Senior Associate, Food Fortification
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GAIN is seeking a dedicated and experienced Senior Associate Food Fortification to join our team working on public health and nutrition-related fortification projects in Nigeria. The post holder will be responsible for supporting the implementation and monitoring of Large-Scale Food Fortification (LSFF) projects under the supervision of the Senior Project Manager.
The Senior Associate Food Fortification will be responsible for providing technical support and guidance to project stakeholders, including regulatory agencies, the Federal Ministry of Health, food producers in the private sector, and laboratories.
They will help develop and implement strategies to improve food fortification practices, ensure compliance with national standards, and promote effective collaboration among project stakeholders. They will work closely with government agencies, food producers, and other stakeholders to ensure effective coordination and alignment with national nutrition strategies and policies.
- Support the design, planning, implementation, and monitoring of the LSFF project activities in Nigeria, ensuring alignment with GAIN's strategic objectives and national nutrition policies.
- Support project teams on the food technology aspects of food assistance programs, ensuring compliance with food and safety regulations.
- Represent GAIN to external stakeholders, technical meetings and conferences as necessary especially government stakeholders.
- In consultation with the Senior Project Manager, develop project implementation plans, monitoring plans and budgets
- Collate and analyse data and contribute to the preparation of technical and needs assessment reports relating to food quality and safety, to inform risk management and mitigation.
- Contribute towards partnership management, technical, reporting, and monitoring support ensuring activities are delivered on time aligning with donor and organizational compliance in line with the policies and best practice standards of GAIN.
- Support project teams on the food technology aspects of food assistance programs, ensuring compliance with food and safety regulations.
- Collaborate with government agencies, food producers, and other stakeholders to strengthen the regulatory environment and enforcement of food fortification standards and guidelines.
About you
The ideal candidate should have experience in nutrition programming where they collaborate with government agencies, food producers, and other stakeholders to strengthen the regulatory environment and enforcement of food fortification standards and guidelines. You should be able to conduct technical needs assessment within the food industry including laboratories from a safety and quality standards perspective and work towards bridging those gaps.
The post holder should have strong project management skills with ability to plan a wide range of tasks while ensuring stakeholder engagement with key players in the food industry and reporting. In addition to this, do stakeholder mapping and management of key interest groups (external partners, governments, regulatory agencies, and other government agencies) for the effective implementation of the project.
You should have the ability to coordinate and influence the formulation, implementation, monitoring of projects. Demonstrate in-depth understanding of working with government stakeholders and other partners such as private sector. The candidate should have an education background in Food Technology, Health Sciences, Food Control, Nutrition or other related field, or related work experience.
The starting gross salary on offer for this role is from NGN 9’558’516 – NGN 10’907’460 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.
GAIN is a Swiss-based foundation that was launched 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 those most vulnerable to malnutrition.
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.
For more detailed information please see the attached job description. To apply, follow the "Apply Now" link.
This advert closes on 11th June 2023. 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.