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!
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
Responsibilities
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Recruit, train and manage Community
Health Promoters.
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Motivate Community Health Promoters
to meet health and sales targets.
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Ensure all Community Health Promoters
know and follow health protocols (esp. diagnosis and treatment).
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Support Community Health Promoters in
learning and using correctly their smartphones and the health-centered Android
apps
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Implement marketing and promotional
efforts to support agent sales.
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Contribute to Branch operations.
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Achieve sales targets and health
impact goals.
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Manage inventory: Ensure no
stock-outs and ensure management on First In/First Out basis.
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Manage the financial operations,
ensuring the books balance; cash matches sales daily.
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Manage credit: deposit, timely
repayments, rigorous reporting.
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Build strong community relations.
Qualifications
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Diploma in Health related areas
welcome.
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Minimum 1 year experience in
health/community related work.
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Team player with drive for
results.
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Ability to provide guidance to
Community Health Promoters.
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Ability and willingness to work
extensively in the field.
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Ability to interact with community
elders, Community Health Promoters and clients.
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Ability to work under minimum
supervision.
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Ability to test new innovations and
learn fast.
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Proficiency with Ms-Word and Excel
and general computer proficiency.
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Excellent oral communication skills
in English and Kiswahili.
·
Luhya and Luo speaking added
advantage.
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Good knowledge of Busia County a
plus.
Compensation: We offer an attractive salary package, plus health
insurance and 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 humor, you willthrive at Living Goods.
How to Apply
To apply for this position please CLICK HERE to visit our career page and apply for Assistant Branch Manager – Busia through our applicant tracking system.
How to Apply
To apply for this position please CLICK HERE to visit our career page and apply for Assistant Branch Manager – Busia through our applicant tracking system.
If you are a natural public speaker
and health professional who loves working with people you could be the right
fit to join Living Goods as a Health
Trainer!
Living Goods supports networks of Community Health Promoters who go door-to-door building the capacity of families to improve their health and wealth, conduct community case management, while selling affordable, high-impact products like basic medicines, fortified foods, water filters, clean cookstoves, and solar lights.
Living Goods supports networks of Community Health Promoters who go door-to-door building the capacity of families to improve their health and wealth, conduct community case management, while selling affordable, high-impact products like basic medicines, fortified foods, water filters, clean cookstoves, and solar lights.
As a Living Goods Health Trainer you
will play a key role in building the capacity of Community Health Promoters to
deliver high quality health care in the community.
This role is based in Nairobi with
significant travel to other counties.
Applicants must be willing and able
to travel 50-75% of the time.
Responsibilities
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Prepare and deliver trainings in
Integrated Community Care to Community Health Promoters with a focus on
Malaria, Diarrhea, Pneumonia diagnosis and treatment, as well as pregnancy and
new baby care.
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Deliver training on key business
skills and products.
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Provide ongoing training to all LG
Branch team members on key sales and health topics
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Contribute to the development of LG’s
health training content, pedagogical methods and materials as needed to keep
learning systems, content and tools fresh and inspiring
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Assist in ensuring all LG agents are
in compliance with regulations set by health authorities and professional
bodies including compliance with standard treatment guidelines.
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Coach the community health promoters
in the field on diagnosis, treatment and referral of clients as needed.
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Assist the Branch team in the
organization and delivery of monthly refresher trainings for their community
health promoters.
Qualifications
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Degree or diploma in Nursing, Public health,
Environmental health, Community nursing or Community health & development.
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Minimum 2 years post-graduation
experience
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Experience/qualifications in training
is an asset.
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Entrepreneurial spirit and drive for
results.
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Exceptional natural trainer and a
true people person.
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Excellent written and verbal
communications skills, both in English and Swahili.
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Well organized and attentive to
detail.
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Team player – supportive,
collaborative and encouraging of team mates.
How to Apply
To apply for this position please CLICK HERE to visit our career page and apply for Health Trainer through our applicant tracking system.
Successful candidates will be contacted for an interview.
To apply for this position please CLICK HERE to visit our career page and apply for Health Trainer through our applicant tracking system.
Successful candidates will be contacted for an interview.
Please note that the interviews will
be conducted in Nairobi.
What is Living Goods? Living Goods supports networks of ‘Avon-like’ micro-entrepreneurs who go door-to-door teaching families how to improve their health and wealth while selling affordable, high-impact products like basic medicines, fortified foods, water filters, clean cook stoves, and solar lights.
What is Living Goods? Living Goods supports networks of ‘Avon-like’ micro-entrepreneurs who go door-to-door teaching families how to improve their health and wealth while selling affordable, high-impact products like basic medicines, fortified foods, water filters, clean cook stoves, and solar lights.
Living Goods seeks nothing less than
a disruptive reinvention of distribution in emerging markets, through networks
of franchised micro-entrepreneurs who leverage Living Goods’ brand, buying
power and mobile marketing tools to deliver vital products at accessible prices
to the people who need them most.
By combining the best practices from
the worlds of micro-enterprise, franchising and public health, Living Goods is
creating a fully sustainable system to improve the health, and wealth, of
underserved communities.