Job Details of Project Coordinator, Policy and Private Sector-CASCADE

Job description

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Project Coordinator, Policy and Private Sector-CASCADE to coordinate the key components of Policy work and private sector support within the CASCADE project. 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 Kampala Uganda.

The CASCADE project in Uganda which is implemented by GAIN seeks to strengthen existing public-private partnership (PSPs) to increase access and affordability of nutritious products and services to women and children under five years. The Project Coordinator will work closely with the project manager to ensure day to day operational delivery and implementation of the project with the private sector component taking precedence.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Maintain GAIN agenda in all fora with public, private sector and CASCADE consortium partners.
• Support the development and maintenance of relationships between SBN members, Government and B2B companies.
• Recruit new SBN members from a pool of private sector players in Uganda- Multinational, national and regional businesses. Support the coordination, management and strengthening of the SBN Uganda Platform
• Support the implementation of all CASCADE project activities in Uganda.
• Contribute to drafting reports, policy papers and briefs, factsheets and other documents which synthesize GAIN learnings, values, and priorities.
• Monitor, engage, and represent GAIN where appropriate, with key global and local policy stakeholders for CASCADE such as Joint Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Review, Quarterly thematic working group meetings, etc.
• Create opportunities to spread key messages arising from GAIN Uganda programs to relevant actors in the nutrition sector in Uganda.
• Work closely with the M&E associate to collect and update all the required M&E data for CASCADE Uganda and enter it in the system.

About you

The position holder should have private sector engagement experience bringing together businesses and developing relationships between SBN, government and businesses. Business development and support experience is highly preferred with demonstrable experience convening different private sector actors for a common purpose. You should posses strong project management and coordination experience to ensure a smooth day to day implementation and delivery of a project.

You should have demonstrated experience and ability to organize and facilitate multi stakeholders’ dialogues and policy engagements combined with experience working within a consortium to deliver projects/programs. A good understanding of government policy and regulations in Uganda food systems is highly preferred. Experience drafting reports, policy papers and briefs, factsheets and other documents which synthesize learnings, values, and priorities is required in a non-profit sector setting.

An education background with a degree in public policy, international relations, business administration or other relevant qualification is required.

About our Offer

The starting gross salary on offer for this role is from UGX 60,744,348 – UGX 69,481,140 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 21st May 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.

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