Key Responsibilities include

• Lead the provision of technical policy support through conducting data-based analyses to predict how policies will impact food and nutrition outcomes.
• Establish and strengthen strategic partnerships with technical specialists in government and non-government organizations to forge consensus on what needs to be done on a technical level to accelerate nutrition outcomes.
• Lead on external engagement with key stakeholders in government, private sector, UN, donors and civil society including academia, media, and other development practitioners; to improve support for GAIN’s mission and increase resources allocated to nutrition in Kenya.
• Synthesize and disseminate knowledge and evidence from GAIN Kenya programmes that can help drive the agenda for nutritious and safe food in Kenya.
• Compile insights from the analyses and existing literature into simple yet nuanced narratives, through contextualized briefing documents.
• Create opportunities to spread key messages arising from GAIN Kenya country programming through e.g. media, social media, and positioning events.

About you

• The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in policy and/or budget advocacy, strategic planning, and project management. You should have a track record for partnership building and brokering with different stakeholders such as government, private sector businesses and implementing partners. Understanding of food systems transformation approaches with the ability to leverage this understanding to achieve positive outcomes is required.
• The post holder should have experience leading advocacy campaigns related to development, health, nutrition or other public interest issues. You should have strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple moving parts combined with analytical skills in food and nutrition related policy analysis, including for example political economy analysis, budget analysis.
• An education background with a degree or recognized international accreditation in public policy, economics, management or related field is required. Masters’ level would be an added advantage.