Project Manager, Nutrition Impact at Scale

About the Role

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Project Manager, Nutrition Impact at Scale to implement the Nutrition Impact at Scale (NIS) project while working with partners supporting SMEs to scale their businesses with a nutrition lens .This role will be offered on a three(3) year fixed term contract, subject to availability of funding and will be based in Abuja, Nigeria.

The Project Manager provides functional, technical, and managerial leadership to projects and teams in the thematic area. They lead a high performing cross-functional project team, and establish, manage, and maintain relationships with relevant partners and stakeholders. They are responsible for the overall project management leadership and ensure the project team implements project activities within approved plans, budget, and quality standards.

The Project Manager will be responsible for implementing the Nutrition Impact at Scale (NIS) Project while working with partners supporting SMEs to scale their businesses with a nutrition lens. The role holder will also provide technical assistance to agrifood companies/SMEs in the Nutritious Foods Financing (N3F) Programme. Throughout the project life cycle, he/she will ensure accurate planning, management and reporting of activities, budgets (resources), monitoring, external services and any other key areas required to deliver successful projects.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Support the implementation of Technical Assistance activities within the N3F.
• Define project scope, activities, and objectives in line with the GAIN business plans, programme frameworks, and organizational strategic priorities.
• Identify suitable technical partners and propose roles that add value to the project.
• Ensure that implementation of project activities is in line with the policies and best practice standards of GAIN.
• Engage key external partners in project design, implementation, and review.
• Work with international finance to ensure that accurate budgets and forecasting are drawn up for all activities, and that activities costs are kept within budgets.

About you

The ideal candidate should have experience supporting SMEs to scale their businesses with a nutrition lens. The position holder will provide technical assistance to agrifood companies/SMEs in the Nutritious Foods Financing (N3F). You should have demonstrated experience in project management with ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders.

You should have strong skills in business model specification and monitoring at the business and sector level. A high level of innovative thinking is required to succeed in this role. The candidate should have a postgraduate university degree in a relevant technical field such as (business administration, project management, agriculture, agribusiness), degree or recognized international accreditation in project management.

About our Offer

The starting gross salary on offer for this role is from NGN 12’893’652– NGN 14’742’492 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 2nd January 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.