Position: Assistant Branch Manager
Location: Western / South Western / Coast regions, Kenya
Type: Full Time
If you are a natural entrepreneur who loves working with people, creating an impact in health and selling life-saving products, you could be Living Goods’ next Assistant Branch Manager!
Living Goods supports a network of over 900 micro-entrepreneurs in Uganda and
Kenya who teach families in their communities how to improve health andLocation: Western / South Western / Coast regions, Kenya
Type: Full Time
If you are a natural entrepreneur who loves working with people, creating an impact in health and selling life-saving products, you could be Living Goods’ next Assistant Branch Manager!
well-being
while selling affordable, high-impact products like basic medicines, fortified
foods, water filters, clean cook-stoves, and solar lights.
As
part of the Branch Team, you will play a key role in supporting Community
Health Promoters (CHPs) to deliver high quality health care to their
communities and generate sales of critical products.
To be successful in this role you must be able to motivate others, have strong business skills, and want to be part of a cutting edge team that is setting the bar for how a social enterprise can improve health impacts in a sustainable way.
Responsibilities
To be successful in this role you must be able to motivate others, have strong business skills, and want to be part of a cutting edge team that is setting the bar for how a social enterprise can improve health impacts in a sustainable way.
Responsibilities
- Recruit,
train and manage Community Health Promoters.
- Motivate
Community Health Promoters to meet health and sales targets.
- Ensure
all Community Health Promoters know and follow health protocols (esp.
diagnosis and treatment).
- Support
Community Health Promoters in learning and using correctly their
smartphones and the health-centered Android apps.
- Implement
marketing and promotional efforts to support agent sales.
- Contribute
to Branch operations.
- Achieve
sales targets and health impact goals.
- Manage
inventory: Ensure no stock-outs and ensure management on First In/First
Out basis.
- Manage
the financial operations, ensuring the books balance; cash matches sales
daily.
- Manage
credit: deposit, timely repayments, rigorous reporting.
- Build
strong community relations.
Qualifications
- Diploma
in Health related areas welcome.
- Minimum
1 year experience in health/community related work.
- Team
player with drive for results.
- Ability
to provide guidance to Community Health Promoters.
- Ability
and willingness to work extensively in the field.
- Ability
to interact with community elders, Community Health Promoters and clients.
- Ability
to work under minimum supervision.
- Ability
to test new innovations and learn fast.
- Proficiency
with Ms-Word and Excel and general computer proficiency.
- Excellent
oral communication skills in English.
- Experienced
in handling microcredit a plus.
- Luhya,
Luo, Kiswahili speaking added advantage.
Compensation: A competitive salary
and benefits package commensurate with experience including health insurance,
vacation, and a bonus opportunity.
The
opportunity to enter an exciting career path within a fast and growing mission
driven team.
Life at Living Goods: Living Goods is aiming to make disruptive changes, dramatically improving the lives of underserved communities. We think big, but we operate small and nimble.
Life at Living Goods: Living Goods is aiming to make disruptive changes, dramatically improving the lives of underserved communities. We think big, but we operate small and nimble.
At
Living Goods, you will have the chance to use your creativity and work with
your teammates to conceive and test new ideas every day.
If
you work well in a dynamic, highly collaborative culture, if you set high
standards for yourself and your colleagues, if you know how to fail fast and
learn fast, if you meet challenges with calm determination and a sense of
humour, you will thrive at Living Goods.
See
www.livinggoods.org/principles.
How to Apply
To apply for this position please CLICK HERE and apply for Assistant Branch Manager through our applicant tracking system.
How to Apply
To apply for this position please CLICK HERE and apply for Assistant Branch Manager through our applicant tracking system.
Successful
applicants will be contacted for an interview.
For more information about Living Goods, please visit: www.livinggoods.org
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