Career Opportunity at The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)

Employment Nigeria 23-Dec-2016 NIGERIA , Administrative

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is driven by the vision of a world without malnutrition. The organization is delivering improved nutrition to an estimated 1 billion people in more than 30 countries, half of whom are women and children. Our programs in Africa and Asia enable better diets through working with national and multinational businesses, governments and civil society to promote fortified staple foods and to improve the quality of food along agricultural value chains. By building multi-stakeholder alliances that deliver impact at scale, we believe malnutrition can be eliminated within our lifetimes.

POSITION : West Africa Regional Coordinator, SUN Business Network

SUN and the SUN Business Network
Since 2010, the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement has inspired a new way of working collaboratively to end malnutrition, in all its forms. With the governments of 57 SUN Countries in the lead, SUN unites civil society, the United Nations, donors, businesses and researchers-in a collective effort to improve nutrition. The SUN Business Network (SBN) was established in 2013 to mobilise business at a global and national level, in SUN Countries, to support the SUN Movement.

The SUN Business Network (SBN) is creating a Regional Coordinator role in Africa to support existing networks in the region, and support the development of new national SBNs in more African SUN Countries, particularly in West Africa. This role will support the network in developing the tools available to SUN Countries to engage business in nutrition through its SBN Country Toolkit.
This role is fully-funded until 31st October 2017, and the tasks below are related to this deadline. Further funding is likely beyond this date.

Overall Purpose

The Regional Coordinator will help existing African national SBNs increase their business reach and impact by increasing the number of business members and number of members taking forward components of national SBN action plans.
The Regional Coordinator will also support 3 SUN Countries in West Africa to develop national SBNs.
This will be achieved through the provision of guidance to SUN Countries, and where relevant, to national SBN coordinators.
The regional coordinator will ensure the sharing of good practice amongst national SBNs at a regional level and also ensure that tools within the SBN’s Country toolkit are fully utilized to strengthen existing and develop new SBNs.
Further, they will ensure that updated business nutrition indicators are shared and the performance management framework applied.

Tasks & Responsibilities
Specifically the Regional SBN Coordinator will:

Support 3 SUN countries in West Africa to develop new national SBNs, through advocacy, stakeholder engagement and the identification of fundraising opportunities, as well as through the engagement of WFP regional offices
Establish a regional SBN support and coordination mechanism for national SBNs in Africa. To include a mechanism for sharing and applying the SBN SUN Country toolkit and lessons learned.
Provide guidance to existing African SBNs in development and strengthening of networks in the two countries
Ensure the SBN Country toolkit of guidance and best practice tools are made available to African SUN countries, WFP regional offices and other appropriate organisations, and utilised appropriately through guides, workshops, country visits or 1:1 calls
Ensure business nutrition indicators and performance management framework are shared with all national SBNs through guides and workshops, and applied by at least two SBNs in Africa
Identify issues/areas within relevant government strategy documents and action plans where the private sector could play an instrumental delivery role, through their core business operations
Manage a small fund for regional activities that could include regional events or studies

Key Organizational Relationships:

Reports into SBN Senior Manager (London-based), and will work closely with the SBN global team
This role will directly support SBN National Coordinators in Africa and also SUN Partners in Countries developing national SBNs

Job Requirements
Skills and Attributes:

Strong project management skills, including budget management
Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills
Self-starter and good team player; Strong internal and external collaboration, diplomacy, representation and negotiation skills
Highly motivated and capable of delivering high value under tight timelines
Partnership building/brokering
Analytical/strategy oriented
Drive, rigor, lateral thinking and problem solution oriented
Existing network of private sector partners in the region
Ability to adapt and work within a multicultural, multilingual and multidisciplinary environment
Advanced Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills

Core Competencies:

Project Management
Initiative
Teamwork/Collaboration/Negotiation
Knowledge Sharing

Experience:

At least 10 years’ experience working in Africa, either in a private company or in a multi-stakeholder development partnership involving business
Strong experience in project management, business strategy, business processes, business development, communications, marketing and / or management
Excellent relationship management experience, and familiar with managing a wide platform of stakeholders
Understanding of the role of business in contributing to Sustainable Development Goals

Education:

Qualified to Bachelors or Masters degree level in Business/Management/Development studies or other social sciences, or equivalent experience

Other Requirements

Business English and French, written and verbal is essential
Willingness and ability to travel globally

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