a goal for 2015.

We focus our efforts on children, girls and women because we know that helping them have sustainable, nutritious diets is crucial to ending the cycle of malnutrition and poverty. By building alliances that deliver impact at scale, we believe that we can eliminate malnutrition within our lifetimes.

Data sources:

  • The Lancet’s series on maternal and child undernutrition
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  • World Health Organization (WHO)
  • UNICEF
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The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the UN in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition. Working with both governments and businesses, we aim to transform food systems so that they deliver more nutritious food for all people. In particular, we aim to make healthier food choices more desirable, more available, and more affordable. GAIN’s mission is to advance nutrition outcomes by improving consumption of nutritious and safe food for all people, especially the most vulnerable to malnutrition.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:Job Title: Senior Associate, Innovations, Business Models & PPPsLocation: Abuja, Nigeria Grade 4 Contract Type: Fixed Term Duration: 36 Months

Overall Purpose

  • The post holder will play a critical role in driving innovations across the fortification value chain; - enabling environment, ingredients, products, technology, systems, markets, value propositions, and development of new business models GAIN seeks to leverage new, and scale up existing, innovations to address the unfinished agenda for fortification.
  • The Senior Associate will work closely with the Cluster Lead, Food Fortification, colleagues within Food Fortification Cluster, Nutrition Enterprise Unit and the Program Services Team generally, Country Programmes, Knowledge Leadership team, and the broader organization -- as well as external partners and stakeholders -- to manage the successful delivery of projects with a priority focus on supporting new programmes and innovations in fortification globally.
  • The role will primarily be focused on LSFF but will be expected to work across the cluster supporting work on commercialization of biofortified crops.

Tasks and Responsibilities Strategy development and execution:

  • Develop an innovations agenda / strategy covering- ingredients, products, technology, systems (public / private, civil society), digital solutions, markets, value propositions, business models and delivery mechanisms: retail markets, social safety net programs, institutional procurement et
  • Prioritise innovations agenda and lead execution of strategy
  • Lead cross functional teams of country and global programme staff on development and scaling up innovations in food fortification
  • Partner with colleagues working on innovations and business models on commercialization of biofortified crops, GAIN’s Nutrition Enterprise Unit, social protection programs and other parts of GAIN
  • Develop tools, resources on business incentives and business support services to fortified foods processors.
  • Develop and drive public, private partnerships (PPPs) on fortification focusing on capacity building, policy, incentives, compliance to fortification mandates and other areas of interest
  • Build external partnerships focusing on new solutions and innovations in food fortification beyond the usual suspects
  • Maintain an up-to-date understanding of current and emerging topics within the food fortification innovation landscape including grant funding models and sectoral discussions

Project Management and Delivery

  • Provide technical inputs in the design and implementation of GAIN’s LSFF programmes in Bangladesh, India, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Benin, Mozambique, Pakistan, and Indonesia, as well as regional and global initiatives.
  • Support integration of digital approaches and digital data collection tools and agile project management approaches in GAIN’s LSFF and biofortification programming.
  • Supports the Cluster Lead, to identify opportunities for building pipeline and resource mobilization.
  • Support efforts to disseminate findings by writing blogs, articles and other publications on GAIN’s innovations and business models work specifically and food fortification generally.
  • Support preparation and presentation of high-quality analysis and research, as required, to support
  • LSFF team in determining future strategic priorities and setting operational plans.Tasks and Responsibilities
  • Strategy development and execution
  • Develop an innovations agenda / strategy covering- ingredients, products, technology, systems (public / private, civil society), digital solutions, markets, value propositions, business models and delivery mechanisms: retail markets, social safety net programs, institutional procurement et
  • Prioritise innovations agenda and lead execution of strategy
  • Lead cross functional teams of country and global programme staff on development and scaling up innovations in food fortification
  • Partner with colleagues working on innovations and business models on commercialization of biofortified crops, GAIN’s Nutrition Enterprise Unit, social protection programs and other parts of GAIN
  • Develop tools, resources on business incentives and business support services to fortified foods processors.
  • Develop and drive public, private partnerships (PPPs) on fortification focusing on capacity building, policy, incentives, compliance to fortification mandates and other areas of interest
  • Build external partnerships focusing on new solutions and innovations in food fortification beyond the usual suspects
  • Maintain an up-to-date understanding of current and emerging topics within the food fortification innovation landscape including grant funding models and sectoral discussions
  • Project management and delivery
  • Provide technical inputs in the design and implementation of GAIN’s LSFF programmes in Bangladesh,
  • India, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Benin, Mozambique, Pakistan, and Indonesia, as well as regional and global initiatives.
  • Support integration of digital approaches and digital data collection tools and agile project management approaches in GAIN’s LSFF and biofortification programming.
  • Supports the Cluster Lead, to identify opportunities for building pipeline and resource mobilization.
  • Support efforts to disseminate findings by writing blogs, articles and other publications on GAIN’s innovations and business models work specifically and food fortification generally.
  • Support preparation and presentation of high-quality analysis and research, as required, to support
  • LSFF team in determining future strategic priorities and setting operational plans.
  • With Knowledge Leadership team, actively monitor LSFF programs; ensures timely data collection and analyzes their performance, interprets program evaluations to identify implications and implements policy and program actions
  • Support building out of better integration between food safety, commercialization of biofortified crops and LSFF programming.

Key Organisational Relationships:

  • Cluster Lead, Food Fortification
  • Country Directors and Food Fortification Project Managers
  • Senior Technical Specialist, Knowledge Leadership
  • Programme Services Team colleagues
  • Knowledge Leadership colleagues working on fortification assessment, knowledge mobilization
  • Development Office, Corporate communications and Policy & External Relations
  • Liaises with local and global partners to ensure optimal project implementation.
  • Liaises with network of consultants and experts, who provide technical assistance to the Initiative

Job Requirements Education:

  • Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in Marketing, Public Health, Nutrition, Business Administration, Food Science, Public Policy, Innovations Management, IT or related field.

Other Requirements:

  • Excellent communication skills (oral and written) in English essential
  • Other languages such as French desirable.

Competencies:

  • Good project management skills
  • Proven ability to use initiative, prioritize, multi-task, and work well under pressure to meet deadlines
  • Strong communication skills in multicultural, multi-lingual environments, written and verbal. Media savviness is a plus
  • Flexible, goal oriented and willingness and ability to travel
  • IT literate with excellent MS Office skills including advanced Excel and PowerPoint
  • Self-management (independence and initiative)
  • Team working and partnerships
  • Communication and strategic influencing

Experience:

  • We are seeking someone who is intellectually curious but prepared to get their hands dirty and be able to build unusual partnerships. Key attributes include:
  • Private sector experience is a must. A blend of experience from public and private sectors preferred.
  • Experience of both B2B and B2C markets is an added advantage
  • Track record of out of the box thinking; whether systems design or innovations, technology, markets.
  • Specific experience from the food processing/agribusiness sector
  • Strong background in brand management, innovations, market analysis, market shaping strategies, supply chain management or digital programs to improve services in agriculture, food industry or public health
  • Experience driving digital projects and knowledge of agile project management approaches, an added advantage
  • Strong interpersonal skills, ability to work in an international team, comfortable with multi-tasking and operating in a fast paced, multi-faceted, and multi-cultural environment
  • Experience working at both at global and country levels and on PPPs preferred
  • Savviness across various media platforms a distinct advantage
  • Knowledge or experience in food fortification will be an added advantage
  • Experience in business consultancy an added advantage

What GAIN Offers

  • Flexible working hours.
  • Friendly working environment.
  • Professional development opportunities.
 2022-06-01

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