Project Coordinator- Initiative on Climate Action and Nutrition (I-CAN)

About the Role

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Project Coordinator- Initiative on Climate Action and Nutrition (I-CAN) to handle the day-to-day delivery, implementation, and monitoring of I-CAN initiative, specifically focusing on tracking the progress and status of activities. This role will be offered on a 12-month fixed term contract, subject to availability of funding and will be based in either one of our GAIN country offices in Nairobi, Kenya or New Delhi, India.

The Initiative on Climate Action and Nutrition (I-CAN) is a multi-stakeholder, multisectoral global flagship initiative developed by Egypt as COP27 Presidency in partnership with GAIN, WHO, FAO, and SUN, with the goal of fostering collaboration to accelerate transformative action at the critical nexus of climate change and nutrition. I-CAN’s first year saw the delivery of two key reports that lay out the conceptual foundation to the work and set a baseline for the current state of integration. Now, I-CAN is scaling its work at both international and national levels.

GAIN is looking for a Project Coordinator to work with the Lead I-CAN, to carry the work forward together with the GAIN Environment Team and our I-CAN partners (incl. FAO, WHO, SUN, UN Nutrition and climate organisations). The Project Coordinator play a coordination role in GAINs cross-functional teams and support the maintenance of relationships with partners and stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Support the implementation and management of activities under I-CAN, including tracking, monitoring, and reporting on KPIs for I-CAN to ensure that the initiative is on time, on-budget, and well-coordinated.
• In collaboration with the I-CAN Lead and partners, support the development of annual budgets and detailed workplans for all I-CAN activities at both the global and national level.
• Provide guidance on project implementation to GAIN countries and technical know-how to design and deliver national level work including deep-dive analysis of nutrition and climate integration and technical advice on policy priorities.
• Act as a focal point for I-CAN, both internally and externally, representing I-CAN at government and donor meetings, technical groups, seminars and conferences, in coordination with the I-CAN lead.
• Coordinate planning for events and communications, in collaboration with the I-CAN Lead and I-CAN partners across climate, health, food, agriculture, gender and wider development agendas.
• Support the cultivation of a broad network of relevant partners and experts in the field, tracking I-CANs engagement with them as well as supporting the collection and management of their input.
• Support in the management and reporting for existing grants, including tracking of grant activities, drafting input for reports, and preparing for renewal proposals.

About you

The candidate should have excellent project management and coordination skills combined with a track record in stakeholder management. You should possess relationship building skills with ability to discern where synergies can be developed and how to communicate with different partners. Since the role will support the day-to-day delivery of the I-CAN initiative, you should be highly organised and comfortable handling a wide range of operational tasks.

Experience engaging with or supporting global/national policy processes, coalitions or campaigns on topics related to food systems, climate change or environmental issues is required. You should have great interpersonal skills with good written and verbal communication that can be demonstrated through previous experience in drafting policy papers, donor facing reports and communication campaigns.

An educational background with a degree in a relevant field such as environmental science, international development, public policy, public health or a related field or equivalent experience is required. Master’s degree is desirable.

About our Offer

The starting gross salary per annum on offer for this role for each location is as below.

• Kenya: KES 3,125,820 – KES 3,576,108 gross/annum
• India: INR 1,282,020 – INR 1,466,532 gross/annum

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(s), to be eligible to apply for this position.

This advert closes on 5th December 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.