Policy Officer

About the Role

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Policy Officer to provide technical support to the Mozambique Senior Policy Advisor and Nourishing Food Pathway (NFP) MZ workstream 1.1 (WS1.1) manager in ensuring the program delivery, as well as in the delivery of country’s activities related to the Nourishing Food Pathways Mozambique Work Package. This role will be offered on a two and a half(2.5) year fixed term contract, subject to availability of funding and will be based in Maputo, Mozambique.

This position will provide support to the Mozambique Senior Policy Advisor in its overall policy & advocacy activities implementation so that overall country policy & advocacy milestones and goals are met.

It will also support to strengthen GAIN Mozambique’s policy and advocacy work and its ability to engage with and influence global, national, and sub-national policy processes with food systems approach as to ensure that the policy and advocacy interventions led by GAIN and by its different partners under the country’s policy influencing agenda goals are met.

The Policy Officer will support and contribute to country’s policy, advocacy and capacity building efforts as well as supporting with the implementation of ongoing policy initiatives and those that will emerge during the timeframe of this work position.

This role will work under the management and supervision of the Mozambique Senior Policy Advisor as the country manager for the NFP-WS1.1 and Country Coordinator for the Moz NFP Work Package and will support the implementation of related policy & advocacy activities.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Provide technical and operational support to Mozambique’s Senior Policy Advisor in ensuring the delivery of programs and country activities related to Nourishing Food Pathway (NFP) MZ workstream 1.1.
• Support and contribute to relevant policy desk research, literature reviews, and other research analysis.
• Contribute to contentment development, research and drafting of policy papers and briefs, factsheets, success stories and other documents which synthesize GAIN learnings, values, and priorities.
• Support in the operational and logistic preparation of overall policy programmatic and field activities.
• Support technically and operationally in the planning and preparation of internal and external meetings, events, convenings and trips; prepare reports and follow-up.
• Support in consultant contracting processes concerning to preparation of Terms of Reference, drafting, approval and implementation including timely financial disbursements and reporting tracking.
• Support in both internal and external stakeholders’ engagement, policy, external relations and communications management.

About you

The ideal candidate should have experience conducting desk research, literature reviews, and other research analysis and synthesize findings. Proven track record in supporting policy and advocacy programs and activities especially on public policies related to food systems and nutrition.

You should be highly organized, and detail oriented as this position will support the Senior Policy Advisor on operational and logistical components of programming in addition to having experience in supporting stakeholder convenings for advocacy and policy influencing.

The position holder should have an education background with a degree in a relevant field such as agriculture, economics, nutrition, public health, public policies, progressive experience in a similar role.

Certificates and diplomas in relevant capacity and work experience in Nutrition, Public Policy/, Public Program Administration, Public Health or a suitable equivalent would be an added advantage on top of the degree.

About our Offer

The starting gross salary on offer for this role is from USD 22’059 – USD 25’245 gross per annum, depending on experience.

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.

About GAIN

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the United Nations in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition. Due to COVID19, conflict in Ukraine and climate change, malnutrition and hunger have worsened significantly since 2019, reversing a decade of progress. There is growing recognition that our food systems need to change if we are to reverse these trends.

GAIN’s Strategy aims to transform food systems to make healthier diets from sustainable food systems accessible to all people and especially those whose are most vulnerable to shocks. By 2027, we aim to improve the access of 1.5 billion people to nutritionally enhanced staple foods, improve the access of 25 million people to healthier diets, and support positive food system change in 10 countries. This is bold and complex, and the only way to achieve this is to work together with partners including governments, businesses, and civil society at the country and global level. These goals, and the ways of achieving them, build on our twenty-year legacy of transforming people’s lives with improved nutrition through concerted action and effective policy change.

Our Working Culture and Environment

We provide a flexible working environment that includes a combination of home and office working opportunities through our global hybrid working policy. This encourages our staff to have a healthy work-life balance and increases staff motivation, enriches employee wellbeing, and improves performance and productivity.

All of our positions are based in one or more of GAIN’s designated offices as stated on our job advertisements. Successful candidates will be based in one of GAIN’s country offices and must have the existing right to live and work within a reasonably commutable distance of the relevant city / cities in which the role is advertised. Please note, that GAIN does not sponsor working visas and relocations.

GAIN reserves the right to withdraw an offer of employment for candidates who are considered to ineligible under the above conditions during or after the recruitment process.

Applicants must have the right to work and be currently based in the advertised country location, to be eligible to apply for this position.

This advert closes on 16th March 2024. Early applications are encouraged. GAIN reserves the right to close this advert early should we receive suitable candidates ahead of the closing date.

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition is committed to equality of opportunity and creating an inclusive environment where diversity is valued. We are keen to reflect the diversity of our society at every level within our organisation and therefore welcome applications from talented and committed people from all backgrounds, representing the diverse societies we operate in.