Programme Monitoring and Improvement Lead

Job Description

About the role

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Programme Monitoring and Improvement Lead to lead efforts in developing, rollout, and ensuring quality assurance of programme and project monitoring and accountability efforts across GAIN's thematic, programming and geographical areas.

This position will provide strategic, technical and operational leadership to monitoring and accountability services for all programs and projects and the regular utilization of monitoring data to inform needed program and project improvements, as well as reporting on outcomes.

The role will also be responsible for the setting up of an effective accountability mechanism for the populations we work with.

This role will be offered on a Fixed Term Contract running until end of September 2027, subject to availability of funding and will be based in either one of our offices in Bangladesh, India, Uganda or Nigeria.

Key Responsibilities include

- Lead the development of procedures for programme and project monitoring (tools, processes for data collection, consolidation, and utilization), working with technical advisors from the thematic and KL team as well as project staff to ensure feasibility and relevance for programme models and drawing lessons from global best practices.
- Lead efforts to innovate the approaches taken in data collection and consolidation, particularly using digital tools and linking with existing GAIN programme and project management tools
- Oversee the quality assurance of all programme-monitoring related activities.
- Lead the development, training for and roll out of procedures and tools for capturing, managing and utilizing feedback from communities and programme participants ensuring both horizontal and vertical accountability.
- Ensure accessible feedback mechanisms that are low obstacle and accessible for communities and people we work with and for while ensuring a coordinated effort is in place to collect data properly and consistently across the organization, programs and projects in a timely fashion for both internal and external reports.
- Identify and lead opportunities to generate global public goods (e.g., tools, peer reviewed publications, and papers in GAIN paper series, among others), building on evidence of good practice in programme monitoring and GAIN's experience and evidence.
- Line management of the Programme Monitoring & Improvement advisors who provide support across GAIN's country portfolio and specific portfolios. Ensure a healthy working environment, guidance and support, training opportunities.

About you

The ideal candidate should have leadership experience in the development of programme and project monitoring and accountability overseeing multiple countries. You should have a track record of extracting key learnings from monitoring and their application to programme improvement combined with ability to develop and train staff on programme monitoring. Excellent communication, writing and presentation skills combined with the ability to present complex information to diverse audiences is required.

You should possess expertise in monitoring and accountability tools (including digital applications), their practical application across a project portfolio and quality assurance. Innovative thinking relating to data sources and technology solutions.

Excellent people and project management skills are required to succeed in this role combined with character, initiative and self-drive. Experience in research and/or impact evaluation or business analytics will be an asset.

About our Offer

The starting annual gross salary on offer for each location for this role is as listed below depending on experience.

Bangladesh: BDT 3,607,632 - BDT 4,123,476

India: INR 2,934,888 - INR 3,355,596

Uganda: UGX 126,529,380 - UGX 144,542,460

Nigeria: NGN 22,211,484 - NGN 25,364,388

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 and hybrid 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 have the right to work and be currently based in the advertised country location, to be eligible to apply for this position.

This advert closes on 24th September 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.

Our core values

GAIN is committed to equality of opportunity and to eliminating discrimination. All staff are expected to follow GAIN Values

Our commitment to safeguarding

GAIN is committed to creating a safe and inclusive environment where all staff, volunteers, and job applicants are treated with dignity and respect. We are also committed to safeguarding the communities we work with. We have a zero-tolerance approach to any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying, harassment, exploitation and abuse of power or trust.

Safeguarding is integral to our recruitment practices, and we have robust procedures in place to prevent any form of harm, abuse, or discrimination. As part of our commitment to safeguarding, all successful candidates will undergo thorough background checks and vetting procedures, which can include references, criminal records and terrorist finance checks where applicable, in accordance with our Safeguarding Policy.

We provide comprehensive training and support to our staff and volunteers and associates to raise awareness of safeguarding issues and ensure they are equipped to recognise and respond to concerns effectively.

By applying for a position with GAIN, you agree to uphold our safeguarding principles and contribute to maintaining a safe and supportive environment for all individuals.

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