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: CASCADE Programme Associate

Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Duration: 36 Months
Travel required: Less than 20%
Grade: 3

About the Role

• The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking for a CASCADE Programme Associate to provide operational, administrative, and coordination support to the GAIN CASCADE programme across six countries. This role will be offered on fixed-term contract of up to 3 years’, subject to availability of funding. This position is open to GAIN’s country offices in Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria or Mozambique.
• The (Catalyzing Strengthened Policy Action for Healthy Diets and Resilience) CASCADE programme goal is to improve food security and contribute to the reduction of malnutrition of at least 5 million women of reproductive age and children in Benin, Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Mozambique.

Objectives
The CASCADE programme has two strategic objectives:

• To increase access to and consumption of healthy diets among household members in the six programme countries, particularly women of reproductive age and children. Strategic objective
• To increase resilience to price and climate change-related shocks and stresses of household members in the six programme countries, particularly women of reproductive age and children. CASCADE programme will operate in six countries until December 2026.
• Supporting the Programme Lead you will keep track of the countries project status, challenges, opportunities, stories, and timely delivery of projects across the countries. The role will provide operational, administrative, and coordination support to the GAIN CASCADE programme.

Overall Purpose

• The CASCADE programme Associate will support the Programme Lead in keeping track (documenting and analyzing) of countries project statuses, challenges, opportunities, stories to support the quality and timely delivery of projects across the countries. The role will provide operational, administrative, and coordination support to the GAIN CASCADE programme.
• The programme associate will report to the GAIN CASCADE programme lead and work closely with the CASCADE Project Management Unit (PMU) (GAIN and CARE), GAIN country project teams, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and Knowledge Leadership teams, Policy and Advocacy leads, Development Office (DO) and relevant CARE counterpart.

Tasks and Responsibilities
Program coordination and administration:

• Providing support to the planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting processes of CASCADE projects.
• Support the relevant team members in the preparation, updating and filing of project documents including PRISM and progress reporting (led by DO).
• Support the quality and timely delivery of countries projects by ensuring project managers are well informed of processes, deadlines and requirements and connected with relevant resources from elsewhere in GAIN.
• Contribute to the tracking of CASCADE project workplan activities on an ongoing basis and escalate any issues and challenges to Programme Lead to ensure resolution.
• Support work to coordinate and synergize efforts of GAIN and CARE across countries, and between GAIN and CARE within countries as needed.
• Contribute to the development of CASCADE team capacity building and retreat agendas, including planning and organization, and supporting cross-programme and cross-country learning.
• Develop and manage a team travel and milestone calendar.
• Support project logistics and organization of field trips/general travel, team meetings/workshops/calls, and trainings – virtually and in person.
• Provide administrative assistance to Programme Lead, including travel arrangements.
• Assist new CASCADE team members in overall onboarding.
• Support in aligning CASCADE project activities with other projects (including other Dutch funding) across countries.

Internal and Consortium Communications:

• Assist in drafting internal communications, and ensuring good communication within programme team across countries.
• Coordinate for timely reporting, PRISM updates and review meetings with country project teams and Programme Lead.
• Updates to GAIN and CARE team members about new team members and other important information.
• Respond to the information needs of other GAIN teams.
• Manage the team SharePoint page

Relationship Management:

• Support coordination between country teams, technical teams and professional services to contribute to the effective management and delivery of the CASCADE programme.
• Work closely with CARE team.
• Contribute to a culture of mutual accountable partnership with other teams within GAIN and CARE that supports CASCADE programme implementation.

Key Organizational Relationships:

• Reports to CASCADE Programme Lead
• Support Development Office Senior Associate (reporting); Monitoring and Evaluation/Research leads (Global and in country); Advocacy leads (Global and In Country); In-country Project Managers; Finance Leads (global and in-country)
• Works closely with GAIN and CARE global, as well as the wider country teams.
• Will liaise regularly with all teams at GAIN and CARE.

Job Requirements
Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, International Relations, Communication or another related field.

Job Specific Competencies:

• Able to deliver a professional administrative support service maintaining office records and files and gathering and managing information.
• Familiarity with working in an international context across multiple countries.
• Excellent knowledge and experience of Microsoft packages.
• Competent in the use of Excel spreadsheets to record and track financial data.
• Ability to work with complex databases.

Competencies:

• Strong project operations management, administrative, networking and communication skills.
• Highly motivated with the ability to work independently and able to deliver high quality work and achieve milestones within tight deadlines.
• Flexible and well organized, quick to learn.
• Good team player, able to work effectively as part of a multicultural, distributed team.
• Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills, including a proven ability to communicate diverse and disparate information and messaging in simple and concise formats.
• Advanced Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint skills with proven experience.

Other Requirements:

• Business English, written and verbal is essential.
• Business French, written and verbal will be preferable.
• Willingness and ability to travel within and outside of the country.

Salary
N6,897,828 – N7,876,788 Per Annum (depending on experience)

Benefits:

• 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.

Application Closing Date
15th March, 2023.