Deadline: 26 March, 2024
Location: Abuja, Nigeria, or Nairobi, Kenya
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking to fill the role of a Children and Young People Associate.
GAIN is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the United Nations in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical and administrative support to programme and country teams implementing programmatic activities related to infant foods, liaising with other GAIN departments
- Support the internal school feeding community of practice (CoP), helping to shape CoP agenda, setting up and documenting meetings and activities
- Participate in the development of GAIN’s strategy on youth employment under the leadership of the Programme Lead
- Contribute to building internal and external awareness of GAIN’s food systems for children’s work (including dissemination of project activities and findings, communications assets, working papers and other publications on GAIN’s work as required, technical groups and seminars/conferences
- In close collaboration with the procurement function, support the administrative aspects of the project procurement process
Requirements
- Degree in Food Technology, Food Science, Business Administration, Public Policy, or a related field
- Experience delivering trainings, preparation of reports and briefs, maintaining project documentation and supporting core project activities such as stakeholder management and communication
- Experience working in the private sector with SMEs or SME support organisations, school feeding projects coupled with an understanding of food systems or agriculture, infant and children’s nutrition is preferred
- Experience providing technical and administrative support to programme and country teams implementing programmatic activities related to infant foods
To apply and for more information, click here.
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