Project Officer, Urban Food System Governance - SYS-1095

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Project Officer, Urban Food System Governance to support the inclusive, local food systems governance workstream under the Nourishing Food Pathways (NFP) program in Indonesia. This role will be based in Jakarta/Bogor, Indonesia and is offered on fixed term contract up to 2.5 years until June 2026, subject to the availability of funding.

The local food systems governance workstream is overseen by GAIN’s Global Food Systems Governance program and involves GAIN country teams in Indonesia, Tanzania, and Mozambique which aims to facilitate inclusive local food systems and nutrition governance. This in-country role will involve working with Project Officers in Mozambique and Tanzania as well as the Global team as the project has a common design with local implementation and socialization.

Reporting to the Project Coordinator, the Project Officer will work closely with local government and a traditional food market committee as well as other food system stakeholders, in evidence gathering, establishment and operation of a multistakeholder platform, and development of materials like policy notes, reports, co-authored papers for publication, and communications. A participatory approach and attention to gender underpin the activities in this workstream. Other aspects of this role include providing support in the areas of advocacy, project management, and financial administration.

There is a strong research component to this technical support, focused on food systems, in the field of governance and communities. An awareness of governance design, policy and public budgets in Indonesia, the HLPE Food System Framework Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, the UN Food Systems Summit, and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals is important. GAIN is committed to including the voices of those marginalized like the urban poor with attention also to gender and youth.

• Coordinating and scheduling project review meetings with the GAIN Global Food System Governance team at regular cycles and preparing documentation of findings and recommendations in GAIN’s Program Management system (PRISM)
• Providing technical and administrative support to international events, liaising with other GAIN departments and programs, GAIN partners, and other organizations
• Drafting of project documentation during the design, planning, and end-to-end implementation of the project as per the GAIN Project Management Guidelines (PMG) i.e. results framework, work plans, etc.
• Conducting desk research and developing briefs and other materials, under the oversight of the Head of the Program and the Global Food Systems Governance team, for internal and external audiences (local and global).
• Contributing to the development of communications materials (blogs, articles, videos, social media posts) to drive awareness and engagement with the linkages between inclusive local food systems governance, multistakeholder engagement, and implementation of Indonesia’s food systems pathway
• Conducting regular field monitoring visits of the activities conducted under the project. Following up with key stakeholders to ensure timely submission of reports and preparing timely monitoring reports with findings and recommendations
• Maintaining strong partnerships with civil society, INGOs, government entities, private sector and other organizations
• Overseeing all administrative aspects of the procurement process including budgeting, procurement supporting with the drafting of agreements and contracts, and logistical arrangements within ethical and procurement standards and guidelines
• Work closely with the project accountant, monitoring the receipt of deliverables and payments to partners, as well as ensuring all project-related expenses are properly coded to ensure the accuracy of financial reporting.

About You

The ideal candidate will have experience working in community development programs with multiple stakeholders such as government, wet food markets, community-based individuals or organizations, and/or non-governmental organizations.

You will have strong project management and financial-administrative experience as well as research experience, preferably with mixed methods or qualitative methods (University research studies experience is satisfactory). Candidates’ with understanding of food systems, public sector governance, and/or nutrition is preferable.

You will possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills and able to work in multicultural and cross-functional environments. You will have strong influencing skills particularly in Bahasa Indonesia, candidates’ with fluency in written and spoken English in desirable. You should be highly flexible and be able and willing to travel.

A bachelors’ degree or equivalent with robust experience or master’s degree in public health, development studies, public policy, public administration or related field. You will be computer literate with good Excel, MS Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint skills and advanced knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems.

The starting salary on offer for this role is from IDR 197,389,244 – IDR 226,065,658 per annum (gross salary), depending on experience.

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 (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.

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.

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.

For more detailed information please see the attached job description. To apply, follow the "Apply Now" link.

Applicants must be currently based and have the existing right to live and work in the Jakarta/Bogor, Indonesia region to be eligible to apply for this position.

This advert closes on 16th November 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.