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The Enhancing Access to Safe and Nutritious Diets (ENSAND) project is a 5-year project that seeks to improve the dietary quality of Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP) households by increasing egg consumption amongst children. The focus is mainly on young children aged six months to nine years in FCT, Kaduna, and Kebbi states. The project's strategic approach targets both out-of-school and in-school children. For in-school children, the project aims to leverage the Nigerian Social Investment Program (NSIP), specifically the Home-Grown School Feeding Program (HGSFP), targeting children from Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP) households attending government primary schools in classes 1-3 and their out-of-school siblings aged 6-59 months of age.

GAIN Nigeria seeks to recruit a Project Coordinator who will be located in Kaduna and responsible for the implementation of project activities under the ENSAND project. With support from the Senior Project Manager, this position will also be directly responsible for the coordination of the Dutch 3.0 Social Protection intervention intended to enhance the effective delivery of the ENSAND project. The Project Coordinator will support the implementation of specific project activities including demand generation, capacity building, partnership management and reporting. In addition, s/he will also support the management of CSO partners and consultants who will be recruited to deliver specialized elements of the project output/deliverables. This position will report directly to the Senior Project Manager and programme lead for the ENSAND project.

Key Responsibilities include

• Support the Senior Project Manager in managing the project schedule, activity, milestones, tracking of progress and deliverables.
• Support the drafting of necessary project documents during implementation as per the GAIN Project Management Guidelines (PMG) i.e., results framework, work plans etc.
• Support prospective partners capacity assessment exercises, development and implement context specific scope of work aimed at enhancing access and consumption of eggs by children in designated home-grown school feeding programme and BoP households.
• Directly responsible for the delivery of the Kaduna component of ENSAND project and complementary Social Protection activities that cuts across access, demand generation and external environment (EE) intervention pathways.
• Responsible for tracking and providing updates on ENSAND and Social Protection project workplans using innovative medium that helps the team to keep abreast of project deliverables.
• Lead the development, implementation and tracking of partner’s post Organizational Development (OD) capacity building/system strengthening response plan including the project’s demand generation intervention in Kaduna.

About You

• The ideal candidate should have knowledge and experience managing and reporting on community-based demand generation interventions among vulnerable population including children from Bottom of Pyramid(BoP) households. You should have proven knowledge of poultry value chain, agricultural and or any other food value chain in Nigeria.
• The ideal candidate should also have partnership management and experience in coordinating and tracking capacity building interventions is required. Some understanding of the gender and protection dynamics of humanitarian and development work, and ability to capture this in the analysis and design of interventions. Experience working with government institutions especially at state and LGA level.
• An education background with a degree or equivalent from a recognized institution in project management and/or bachelor’s degree in business management, international relations, sustainable development, economics, peace and conflict studies, nutrition science, public health, programme management, food technology, or related field.

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The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Project Manager, Nutrition Impact at Scale to implement the Nutrition Impact at Scale (NIS) project while working with partners supporting SMEs to scale their businesses with a nutrition lens .This role will be offered on a three(3) year fixed term contract, subject to availability of funding and will be based in Abuja, Nigeria.

The Project Manager provides functional, technical, and managerial leadership to projects and teams in the thematic area. They lead a high performing cross-functional project team, and establish, manage, and maintain relationships with relevant partners and stakeholders. They are responsible for the overall project management leadership and ensure the project team implements project activities within approved plans, budget, and quality standards.

The Project Manager will be responsible for implementing the Nutrition Impact at Scale (NIS) Project while working with partners supporting SMEs to scale their businesses with a nutrition lens. The role holder will also provide technical assistance to agrifood companies/SMEs in the Nutritious Foods Financing (N3F) Programme. Throughout the project life cycle, he/she will ensure accurate planning, management and reporting of activities, budgets (resources), monitoring, external services and any other key areas required to deliver successful projects.

Key Responsibilities include

• Support the implementation of Technical Assistance activities within the N3F.
• Define project scope, activities, and objectives in line with the GAIN business plans, programme frameworks, and organizational strategic priorities.
• Identify suitable technical partners and propose roles that add value to the project.
• Ensure that implementation of project activities is in line with the policies and best practice standards of GAIN.
• Engage key external partners in project design, implementation, and review.
• Work with international finance to ensure that accurate budgets and forecasting are drawn up for all activities, and that activities costs are kept within budgets.

About you

• The ideal candidate should have experience supporting SMEs to scale their businesses with a nutrition lens. The position holder will provide technical assistance to agrifood companies/SMEs in the Nutritious Foods Financing (N3F). You should have demonstrated experience in project management with ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders.
• You should have strong skills in business model specification and monitoring at the business and sector level. A high level of innovative thinking is required to succeed in this role. The candidate should have a postgraduate university degree in a relevant technical field such as (business administration, project management, agriculture, agribusiness),  degree or recognized international accreditation in project management.