About the Role
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Head of Programmes to lead the design, development, implementation and monitoring and learnings of all GAIN Indonesia’s programs. This role will be offered on a fixed-term contract basis up to 3.5 years, subject to availability of funding. You will be based in Jakarta, Indonesia.
The Head of Programmes role is a key position that is integral to the overall strategy of GAIN’s mission in Indonesia.
Candidates for this position will be expected to work from our Jakarta office, due to the nature of the work involved with this role. We will not be able to consider candidates that are not able to meet this key requirement.
Reporting to the Country Director, the Head of Programmes will ensure program effectiveness through participation in decision making with the Country Director and advising work stream leads on program strategy, compliance with regulations and communications with government and other stakeholders.
Working in collaboration with country program managers and the wider GAIN Program Services Team (PST) and Knowledge Leadership (KL) teams, you will be responsible for ensuring that all programming is of excellent technical quality, delivered on time and on budget and coordinated and contributes significantly to the GAIN’s learnings from Indonesia.
Key Responsibilities include:
- Overseeing the design and implementation of program activities, ensuring an appropriate programme or project management framework in line with GAIN’s Project Management Process
- Providing technical input to implementing partners on program implementation, monitoring and reporting
- Supporting the Country Director with the planning and tracking progress of the implementation of country strategy, including the development and review of annual business plans, supporting the vision set out in the country strategy
- Ensuring that all program activities align with policies and priorities of the government and are sensitive to and responsive to changes in the political, social, and economic environments
- Responsible for ensuring the high quality and timely delivery of donor reporting (narrative and financial) for all projects, as well as compliance with GAIN’s internal reporting processes
- Establishing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders such as Ministries, Local Governments, Development Partners, INGOs, Academia, Civil Society and Private Sector partners
- Supporting the development of funding proposals to ensure the continuous delivery of existing new programs
- Carrying out regular budget monitoring and forecasting to ensure spend within the agreed budget parameters
- Working with the Country Director on key resource mobilisation, advocacy and communication activities including external representation and quality control of communication materials i.e. research publications, presentations relevant to GAIN Indonesia
- Coaching, guiding and mentoring leaders within programme team and participating in the development of programming skills for staff
About You
You will have extensive experience in program management leadership in an international development organization and practical experience in government and donor reporting, designing, setting up and coordinating, monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment systems and processes.
The ideal candidate will have a strong track record on proposal development, successful fundraising with statutory, private, and corporate donors and leading policy development preferably in food and nutrition security /Agri-business within Indonesia.
Candidates’ with experience working with the private sector or experience of collaboration with private sector partners is desirable.
The postholder will have excellent management and leadership skills with demonstrated success in building and working with multi-disciplinary teams. You will have ability to work in a multicultural environment and possess fluent written and spoken English. Also, you will be highly flexible and willing to travel in-country and overseas as and when required.
You will have broad understanding of the nutrition-food security nexus, public health, and community development.
A master’s degree in public health, nutrition, environment, business management or social sciences or related field or equivalent experience is required.
The ideal candidate will have demonstrated in-depth understanding of program issues and policy work at organisational, national and international levels and will have strong skills in developing strategies, conceptualising programs and demonstrating impact on a large scale.
About our Offer
The starting salary on offer for this role is from IDR 520,237,770 – IDR 632,075,730 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.
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.
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 be currently based and have the existing right to live and work in the Jakarta, Indonesia region to be eligible to apply for this position.
This advert closes on 27th October 2023. 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.