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The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is hirirng a Senior Associate, for Maputo in Mozambique.
About the Role
GAIN are seeking an experienced Senior Associate to aid with the coordination of the SBN technical assistance and investment activities for the benefit of national members.
The SBN Senior Associate, Global Partnerships will be critical to the SBN Global Secretariate’s mission to support a growing number of SBN members across our national networks.
Specifically, the role will be instrumental in strengthening the linkage of relevant global and regional partners including multinational/ regional corporations, investors, technical assistance providers etc. to over 1,400 SBN national members across 44 countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
This role is offered on a 1 year Fixed Term Contract and the post holder can be based in Kenya (Nairobi) or Mozambique (Maputo).
Responsabilities
- Serve as a relationship manager for global partners, including recruiting new global partners that are willing and able to provide technical assistance or investment opportunities to SMEs within the national SBN membership;
- Design and manage SBN Business to Business (B2B) technical assistance initiatives between SBN global partners and national SBN members on relevant technical topics such as investment readiness, marketing, product reformulation etc. The Senior Associate will manage the coordination, event organisation, reporting and communication related to these initiatives;
- Maintain a database of global investors and technical assistance providers that can be promoted and linked to national members across Africa, Asia and LATAM. This includes frequently updating and disseminating widely a repository of funding and technical assistance opportunities to relevant SMEs;
- Develop and oversee a pipeline generation process for linking SBN national members to investors and technical assistance providers;
- Building on the SBN 3.0 Strategy (2022-2025), lead the development and monitoring of the global SBN Investment and Technical Assistance activity work plan;
- Liaise with the Senior Communications Associate on the development of communications materials to support the aforementioned activities.
About You
- The post holder will be a self motivated individual that is able to negotiate and influence key stakeholders at any level. Excellent communication skills written or verbal are a must for this pivotal role;
- You will have the ability to build strong relationships as well as having the ability to work in a multicultural setting;
- You will also possess extensive experience in private sector development in a developing context with a focus on delivering technical and financial support to SMEs in the agri-food sector.