Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) - Geneva, Switzerland

GAIN is a Swiss foundation that mobilizes public-private partnerships and provides financial and technical support to deliver nutritious foods to people most at risk of malnutrition. It was created in 2002 at a Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Children. The organization delivers improved nutrition to an estimated 273 million people, half of whom are women and children, in more than 25 countries.

GAIN operates through four program areas: Nutrition, Partnerships and Capacity Building, Performance Measurement and Research, and External Relations.

In 2005 the Board of Directors determined that structural change was required for the GAIN program to be successful.  GAIN contracted with McConnell HR Consulting Inc. to conduct an overall Organizational Review.  We:

• Reviewed all related documentation and interviewed staff.
• Assessed the business rationale and operational imperative for the proposed new organization model; including the consolidation of all activities, defined accountabilities, reduced overhead and greater structural flexibility.
• Designed a ‘to be’ state organization chart for ratification and approval.
• Confirmed organizational units and reporting relationships.
• Prepared a list of all positions, current and planned.
• Prepared summary job profiles and a Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) for each new position.
• Prepared a schedule / timetable for the staffing of new positions
• Confirmed staffing options and approach for senior management.
• Costed the various options.
• Prepared and delivered a communications plan advising employees of the new organization model and the implementation process.