Portfolio Lead - Environment
Job Description
Title: Portfolio Lead - Environment
Company Name: Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Qualified at Masters' degree level in environmental science, business management, agricultural science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
Job Context:
∎ Contract Type: Fixed Term
∎ Duration: 24 Months
∎ The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Portfolio Lead - Environment to provide functional, technical and managerial leadership to projects and teams in the Environment thematic area. This role is offered on fixed term contract of up to 2 years`, with extension subject to availability of funding. You will be based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ About the Role: Reporting to the Country Director, the Portfolio Lead will be part of the Bangladesh country management team and is expected to contribute to and ensure organizational efficiency and effectiveness through participation in decision making, advising on strategic programmatic areas, issues, communication and implementation of agreed decisions. The key objectives in this role will include:
∎ Leading the implementation of the environment strategic activities and ensuring project activities are implemented within approved plans, budget, and quality standards
∎ Developing and managing partnerships with local environment organisations
∎ Leading on the design, development and implementation of new projects linking food systems, nutrition and environment
∎ Providing strategic technical expertise locally
∎ Key Responsibilities include: Supporting the Country Director & country management team with the sustainable development, implementation and quality management of the Bangladesh programme
∎ Providing strategic leadership in designing, planning and implementing environment portfolio in Bangladesh, including co-creation with partners as per the GAIN Project Management Guidelines (PMG)
∎ Defining portfolio and project scope, activities and objectives in line with GAIN business plans and organizational strategic priorities, as well as priorities of the country and influencing agendas
∎ Leading on the identification and management of new and existing donors, building and maintaining relationships through regular engagement in country and with the global team
∎ Providing technical guidance to support the development and implementation of programming which aims to achieve both nutrition and sustainability objectives
∎ Supporting the implementation of GAIN's Environmental Screening Assessment for new projects in Bangladesh as well as follow-up actions identified
∎ Supporting efforts to reduce the impact of GAIN's own environmental footprint in Bangladesh office
∎ Actively developing links and synergies to other programme workstreams under the Making Markets Work portfolio and other relevant initiatives within GAIN
∎ Preparing donors' reports in collaboration with project teams, technical teams, funding team and support teams.
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Salary:
∎ From BDT 3,434,772 - BDT 3,925,908 (gross) per annum. (A higher increment maybe available subject to an ongoing pay review, depending on experience.)
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 6 Mar 2023
Company Information:
∎ 15 Feb 2023
∎ Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
∎ Business : The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is driven by the vision of a world without malnutrition. GAIN is a Swiss based foundation that mobilizes public-private partnerships and provides financial and technical support to deliver nutritious foods to those people most at risk of malnutrition. The organization is delivering improved nutrition to an estimated 273 million people in more than 25 countries, half of whom are women and children.
Category: NGO/Development
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