Android
Field Officer - Malaba
Living Goods supports a network of over 800 micro-entrepreneurs in Uganda and Kenya who teach families in their communities how to improve health and well-being while selling affordable, high-impact products like basic medicines, fortified foods, water filters, clean cook-stoves, and solar lights.
We believe that successful deployment of technology, specifically mobile tools,
will be a critical element in contributing to achieving the organization’s
commitment to managing a community health program that is scalable, impactful,
and cost effective. Living Goods supports a network of over 800 micro-entrepreneurs in Uganda and Kenya who teach families in their communities how to improve health and well-being while selling affordable, high-impact products like basic medicines, fortified foods, water filters, clean cook-stoves, and solar lights.
Living
Goods Android Field Officers (AFOs) play a key role in supporting Community
Health Promoters’ (CHPs) usage and adoption of mobile tools.
In
addition, the AFOs are critical in providing feedback from on-the-ground usage
to improve the services, tools, and strategies for most effective
deployment.
This
role is a contract position and will be based in Malaba, Kenya.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
- Provide
training of CHPs on the device (either in the base training for new CHPs
or at the branch.)
- Provide
intensive field support to CHPs during the deployment of the Android.
- Provide
support from the branches during restocking days to CHPs.
- Use
the console to inform work plan.
- Provide
the branch team and supervisors ongoing feedback on usage, challenges and
suggested solutions.
- Provide
the IT coordinator ongoing feedback on technical issues.
- Provide
administrative and technical support for Android related projects.
Qualifications
- Diploma
in IT or Computer Science required.
- Experience
operating and troubleshooting Android smartphones a must.
- Willingness
to travel in the field.
- Strong
interpersonal skills.
- Excellent
written and verbal communications skills, both in English and Kiswahili.
- Ability
to work in a team and independently.
Compensation: A
competitive salary commensurate with experience.
The
opportunity to be your best while making lives better for those in need.
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.
Living Goods has been featured in The New York Times, NBC News, The Economist, and The Huffington Post. Check out these articles and more on our press page.
How to Apply
To apply for this position please visit: http://bit.ly/1Rbw2VQ.
Successful candidates will be contacted for an interview.
For more information about Living Goods, please visit: www.livinggoods.org
follow us @Living_Goods
Living Goods has been featured in The New York Times, NBC News, The Economist, and The Huffington Post. Check out these articles and more on our press page.
How to Apply
To apply for this position please visit: http://bit.ly/1Rbw2VQ.
Successful candidates will be contacted for an interview.
For more information about Living Goods, please visit: www.livinggoods.org
follow us @Living_Goods