Junior Associate, Development Office (Maternity cover) At Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

About the Role

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Junior Associate, Development Office (Maternity cover) to support the coordination of GAIN’s Dutch portfolio in planning, reporting and other aspects of representation of GAIN in the Dutch community. This role will be a fixed term, maternity cover contract basis up to 7.5 months until June 2024 with the possibility of extension, subject to availability of funding. This position will be based in the GAIN Utrecht, Netherlands office. This is a full-time position but is open to a part-time working pattern of above 80% working time per week. Candidates will ideally be available to start by mid-end of November 2023.

Reporting to the Head of Development Office, you will coordinate the compilation of the Dutch 3.0 2023 annual report which will include provision of support to colleagues from the Country Programmes Team (i.e. Heads of Programmes and Project Managers), Knowledge Leadership and Programme Services Team departments, throughout the full internal reporting process.

You will also support GAIN’s CASCADE Programme Lead, Finance Lead and CARE in the compilation of the CASCADE 2023 annual progress report and you will contribute to other Development Office work, including administering proposal development and contracting processes as well as supporting with key Dutch representational activities.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Coordinating the preparation of the 2023 Annual Report for Dutch 3.0 grant across GAIN’s programmes and countries
• Managing the collation of inputs from all teams on time, as well as facilitating the compilation, proofing and formatting of documents, liaison with GAIN finance and coordinating the provision of support to colleagues from the Country Programmes Team (i.e. Heads of Programmes and Project Managers), Knowledge Leadership and Programme Services Team departments throughout the full internal reporting process.
• Supporting GAIN’s CASCADE Programme Lead, Financial Lead and CARE Nederland in the preparation of the 2023 annual progress report including sharing relevant information from Dutch 3.0 to relevant stakeholders, connecting relevant stakeholders across the two programmes, and tracking deadlines and deliverables
• Providing support to engagement between GAIN and Ministry centrally (Dutch Engagement) or in-country (with missions) as led by Head of Office of Netherlands, relevant country and other directors, including organising meeting arrangements, collation and submission of documents, recording interactions and ensuring follow up by senior leaders, sharing communications
• Providing administrative support for proposals and bid processes as opportunities arise under supervision of Head of Development Office; including arranging check in and review meetings, coordinating the sharing of documentations (through SharePoint and others), tracking progress, sharing communications and information sharing, processing contracts or procurements and extracting essential information from donor documentation

About You

The ideal candidate will have experience of engaging with Dutch Ministry stakeholders in an administrative and/or project support role and be familiar with Dutch reporting requirements. You will have a proven ability to work effectively in a team environment and matrix structure as well being well versed in preparing reports and the administration of projects. Candidates’ with experience working within multi-stakeholder processes in a lean, fast-moving environment is preferable.

You will have good communication skills and be able to work in multicultural, multi-lingual environments you will have demonstrable experience in engaging effectively with senior and external stakeholders. The postholder will also have an excellent command of written and spoken English, preferably with working knowledge of other languages, especially Dutch. You will be highly flexible and willing and able to travel.

A Bachelor’s degree or experience in related field is required alongside good reporting, analytical and writing skills. Candidates’ with good knowledge of GAIN, Dutch aid priorities and other development agencies in the Netherlands and knowledge of food and nutrition security would be an advantage.

About our Offer

The starting salary on offer for this role is from EUR 37,572 – EUR 40,260 per annum (gross salary), depending on experience. (Kindly note that the salary will be pro-rata based on the contract duration)

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, the annual leave entitlement will pro-rata based on the contract duration (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 in Utrecht, Netherlands region and have the existing right to live and work in the Netherlands to be eligible to apply for this position. Candidates for this position will be expected to work from our GAIN Netherlands office, and 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.

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.