Project Manager, Maternal Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation (MMS)

Job Description

Title: Project Manager, Maternal Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation (MMS)

Company Name: Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Context:
∎ Contract Type: Fixed Term
∎ Duration: 36 Months

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Reporting to the Portfolio Lead, role specifics will include:
∎ Facilitating the process and providing regular policy discussions and inputs to the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) led by the government to harmonise standards on MMS in Bangladesh.
∎ Providing technical and needs-based capacity inputs to implementing partners for effective implementation and monitoring of progress of the MMS business model
∎ Supporting in the development of relevant Social and Behaviour Change Communication messages and materials in consultation with Government, partners and relevant experts.
∎ Responsible for overall monitoring of field work and reporting of the project progress reports, quarterly budget forecast, timely management of the funds
∎ Working to develop collaboration with Country team, Portfolio Management and Delivery team on program strategy, communications, and implementation of all project components
∎ Developing and maintaining working relationships with key stakeholders including government institutions, development partners, UN agencies, I/NGOs, and other strategic and alliance partners in the maternal nutrition linked in implementing the MMS project to deliver joint advocacy, coordination, research, and share learnings.
∎ Developing policy documents and guidelines technical documents and country proposition for MMS production and positioning
∎ Collaborating with the Knowledge Leadership (KL) team to develop result and monitoring framework and tools to closely monitor projects impact.

Additional Requirements:
∎ To be considered, you must have substantial experience in developing and managing projects in a multi-cultural environment in public health nutrition with government or international organizations within the development sector.
∎ You will have demonstrable experience in maternal nutrition project implementation and management, preferably in micronutrient supplementation/or nutrition activities.
∎ You will bring your expertise and knowledge in implementation partner management, and you will ideally have experience working to the deliverables of high value donors (including CIFF). You will have strong advocacy and stakeholder experience working with experts in government, development and research agencies, alongside strong analytical skills in data analysis and reporting.
∎ Experience of working in a multi-cultural and cross-functional environment is preferable and applicants must have the exisiting right to live and work in the region.

Salary:
∎ Salary: Up to 1,765,811 BDT per annum (depending on experience, higher salary may be available for an exceptional candidate)

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 9 Feb 2022

Company Information:
∎ 27 Jan 2022
∎ Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)

Category: NGO/Development