Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition Knowledge Management Lead – FORK Jobs in Kenya
About the Role
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Knowledge Management Lead – FORK to lead the sharing and uptake of a considerable amount of learning and tools to support food processing for safe and nutritious foods in Low-to-Middle-Income Countries. This role will be on a 3 years’ fixed-term contract basis, subject to a successful bidding process. This position is open to GAIN’s country offices in Washington DC, Nairobi and Dar Es Salaam.
Reporting to the FORK Chief of Party, the Knowledge Management Lead will lead the sharing and uptake of a considerable amount of learning and tools, and this knowledge will need to be documented and mobilized in a way that enables the target audience to support food processing for safe and nutritious foods in Low-to-Middle-Income Countries. Specifically, working with the FORK team, the Knowledge Management Lead will lead the implementation of segments of the FORK results framework that pertain to:
You will work with the team to ensure the material is consolidated and aligned with the learning and collaboration aspirations of USAID. GAIN seeks to increase the amount, quality and accessibility of such learning and tools and assure its mobilization for diverse stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities include:
About You
The ideal candidate will have experience working on USAID funded projects, preferably on a Feed the Future or public health project in a knowledge management capacity and experience working with the “USAID Collaborate, Learn Adapt” (CLA) framework, including experience organizing or participating in CLA workshops.
The postholder will have an understanding of the opportunities and challenges working in food systems in LMICs, particularly in the enabling environment. Candidates with understanding of a relevant field of global development (e.g., global public health, agriculture, livestock, market development, food safety, WASH) required, understanding of food safety and/or nutrition and hands-on experience working in a low- or middle-income country would be an asset.
You will possess strong communication skills and fluent in written and verbal English. Candidates with fluency in a second language (i.e. French, Hausa, Portuguese, Swahili, Bangla, etc.) is desirable. In addition, you will have excellent writing and presentation skills for multiple audiences, particularly informed, non-expert audiences.
Master’s Degree in communications, international development, marketing, public relations, journalism, or related field, you will have trainings in at least two of these areas: communications, food science/technology, marketing, food safety, food systems, public health and economics.
The ideal candidate will have experience with and proficient in using various types of presentation and graphic design software such as PowerPoint, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, PremierPro, Acrobat, Adobe Spark. In addition, you will have expertise in research translation and preparation and dissemination of documents/presentations for a diverse range policy or other non-technical audience essential.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition Knowledge Management Lead – FORK Jobs in Kenya
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