Project Officer, Vegetables for All - SYS-1229

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Project Officer, Vegetables for All to assist in the day-to-day operational delivery, implementation, and monitoring of the project, specifically focusing on tracking the progress and status of project activities. This role will be offered on a fixed term contract ending in early November 2025, subject to availability of funding and will be based in either of the following locations-Nakuru or Kiambu, Kenya.

The Project Officer will be involved in supporting the planning of the field activities and the administrative part of planning the activities and they will play a support role in assisting the Project Coordinator to liaise with stakeholders within their assigned project components.

• Support the project coordinator in the implementation of access, demand, enabling environment activities within the implementing counties.
• Managing the project schedule, activity plan and planning milestones, supporting the tracking of progress and deliverables from project partners, and implementing counties.
• Support in developing relevant documentation including but not limited to monthly and annual reports as per GAIN, donor and government requirements.
• Work in close collaboration with the project coordinator to ensure that all the implementing agencies are monitored to deliver the stated objectives within the required timelines. Conduct regular field monitoring visits of the activities to ensure that the project is well implemented.
• Support in ensuring that the market facilitators supply vegetables to the respective FoodFiti Zones.
• Follow up with implementing to ensure timely submission of reports and prepare timely monitoring reports with findings and recommendations.

About you

The ideal candidate should have experience in project management specifically in the implementation of access, demand and enabling environment activities. They should be knowledgeable in supporting the tracking of progress and deliverables from relevant stakeholders. You should have experience providing operational support to projects.

Previous experience working with market facilitators highly desirable combined with knowledge of food market zones within the mentioned locations is necessary. Experience drafting project reports and preparation of timely monitoring reports with findings and recommendations is required.

An educational background with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, international relations, communication or other related field or equivalent work experience is required.

The starting gross salary on offer for this role is KES 2,396,196 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.

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.

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 20th November 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.