About GAIN

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. Due to COVID19, conflict in Ukraine and climate change, malnutrition and hunger have worsened significantly since 2019, reversing a decade of progress. There is growing recognition that our food systems need to change if we are to reverse these trends.

GAIN’s Strategy aims to transform food systems to make healthier diets from sustainable food systems accessible to all people and especially those whose are most vulnerable to shocks. By 2027, we aim to improve the access of 1.5 billion people to nutritionally enhanced staple foods, improve the access of 25 million people to healthier diets, and support positive food system change in 10 countries. This is bold and complex, and the only way to achieve this is to work together with partners including governments, businesses, and civil society at the country and global level. These goals, and the ways of achieving them, build on our twenty-year legacy of transforming people’s lives with improved nutrition through concerted action and effective policy change.

About the Role

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Project Officer, Demand Generation and Social Behavioral Change Communication (SBCC) to support and monitor the Demand generation/ Social Behavioral Change Communication (SBCC) activities under the Better Dairy for All (BDFA) projects in Ethiopia. This role will be offered on a fixed term contract basis until December 2026, subject to availability of funding. You will be based in GAIN’s Ethiopia office in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. 

Reporting to the Project Manager, you will coordinate the GAIN overall SBCC activities within the BDFA project and will also provide technical support to the local partners and consultants during implementation, The postholder will also ensure that the agreed deliverables are within the agreed SLA’s (Service Level Agreements) which pertain to quality, quantity, budget and timelines.   

In the intervention woredas, the consumption behavior of the dairy product is low (even in the non-fasting period). In addition, there is a social norm the is related to religion where people don’t feed dairy to children of age 6 month to 7 years old even though those age groups are exempted from fasting. So, there is a need to improve the dairy product consumption by generation demand towards the positive consumption of dairy product. Demand generation is a marketing strategy that looks at consumer need, and the product you're offering, and then finding the perfect way to bring awareness to that product in a way that will hopefully later translate to promising leads. It will be carried out with the demand generation tools like market activation, media, use of SBCC printing material etc.

Key Responsibilities include

• Collaborating with colleagues, consultants and local implementing partners to support the SBCC activities

• Working closely with creative agencies, local media and local implementing partners to ensure all SBCC activities are completed as planned on time and with high quality

• Participating in the project’s SBCC intervention in stakeholder engagement processes

• Ensuring that all SBCC/demand generation project activities are completed according to the implementation timeframe and budget

• Responsible for the follow-up of the contracted local implementing partner and consultants on the SBCC implementation

• Conducting monitoring field visits as required to ensure that project progress is on track

• Collecting data from contracted partners and assisting in developing a report in line with the donor and government needs

• Coordinating with the regional government partners to ensure activities are created in synergy with government activity

• Involving in creating awareness towards dairy consumption

• Organising the demand generation intervention in both the DICAC and media intervention

• Working closely with local media on demand generation intervention and monitoring the media intervention to the target community

Job Requirements

About You

The ideal candidate will have proven experience in project management within SBCC and awareness creation to improve health and nutritious food consumption like dairy product. You will have demonstrable working experience with the community level behavioral change intervention and experience in collaborating with government partners and other community intervention organizations. Candidates with experience working in dairy value chain work will be an added advantage.

In addition, you will have understanding of issues related to nutritious food consumption in Ethiopia and knowledge of SBCC, including both ATL (Above the line marketing) and BTL (below the line marketing).

The postholder should possess excellent writing skills with analytical capacity and ability to synthesize project outputs and relevant findings for the preparation of quality project reports. You will be fluent in written and spoken English and Amharic and willing to work in a multi-cultural or international environment. In addition, you should be highly flexible and willing and able to travel frequently to the field.

A recognized international accreditation in a project management or Bachelor’s degree in Communication, Sociology, Nutrition, Public health, Marketing or related field. Candidates with Postgraduate qualification in a relevant discipline will be a strong advantage. You will be computer literate in Microsoft Office and with strong analytical and technical abilities.

About our Offer

The starting salary on offer for this role is from USD 10,920 – USD 12,480 per annum (gross salary), depending on experience.

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 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.

How to Apply

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Applicants must be currently based and have the existing right to live and work in the Bahir Dar, Ethiopia region to be eligible to apply for this position.

This advert closes on 1st May 2024. 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.