Project Associate, Marketplace for Nutritious Foods at Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)

SALARY: Competitive

STARTING DATE: January 2019

We are seeking to deploy a Project Associate who will act as point of contact between GAIN and the project’s Innovation Accelerator beneficiaries (Small and medium sized enterprises) and provide support to the Project Manager. Under their guidance, you will support the Implementation of the project’s main activities—Innovation Accelerator, Community of Practice, with a particular focus on the implementation of the projects Innovation Accelerator activities.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience managing the performance of consultants and subcontractors, as well as experience and knowledge in food science, technology and the agriculture or business. You must be comfortable with report writing and be able to analyse and make recommendations for the improvement of technical reports and business documents (business plans, market research). It is essential that you have an understanding of financial literacy (understanding of P&L accounts, balance sheets, cashflow projections etc.) with strong inter-personal skills and the ability to work with agribusiness managers from a variety of backgrounds.

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