Job Title: Senior Associate, Nutritious Foods Financing
Organisation: Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Salary: UGX 63,781,560 /=
About Organisation:
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (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.
Job Summary: The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Senior Associate, Nutritious Foods Financing to lead technical assistance within sub-Sahara Africa to SMEs for Nutritious Foods Financing Facility(N3F) and to co-lead to GAIN’s work on innovative financing and coordination of activities under the same component in Nourishing Food Pathways work stream. This role will be offered on a sixteen(16) month fixed term contract, subject to availability of funding and will be based in either Kigali, Rwanda or Kampala, Uganda.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Identifying the key technical assessment needs of SMEs operating in the food value chain that are in the potential pipeline for the N3F Fund, working together with the investment officers at our partner asset investment management company
- Developing technical assistance support packages tailored to individual SMEs and group training according to common needs in the portfolio
- Monitor and coordinate the implementation of project workplans and ensure that all assignments deliver maximum value for money
- Reviewing and refining procedures, monitoring mechanisms, and feedback forms for the provision of Technical Assistance to SMEs
- Working closely with GAIN’s Knowledge Leadership and our partners’ MEL groups to ensure monitoring, evaluation and learning take place
- Managing the NFP activities focused on innovative finance and nutrition investing, including consultancy collaborations, exploring the nexus between nutrition and gender, and mapping of the nutrition investment landscape
- Representing GAIN at national and regional technical meetings and workshops and assisting in the coordinating and organisation of national and international events, technical meetings, and workshops
- Maintaining up-to-date market knowledge/intelligence, geographic and sector mappings on the food and agriculture financing and (social) (impact) investing landscape and sharing the same within the GAIN team and more broadly, including identifying key partners to influence and support in communication pieces (blogs, reports, articles)
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate will have professional experience working with SMEs to provide technical assistance specifically having experience in a technical assistance facility / accelerator / incubator preferably setting within the sub-Sahara region. Experience relating to impact investment/innovative financing will be a key asset.
- The postholder should have demonstrated experience and a deep understanding of what makes an SME scale their operations, grow, and succeed.
- You will have excellent communication skills and be willing to work in multicultural and multi-lingual environments as well as demonstrated excellence in report writing, research and analytical ability. Also, you will be highly flexible and be willing to travel in challenging environments.
How to Apply:
All candidates should apply online at the link below.
Deadline: 1st August 2025
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Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: no experience required