Africa Coordinator-Food and Land Use Coalition
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking to recruit the Africa Coordinator, Food and Land Use coalition where the position holder will support coordination of FOLU’s activities in Africa. This role will be offered on a one (1) year fixed term contract, subject to availability of funding and will be based in either of our offices in Nairobi or Addis Ababa.
The position holder will support in three key areas namely:
- Coordinating and supporting the strategy, delivery and performance of the FOLU country platforms in Africa ensuring their work is aligned with FOLU’s global vision.
- Acting as a bridge between the African country platforms and the Global Secretariat, facilitating knowledge exchange, learning, donor reporting, and strategic discussions.
- Supporting fundraising and resource mobilization to strengthen country platforms and enable them to achieve impact within the broader global FOLU framework.
- As a member of the Global Secretariat, support the Country Directors in FOLU’s country platforms in Africa (currently FOLU Ethiopia and FOLU Kenya) to enable the successful delivery of planned activities.
- Coordinate with the country platforms to help address the operational and strategic challenges assisting with problem solving and supporting the progress of delivery
- Work closely with the Funds Management Team in the Global Secretariat to ensure timely. disbursements, accurate forecasts and the appropriate allocation of resources, while also assisting with the reporting of country platform financials as needed.
- Support the country platforms with their resource mobilization efforts when needed, working closely with FOLU’s Senior Development Manager.
- Assist in ensuring that countries are represented in global fundraising activities including helping to develop coalition-wide proposals and participate in discussions with programmatic donors.
- Ensure that country platforms are kept informed about the activities and priorities of global teams and vice versa. This includes working with the Global Secretariat's Knowledge Generation, Communications Team, Impact and Partnerships Teams.
- Work with colleagues in the Countries Action Team to help with the scale up and expansion of FOLU’s country platforms.
About you
You should have solid stakeholder management experience with different levels of seniority and being the point contact person. Previous experience coordinating work within a coalition involving different sector actors is critical. The position holder should be able to demonstrate experience in developing concepts and proposals for resource mobilisation efforts. Knowledge of food and land use systems will be important combined with the ability to facilitate capacity building sessions with partners.
You should have excellent project management skills as this position will coordinate multiple engagements across the continent. The ideal candidate should demonstrate capacity to work in a multicultural setting and experience with project management processes and tools.
An education background with a minimum of bachelor’s degree in Environment Studies/Science, Agriculture/Food Systems, international development, Economics or related field is required.
The gross salary per annum on offer for this role is as listed below for each location.
Kenya: KES 3,219,600 - KES 3,683,388
Ethiopia: USD 14,904 - USD 17,040
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.
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. Working with governments, businesses and civil society, we aim to transform food systems so that they deliver healthier diets for all people, especially the most vulnerable.
Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, GAIN has offices in countries with high levels of malnutrition: Bangladesh, Benin, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. To support work in those countries, we have representative offices in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
At GAIN, we believe that everyone in the world should have access to nutritious, safe, and affordable food. Today, one in three people - drawn from nearly every country on the planet - are unable to consume enough nutritious food. We work to develop and deliver solutions to this daily challenge.
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 position is open to internal staff in Ethiopia and Kenya including those going through the consultation process.
For more detailed information please see the attached job description. To apply, follow the "Apply Now" link.
This advert closes on 9th January 2025. 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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