About the Role

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking an Intern, Food System Governance to provide research, reporting and coordination support for the Global Food System Governance programme. This position will be based in Utrecht, The Netherlands office and is offered on an eight weeks fixed-term contract basis.

Reporting to the Food Systems Governance Global Manager, this internship will focus on inclusive food systems governance research and supporting Resilient Markets and Nourishing Food Pathways programme teams to manage data according to best practices and to develop, refine and finalise several reports based on workshop activities and data.

The intern will conduct desktop research on city and local governments food systems governance tools and practices to reshape urban and wider food systems, in support of the development of various internal technical materials. You will also undertake various office, coordination and administrative tasks such as scheduling and attending meetings with programme team members and tracking deliverables.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Conducting food systems governance desktop research
• Drafting internal research reports, presentations and other materials based on desktop studies
• Managing data and data files and presenting data according to best practices
• Co-developing evidence rich and administrative reports on GAIN’s multistakeholder and partners food systems governance workshops
• Contributing to the development and tracking of communications materials (blogs, articles, videos, social media posts) to drive awareness of GAIN’s food systems governance activities
• Providing research and food systems governance workshop reporting, project management, and administrative support including the development of reporting templates and workflows.

About you

The ideal candidate will have experience in university research studies and at least one period of international experience via other internships, volunteer work or community projects. Candidates with understanding of food systems, policy, governance, urban food environments and/or nutrition is preferable.

The postholder will be fluent in written and spoken English and skilled in producing, in English, several key materials including research reports, emails, academic style papers and case studies.

You should possess proactive general project coordination and administrative skills. Currently enrolled at a university, either in final year/completed Bachelors’ Degree or Masters’ Degree in public health, agriculture, food systems, development studies, public policy and/governance, public administration, Liberal Arts and Science studies or related fields. In addition, you will be computer literate in Microsoft Office.

About our Offer

The salary on offer for this role is EUR 747 per month (gross salary).

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 Netherlands to be eligible to apply for this position.

This advert closes on 21st March 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.