Project Manager, SUN Business Network
Job Description
Title: Project Manager, SUN Business Network
Company Name: Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Qualified to Bachelors' degree level in Business/ Economics/ Development studies or other social sciences, or equivalent experience
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Support the Bangladesh SBN to develop and strengthen, through advocacy, stakeholder engagement and the identification of fundraising opportunities, as well as through the engagement of WFP
∎ Establish a national SBN support and coordination mechanism including operationalizing the SBN Bangladesh strategy.
∎ Explore new opportunities to build partnerships with business
∎ Support existing SBN members through facilitating technical and financial assistance from government and B2B support
∎ Build a pipeline of investable and innovative business and support them with investor connectivity and access to captive markets such as Workforce Nutrition Program
∎ Strengthen the supply chain for nutritious food through connecting SBN members with different GAIN program portfolio
∎ Ensure the SBN Country toolkit of guidance and best practice tools are made available nationally, WFP and other appropriate organisations, and utilised appropriately through guides, workshops, field visits or 1:1 calls
∎ Ensure business nutrition indicators and performance management framework are shared among the national SBN through guides and workshops, and also with other global SBNs
∎ Identify issues/areas within relevant government strategy documents and action plans where the private sector could play an instrumental delivery role, through their core business operations
∎ Manage a small fund for national activities that could include regional events or studies to facilitate to business to become aligned with the national nutrition target.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Proven experience working in Bangladesh, either in a private company or in a multi-stakeholder development partnership involving business
∎ Strong experience in project management, partnership management, business strategy, business processes, business development, communications, marketing and / or management
∎ Excellent relationship management experience, and familiar with managing a wide platform of stakeholders
∎ Experience of working in the food industry is preferred
∎ Understanding of the role of business in contributing to Sustainable Development Goals and Government of Bangladesh targets such as 2nd Country Investment Plan and 8th Five Year Plan
Salary:
∎ Salary : 1,298,860 - 1,485,640 BDT (per annum depending on experience)
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 25 Jul 2021
Company Information:
∎ 13 Jul 2021
∎ Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
Category: NGO/Development
