Associate – Environment and Policy

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About the Organization

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.

Job Description

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking an Associate – Environment and Policy to support the execution and coordination of project and policy activities in relating to GAIN India’s work on Climate and Nutrition. This role will be offered on a 2 years’ fixed term contract basis, subject to availability of funding. You will be based in GAIN’s India office in New Delhi, India.

Reporting to the Head of Programmes and Policy (HoPP), you will support the Environment team with their activities across GAIN’s programmes, policy and advocacy and operational work in India.

The Associate will be involved in core project activities and provide a range of support services, including preparing reports, maintaining project documentation, implementing and monitoring project plans and various other administrative tasks. In addition, you will support the policy and advocacy work and fundraising and Donor Management activities.

Job Responsibilities

• Managing assigned activities in the plan and supporting tracking progress and deliverables from project partners, donors, and implementation partners and preparing timely monitoring reports with findings and recommendations
• Preparing and maintaining project documentation and PRISM for project reporting and monitoring to ensure accessibility of quality information and contribute to the achievement of project outcomes
• Working through key food systems and sustainable development fora and mechanisms to participate in the identification of opportunities to influence strategic direction and good practice on integrated action on climate and nutrition
• Maintaining strong partnerships with civil society, INGOs, government entities, the private sector and other organizations to strengthen the work related to food systems in India to support the policy and advocacy country team
• Supporting the Communication team to develop communications materials (blogs, articles, videos, social media posts), technical documents, advocacy briefs and related materials to drive key project activities as well as to drive awareness and engagement with the linkages between nutrition and climate, and the solutions to joint challenges
• Supporting in the management and reporting for existing grants, including tracking of grant activities, drafting input for reports, and preparing for renewal proposals
• Working in close collaboration with HoPP and Country Director on opportunity screening and support proposal development for future Climate and Environment work
• Overseeing all administrative aspects of the procurement process including budgeting, procurement supporting with the drafting of agreements and contracts and logistical arrangements within ethical and procurement standards and guidelines
• Processing timely payments to consultants and other service providers, ensuring compliance with GAIN procurement policy.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• The ideal candidate will have experience in project management and rounded knowledge on environmental challenges and opportunities in LMIC settings. Candidates with experience in delivering a wide range of project management and support services within tight deadlines, limited resources, while managing competing priorities would be desirable. In addition, you will possess strong ability to work with diverse groups/individuals, ranging from local partners, local authorities, local community groups, the civil society and the private sector.
• You will possess good communication and influencing skills, fluency in written and spoken in English and willing to work in a multi-country and multi-cultural environment. You should also be highly flexible and willing and able to travel.
• The ideal candidate will posess strong writing skills, with analytical capacity and ability to synthesize project outputs and relevant findings for the preparation of quality project reports. A Bachelor’s degree in business management, international relations, sustainable development, economics, development studies, peace and conflict studies or related field. You will be computer literate with advanced knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems.

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