BACKGROUND

GAIN convenes and coordinates the Scaling Up Nutrition Business Network (SBN) in Ethiopia and is looking for an experienced consultant for 80 days to support GAIN in the further development of SBN Ethiopia. The SBN is one of four global networks within the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement which supports 61 Countries, including Ethiopia, to develop multi-stakeholder approach to nutrition. The SBN Ethiopia’s ambition is to increase the availability and affordability of safe, nutritious foods in Ethiopia through:

• Convening and organizing business around national nutrition priorities;
• Assessing the challenges and opportunities facing businesses in scaling up their actions and investments in nutrition and facilitating partnerships at national and global level to support national businesses
• Improving the enabling environment to incentivize business to take action on nutrition, fostering strong links and partnerships for the SBN Ethiopia with SUN’s Civil Society, Donor and UN networks, along with the Government of Ethiopia

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), the UN World Food Programme (WFP) co-convene the SBN at global level. GAIN Ethiopia hosts the secretariat of the SBN Ethiopia and has created the SBN Ethiopia Executive Committee and works closely with the SUN Focal Point in Ethiopia. The consultant will be supported with tools and guidance by the SBN Global team. Further details on the SBN can be found at https://sunbusinessnetwork.org/.

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead the development of the SBN Ethiopia strategy and workplan – aligning the existing draft strategy in Ethiopia with the SBN’s Logic Model, Theory of Change and where relevant, utilising National SBN tools.
• Organise technical and political level meetings between business, government, civil society, donors and UN agencies to strengthen cross-sector dialogue on nutrition and build consensus on priorities and opportunities for business and nutrition in Ethiopia.
• Recruit national businesses to the SBN and utilize the National SBN Membership database for SBN Ethiopia
• Roll out the SBN’s finance, technical assistance and business development surveys to assess SBN members for their needs – and identify new partnerships to address the challenges and opportunities facing business in Ethiopia to scale up their actions or investments in nutrition.
• Identify opportunities to improve the enabling environment for business to increase actions and investments in nutrition.
• Work with the SBN Global team and GAIN Ethiopia Country Director to develop a post-2020 SBN Ethiopia fundraising strategy.
• Facilitate SBN Ethiopia Executive Committee meetings.
• Provide content and communications support to the global SBN team and sharing and adopt best practice through liaising with other National SBNs, particularly in Africa.
• Reports on progress to national co-conveners of SBN Ethiopia and SBN Executive Committee.
• Engage with SUN stakeholders in Ethiopia and contribute to the annual national SUN report.

• Proven track record and results in managing nutrition or private sector related development projects in Ethiopia

• Experienced partnership broker and/or negotiation skills with the private sector

• Excellent relationship management and familiarity with managing a wide platform of stakeholders
• Experience in communications and advocacy with the private sector