Communications Manager At Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

About the Role

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Communications Manager to develop, coordinate and execute communications strategies to be implemented in/for GAIN Rwanda as required. The Communications Manager will strive to foster better understanding and support GAIN’s operational work as well as make sure that GAIN’s information, advice, and guidance effectively reaches key audiences to increase uptake of nutritious and safe diets. The Communications Manager will be a key resource, supporting the GAIN Rwanda team by driving external and internal communications, supporting learning across projects, and increase the visibility of GAIN’s work in Rwanda. This will be a fixed term contract running till December 2026, subject to availability of funding and will be based Kigali, Rwanda.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Develop, Coordinate and supervise the execution of GAIN Rwanda communication strategy and the activities organised across online and offline channels in alignment with GAIN’s priorities, corporate communications and country needs.
• Work closely with GAIN’s project teams and travel regularly to the field to deliver compelling content and imagery for both local and global audiences, showcasing GAIN’s work in Rwanda and impact in addressing country’s nutrition challenges.
• Develop and regularly update a database of communication and advocacy resources that can be utilized by GAIN Rwanda outreach to various audiences.
• Deliver regular thought leadership content i.e. interviews, podcasts, opinion pieces and related content.
• Strengthen and position the digital communication at country level through targeted digital engagement and positioning.
• Lead end-to-end event management and coordination of key high-level events.
• Provide guidance, tools and content to GAIN Rwanda team to reinforce coherence in messaging and brand.
• Systematically employ monitoring and metric tools for measuring impact, gauging gaps and assisting fine tuning of our public communications strategy.

About you

The ideal candidate should have experience designing communication strategies for an organisation and ensuring brand management. Experience working with project teams covering field activities and delivering compelling content to showcase an organisation’s work is required. Excellent story telling through visual and audio is required. This role will require someone who understands a vision and able to design communication strategies geared to creating a brand around such a vision.

Experience working with the development or private sector in terms of media promotion and demonstrated ability to write, produce a wide range of communication content including reports, fact sheets, news, articles, features, case studies etc. You should be able to translate technical information tailored to different audiences including ability to synthesise complex content into simple terms.

A minimum education background with a bachelor’s degree in communications, public relations or journalism or international relations and development or relevant qualification / experience is required.

About our Offer

The starting gross salary on offer for this role is from RWF 27,062,064 – RWF 30,886,512 gross per annum, 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 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.

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. 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.

This advert closes on 19th February 2025. 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.