Project Coordinator, Workforce Nutrition Strengthening Nutrition in Priority Staples at Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Project Coordinator, Workforce Nutrition Strengthening Nutrition in Priority Staples (SNiPS) to the day-to-day operational delivery, implementation, and monitoring of the project, specifically focusing on tracking the progress and status of project activities. This role will be offered on a ten(10) months fixed term contract, subject to availability of funding and will be based in Abuja, Nigeria.

The Strengthening Nutrition in Priority Staples Project (SNIPS) in Nigeria, in partnership with GIZ and the Green Innovation Centre for the Agricultural and Food Sector in Nigeria, is working on four priority value chains – Vitamin A Cassava, Vitamin A Maize, Rice, and Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato – to bring forward innovations with the potential to contribute to smallholder farmers' livelihoods and sustainable rural development. The project focuses on productivity, incomes, and jobs for smallholder farmers active in the priority value chains. This GAIN investment is an integrated plan to support and strengthen the GIC, adding a nutrition lens to make the intervention more nutrition-sensitive over the next two years in four GIC states, namely Kaduna, Benue, Nasarawa and Oyo states.

The workforce nutrition component will support farmers and workers in these value chains to improve their diets. The Workforce Nutrition (WFN) component aims to reach rice and maize value chain workers (from small holder farmers to processing employees) with workforce nutrition interventions that aim to improve the consumption of nutritious foods as part of a healthy, diverse diet for workers, farmers, and their households. The programme also aims to engage business owners in the supply chain, and local government and state authorities, on the importance of farmer/worker nutrition for greater resilience and productivity. Throughout the programme, GAIN will lead regular advocacy and engagement with business managers, and government officials on the importance of workforce nutrition for both workers and farmers.

Key Responsibilities include

• Work with stakeholders on the implementation of workforce nutrition pillars (healthy food at work, nutrition education, health checks and breastfeeding support) among organizations and the launch of the Nigeria Workforce Nutrition Alliance.
• Managing the project schedule, activity plan and planning milestones, supporting the tracking of progress and deliverables from project partners and implementing countries
• Coordinating and scheduling project review meetings at regular cycles and preparing documentation of findings and recommendations in the Project Management Tool.
• Facilitate implementation of project activities in compliance with the policies and best practice standards of GAIN.
• Produce detailed reports for stakeholders, summarizing progress, achievements, and insights.

About you

• The ideal candidate should have experience in coordination of project activities and ability to influence formulation and implementation of workforce nutrition activities.
• Experience working with actors in different value chains such as rice and maize to promote consumption of nutritious foods at the workplace and beyond.
• You should have demonstrable experience advocating and engaging with business managers, and government officials on the importance of workforce nutrition for both workers and farmers.
• You should be able to coordinate the day-to-day operational delivery, implementation, and monitoring of the project, specifically focusing on tracking the progress and status of project activities. An education with a bachelor’s degree in human nutrition, Public Health, sustainable development, development studies.