About the Role

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Project Officer, Food Systems and Environment to support the coordination and implementation of project activities. This role will be offered on a 2 years’ fixed-term contract basis, subject to availability of funding. You will be based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Reporting to the Project Manager, Food Systems and Environment, the Project Officer will be responsible for core project activities and will provide a range of support services including reporting and summarizing, coordinating resources, partnership management and project plan implementation and monitoring to ensure project outcomes are achieved on time, on budget in accordance with GAINs Project Management Guidelines.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Supporting timely project implementation of the environment workstream under the NFP programme at country level
• Preparing draft cooperation agreement, budget and related documents and ensuring it complies with the standard contracting process and templates
• Working with the Project Manager, Food Systems and Environment to develop meeting agendas, draft presentations and/or briefing notes and taking meeting minutes. Responsible for scheduling and planning for project meetings, events, and conference calls
• Conducting regular field visits of activities carried out under the project by partners under the supervision of the Project Manager, Food Systems and Environment. Following up with partners for timely submission of reports and preparing timely monitoring reports with findings and recommendations
• Maintaining strong partnerships with civil INGOs, government entities, private sector and other organizations
• Working with global and country teams to develop communications materials such as blogs, articles, videos, social media posts in driving awareness and engagement with the linkages between nutrition and climate, and the solutions to joint challenges
• Handling accurate and timely financial transactions of the program including processing purchase orders, contracts and invoices
• Supporting the country team in developing project proposals in collaboration with the project team, technical team, and support team

About You

The ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience in implementing projects in food systems and environment with government or international organizations and broad understanding of programme issues and advocacy work for development programmes, NGOs, donor funded and related projects. Candidates with experience working in climate-prone districts and financial administration processes would be an advantage.

You will have strong communication skills presenting and able to present clear and structured arguments. The ideal candidate should be fluent in written and spoken English and Bangla. You will be highly flexible and willing to GAIN’s implementation area. In addition to this, you will have strong ability to work with diverse groups/individuals, ranging from government ministries and departments, local governments, local community groups, civil society and the private sector.

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree level in environmental science, agriculture, development studies, business administration, public health or related field. You will have experience in project management and passionate about the challenges of addressing nutrition, food systems and environmental issues.

About our Offer

The starting salary on offer for this role is from BDT 1,207,404 – BDT 1,381,380 per annum (gross salary), 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 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 be currently based and have the existing right to live and work in the Dhaka, Bangladesh region to be eligible to apply for this position.

This advert closes on 5th February 2025. 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.