Location: Nairobi, Kampala, Abuja
Salary: As listed in the advert
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Duration: 24 Months
GAIN is seeking a
dynamic Programme Lead to oversee and guide GAIN’s Consumer Demand Creation
programme, acting as the leader responsible for driving the strategic vision of
market-based demand creation and providing technical leadership across GAIN's
consumer-centric approaches, design and implementation of activities that
increase consumers’ motivation and ability to choose healthier and more
sustainable foods. The Programme Lead will continue developing and refining
GAIN's distinctive demand approach, while providing strategic clarity on when
and how to deploy different consumer-centric interventions (demand, SBCC,
nutrition education). This role will be offered on a (2) year fixed term
contract, subject to availability of funding and will be based in either of our
offices in Nairobi, Kampala or Abuja.
The Programme Lead is
responsible for setting the strategic direction of the programme, providing
technical support and team management, ensuring that evidence-based
behavioural, emotional and market-level approaches effectively increase demand
for healthier and more sustainable foods. The role involved supporting
multi-country initiatives, coordinating partnerships and representing GAIN
externally.
Overall, this role
will ensure that GAIN’s portfolio of work on demand creation delivers to the
highest possible standards.
Tasks and
Responsibilities:
Programmatic and
Strategic Leadership
- Oversee the Demand Generation Programme
working in close collaboration with the respective programme and technical
leads and leveraging their specific technical expertise, tools and
resources available.
- Review and refresh GAIN’s demand creation
approach Provide strategic clarity across GAIN on when and how to use
different consumer-centric approaches (demand creation vs SBCC vs
nutrition education), ensuring improved coherence and teams understanding
their distinct purposes, channels, and target audience.
- Advance GAIN's demand creation approach by
continuing to test, refine, and document market-based strategies that
integrate behavioural insights, emotional engagement, and marketing
principles.
- Drive internal and external awareness of
GAIN’s work (including dissemination of project activities and findings,
communications assets, working papers and other publications on GAIN’s
work) as required, represent GAIN at government and donor meetings, technical
groups, and seminars / conferences. Work alongside the Policy &
Advocacy team to design and deliver a global influencing agenda.
- Build strategic partnerships and
contribute to existing global discourse on strategic direction and good
practice for demand generation. Convene/attend events that shape these
strategic discussions.
Technical project
design and delivery support
- Provide collaborative advice and technical
guidance to colleagues throughout the project lifecycle (design,
implementation) on delivering strategically relevant, sound and feasible
demand activities.
- Collaborate with KL focal points to define
learning agenda and collaborate on M&E framework including roll-up
indicators and theory of change/logic model, results framework, and
monitoring templates.
- Coordinate with KL focal points to develop
knowledge products that advance thinking on market-based demand creation
for nutritious foods.
- Position GAIN as a thought leader in
consumer demand by contributing to practitioner discourse through
conferences and strategic convenings.
- Actively contribute to the Consumer
Nutrition team and Thematic Unit wider initiatives, supporting the Team
Lead and the Chief Technical Officer, and create linkages across the
department.
- Periodically review all of GAIN’s relevant
projects with the Project Managers concerned, facilitating the sharing of
experiences across countries, feeding in insights from outside GAIN,
mobilizing needed resources from within the organization and outside, and
identifying and resolving conflicts.
Fundraising
- Generate resource mobilization
opportunities in collaboration with the Consumer Nutrition Team Lead and
the Chief Technical Officer, and lead on proposal development for the
thematic area along with respective Leads and Programme Managers.
- Provide technical guidance to the
Development Office, lead and contribute to the development of proposals
for new funding.
Team and People
Management
- Manage and mentor the Demand Generation
team, interns and/or consultants, and support the recruitment of key
staff.
- As part of a multi-site, multi-functional
team, participate in organizational development taskforces to improve
GAIN’s overall effectiveness
The gross salary per
annum on offer for this role is as listed below for each location.
Kenya: KES 6,236,928 -
KES 7,127,928
Uganda: UGX
126,529,380 - UGX 144,542,460
Nigeria: NGN
22,211,484 - NGN 25,364,388
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.
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.
Working with governments, businesses and civil society, we aim to transform
food systems so that they deliver healthier diets for all people, especially
the most vulnerable.
Headquartered in
Geneva, Switzerland, GAIN has offices in countries with high levels of
malnutrition: Bangladesh, Benin, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique,
Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. To support work in those
countries, we have representative offices in the Netherlands, the United
Kingdom, and the United States.
At GAIN, we believe
that everyone in the world should have access to nutritious, safe, and
affordable food. Today, one in three people - drawn from nearly every country
on the planet - are unable to consume enough nutritious food. We work to
develop and deliver solutions to this daily challenge.
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 have
the right to work and be currently based in the advertised country location, to
be eligible to apply for this position.
For more detailed
information please see the attached job description. To apply, follow the
"Apply Now" link.
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.
Our core values
GAIN is committed to
equality of opportunity and to eliminating discrimination. All staff are
expected to follow GAIN Values
Our commitment to
safeguarding
GAIN is committed to
creating a safe and inclusive environment where all staff, volunteers, and job
applicants are treated with dignity and respect. We are also committed to
safeguarding the communities we work with. We have a zero-tolerance approach to
any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying,
harassment, exploitation and abuse of power or trust.
Safeguarding is
integral to our recruitment practices, and we have robust procedures in place
to prevent any form of harm, abuse, or discrimination. As part of our
commitment to safeguarding, all successful candidates will undergo thorough
background checks and vetting procedures, which can include references,
criminal records and terrorist finance checks where applicable, in accordance
with our Safeguarding Policy.
We provide
comprehensive training and support to our staff and volunteers and associates
to raise awareness of safeguarding issues and ensure they are equipped to
recognise and respond to concerns effectively.
By applying for a
position with GAIN, you agree to uphold our safeguarding principles and
contribute to maintaining a safe and supportive environment for all
individuals.
Job Description: Programme_Lead_CD_JD.pdf
Additional
Information: Safeguarding_Summary.pdf
Closing Date: 28 January 2026
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