Project Coordinator, Monitoring & Improvement, CALL

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About the Role

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Project Coordinator, Monitoring & Improvement, CALL to support the project implementation and stakeholder relationship management on food system and climate change adaptation in Bangladesh. This role will be offered on a 2 years’ fixed-term contract basis, subject to availability of funding. You will be based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Reporting to the Project Manager, the Project Coordinator will be supporting on the implementation and project delivery of the ‘Climate Action at Local Level (CALL)’ project. The postholder will be responsible for liaising with stakeholders within their assigned project components and ensuring that project outputs and activities are successfully implemented within approved plans, budget, timeline, and quality standards.

Key Responsibilities include:

Managing the project schedule, activity plan and planning milestones, supporting the tracking of progress and deliverables from project partners
Identifying, escalating, tracking and resolving project issues on an ongoing basis, and proactively reporting to the Project Manager issues which require wider attention and resolution
Liaising with relevant environment, gender and safeguarding specialists to ensure that themes are present and relevant in project activities
Building strong partnerships with local partners, civil societies, I/NGOs, government entities, private sector and other relevant organisations
Supporting the Project Manager in preparing donors’ reports in collaboration with project teams, technical teams, funding team and support teams
Developing appropriate narrative reporting and financial accounting documentation for the Project Manager’s review in order to meet GAIN and donor’s requirements
Facilitating accurate project budgeting and forecasting processes, ensuring that activities costs are kept within budgets
Developing Terms of Reference for project consultants/service providers/suppliers hired on a short-term basis and ensure proper delivery of technical services and submission of technical and other report within ethical and procurement standards and guidelines
Maintaining a central database of all project documents and materials, such as meeting summaries, status reports, action items, and deadlines

About You

The ideal candidate will have demonstrable field experience on facilitation of multi-stakeholder, multi-sectoral platforms at Union, Upazila (Sub-district) and District levels in aligns with the National Plan of Action for Nutrition, the National Adaptation Plan and relevant others.

You will have previous experience in delivering projects on time / on budget, using project management processes and tools including risk management, benefits management, financial management and quality assurance. In addition, you will have previous experience on business and project administration systems, including financial administration and proven ability in donor contracting and budget management.

The ideal candidate will be fluent in written and verbal English and with excellent writing skills as well as analytical capacity and ability to synthesize project outputs and relevant findings for the preparation of quality project. You will possess strong ability to work with diverse groups/individuals, ranging from local partners, local authorities, local community groups, the civil society and the private sector. In addition, you will be highly flexible and willing to travel to field sites frequently.

Bachelor’s degree in agriculture, food science, nutrition, environment science, development studies or related field. You will be computer literacy with good Excel, MS Word, Outlook, and Power Point skills and advance knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages and experience in handling of web-based management systems.

About our Offer

The starting salary on offer for this role is from BDT 1,650,048 – BDT 1,885,548 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.

About GAIN

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. Working with governments, businesses and civil society, we aim to transform food systems so that they deliver healthier diets for all people, especially the most vulnerable.

Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, GAIN has offices in countries with high levels of malnutrition: Bangladesh, Benin, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. To support work in those countries, we have representative offices in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

At GAIN, we believe that everyone in the world should have access to nutritious, safe, and affordable food. Today, one in three people – drawn from nearly every country on the planet – are unable to consume enough nutritious food. We work to develop and deliver solutions to this daily challenge.

Our Working Culture and Environment

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.

Applicants must be currently based and have the existing right to live and work in the Dhaka, Bangladesh region to be eligible to apply for this position.

This advert closes on 27th March 2025. 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.