Junior Associate, Improving Consumption of Animal Source Foods project (ASF)

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Junior Associate, Improving Consumption of Animal Source Foods project (ASF) to provide administrative support across a wide range of functions within the ASF project. This role will be offered on a full-time permanent basis, subject to availability of funding and will be based in Beira, Mozambique.

About GAIN

GAIN is a Swiss-based foundation that was launched in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition. Working with both governments and businesses, we aim to transform food systems so that they deliver more nutritious food for all people. In particular, we aim to make healthier food choices more desirable, more available, and more affordable. GAIN’s mission is to advance nutrition outcomes by improving consumption of nutritious and safe food for all people, especially those most vulnerable to malnutrition.

About the role

Improving consumption of Animal Source Foods(ASF) project, aims to improve diet quality by increasing consumption of animal source foods of 1,1 million bottom of pyramid consumers in Beira and Nacala corridors by supporting its desirability, affordability and accessibility in urban, peri-urban and rural areas. Specifically, the project will (a) deliver a demand generation campaign, (b) support development of last mile distribution system and (c) support policy enabling environment for sustainable impact of the interventions.

Reporting to the ASF Senior Project Manager, the Junior Associate will provide administrative support across a wide range of functions including supporting the ASF Manager with e-contracting tool process, initiating and following-up with contracting parties and respective contract approvers, signing of contracts uploading all necessary documents to share point in liaison with necessary stakeholders. The Junior associate will actively contribute to knowledge management in the ASF project team.

Key Responsibilities include

• Support the ASF Manager with e-contracting tool process, including initiate and follow-up with contracting parties and respective contract approvers, signing of contracts uploading all necessary documents to share point in liaison with legal team.
• Support the ASF manager ensuring updated information on payments in relation to the ASF portfolio.
• Liaise with ASF team to give adequate support to all external support contracted by GAIN for all services, including ensuring needed resources are availed on time.
• Support the organization and participate in all weekly meetings and monitor all activities of service providers and maintain professional relationships with them.
• Support all aspects relevant to the contracts and procurement process, including the prequalification, preparation, assessment of tenders and award of purchase orders/contracts including contracts administration.
• Assist in conducting regular visits to grantee working location to verify actual status.
• Support the ASF manager with project baselining and monthly data collection from grantees that would feed into the ASF defined M&E indicators, as well as reporting to project stakeholders including donors.
• Actively contribute to knowledge management in the Mozambique team as well as the whole of GAIN.

About you

The ideal candidate should have an understanding of the agribusiness or food value chain landscape in Mozambique combined with basic business development skills. They should be able to provide administrative support to multiple stakeholders across the project. The candidate should be detail oriented and able to provide field support.

The post holder should demonstrate systematic thinking with good sense of judgement, problem solving and creativity. Business development experience would be an added advantage. Ability to liaise with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure business support.

You should possess good negotiation skills with ability to support the project manager in engaging contractors and vendors to deliver high quality results. The candidate should have an education background in Food Technology, Agribusiness, Business Management, Entrepreneurship & SME management and/or relevant technical field or work experience.

About our offer

The starting gross salary on offer for this role is from USD14,894 – USD17,037 per annum, depending on experience. Other benefits are as attached below the job description.

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.

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.

For more detailed information please see the attached job description. To apply, follow the “Apply Now” link.

This advert closes on 5th January 2023. 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.