Do you want your work to matter? Do
you want to use your skills to make a difference, not just a living? Do you
want to improve millions of lives, including your own?
Living Goods works to reinvent how we
improve the lives of the under-served. We think big, but operate lean and
nimble. We believe community health is critical to deliver universal health
coverage and that community health workers are essential because they bring
health services to people’s doorsteps.
The secret to our success is a
winning team. One that enables people to bring their ideas and creativity to
work every day. If you work well in a dynamic collaborative culture, set high
standards, meet challenges with determination and a have a sense of humor, come
work for Living Goods!
Committed to Evidence
Living Goods is growing! We’ve grown
30 percent every year for the past 5 years. We now have 400 Living Goods staff
and 8,200 community health workers working in four countries. In three years we
will have 1,000 staff across Africa and work with 30,000 community health
workers.
We’re growing because we have a
winning model and mission: to ensure that every family has high quality health
care in their community. No matter how dense the neighbourhood or how remote
the village.
We’re also growing because we measure
what matters. We continuously analyze community health data and use it to hone
programs and protocols. Four years ago, MIT researchers conducted a randomized
control trial of our work, validating our impact and helping us recalibrate
programs to better achieve health targets.
Chief Impact Officer
The Opportunity
Our strategic plan for growth has 3
objectives: to scale, spread, and strengthen. Community health expansion teams
spread Living Goods to new countries. Operations and Government Relations teams
scale up our work. Now we need a global health champion to ensure that we
strengthen our health programs.
That’s why we’ve created the new
executive-level role of Chief Impact Officer. We seek a program designer to
move us into new health program areas. A researcher to track trends and
evidence in community health. A leader to ensure that our work transforms
communities.
·
Be
the impact champion. Our CEO,
Chief Development Officer, and Country Directors look to you as the keeper of
evidence. We want you to keep up with the latest evidence on Living Goods’
programs and to have your finger on the pulse of community health programs
worldwide.
·
Ensure
program excellence. Learning
from country data, you will advise health program staff on the best ways to
deliver lasting results in community health. As we expand you will ensure that
our research is rigorous and data reliable.
·
Spark
innovation. You will lead health program
innovations – prompting ‘out of the box’ thinking and health program
experiments. As our leading technical expert, you will also ensure that our
health programs are cost effective, scalable, and replicable.
·
Write
and research with rigor.
Develop and oversee operational research studies and impact evaluations. You
will help analyze our data and ensure that we use it to improve programs. Your
team will write articles in peer reviewed journals on community health topics and
Living Goods’ innovative programs.
·
Motivate
the troops. You will create and guide a new
global impact team. Your team will share your commitment to evidence and
technical excellence.
·
Guide
country technical teams. You
will assist country health directors adapt their programs to reflect the latest
evidence of what works in community health.
·
Influence
externally. Represent Living Goods at
community health meetings, conferences, and global forums and contribute to
global community health standards and protocols. You will build close
relationships with other community health technical experts at foundations,
academic institutes, the WHO, UN, and other global health organizations.
Your background
·
Technical
chops. You have at least 12+ years
experience as a public health technical lead in a global NGO or corporation,
preferably reproductive health (RH), maternal and child health (MCHN) or
community health specifically. You have worked at least 5 years at the Senior
Director level or above. You have an MPH, MD, or relevant PhD.
·
Strategic
leader. You are able to develop and
communicate a shared vision for Living Goods technical work in community
health. You can infuse others with your passion for evidence.
·
Research
and evaluation skills. You have
designed and led operations research studies. Terms like “regression analysis,”
SPSS, and STATA excite you. You like asking tough questions and wading through
information to answer them.
·
Writing
& presentation skills. You
have experience presenting at global conferences and contributing to peer
reviewed articles. You can write simply about complex topics and teach others
to do the same.
·
Community
health curiosity. When it
comes to public health, you’re a voracious reader. You are good at asking
questions and helping your team design research protocols. Technical working
group meetings and conference Q&As spark your creative juices. You believe
in the disruptive power of mobile technology to improve community health.
·
Gravitas. Your commitment to technical excellence inspires others
to have the same standards.
·
Diverse
management experience. You’ve
managed cross-cultural teams across many countries. You’ve lived or traveled
extensively in Africa. You have an intuitive ability to connect with people
from different backgrounds.
·
Collaborative
spirit. You actively listen and
communicate. You connect easily with your team and colleagues. You can roll up
your sleeves and help others out in a pinch.
·
Gets
our model. Living Goods is a hybrid model.
We’re a nonprofit organization with a business minded approach. We use business
practices to achieve social goals. Candidates with for-profit and nonprofit
experience preferred.
·
Lives
our values. You can thrive in our culture – you
can demonstrate inclusion, integrity, innovation, quick footedness,
collaboration, and accountability.
Compensation
A competitive salary and benefits
package commensurate with experience including health insurance and bonus
opportunity. The opportunity to be your best while making lives better for
those in need.
Living Goods is an equal opportunity
employer and will consider every qualified applicant for employment. Living
Goods does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, national origin,
ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation or disability.
Our current job openings are
displayed on our website, where you can search for open positions and apply
directly. Living Goods does not offer any positions without an interview and
never asks candidates for money. If you are asked for money, we strongly
recommend that you do not respond and do not send money or personal
information.
How to Apply:
Please use this link: https://bit.ly/2BXGjU4
Chief Operations
Officer
The Opportunity
Organizational growth can be dizzying
for the faint-hearted but exciting for thrill seekers. To manage both growth
and our thrill seekers, we know we need the steady hand of a Chief Operating
Officer (COO).
·
Lead
strategy. We want you to develop work plans
and timelines for our growth. To lead strategic discussions about our
organizational culture, finances, supply chain and business development. To
help us think big but ensure that we get the details right.
·
Direct
operations. You will develop the systems that
comprise operations excellence. In particular, you’ll ensure that we have the
right field operations procedures (SOPS) and systems for our facilities,
people, IT, and supply chain management.
·
New
country expansion. You will
develop the plans and marshal the resources to bring us into new countries. You
will lead discussions on where we should go next and broker deals with
government to make it happen.
·
Deliver
results. Just like we measure product
sales and community health worker performance, we need you to measure our
operational success. To define what it means to excel as a country director, a
partner with government ministries of health, a supply chain manager and to
help your team learn, grow, and thrive.
·
Manage
country operations.** You will
guide and oversee Living Goods country operations, ensuring that each country
has a strategy, policies and procedures, and the people necessary to succeed.
You will ensure that operational processes are measured for effectiveness and
efficiency.
·
Lead
from within. We need you to help to hire,
onboard and retain Living Goods top talent. We also look to offer global
guidance on pivotal issues like where to expand, when to contract, where to
invest in the organization, and key leaders to nurture. Finally, we need you to
represent the CEO externally and to lead the organization in the CEO’s absence.
Your Background
·
Operations
expertise. You have 15+ years’ management
operations in a global company. You know what excellence looks like in areas
like human resources, finance & accounting, supply chain, facilities, IT,
contracts & grants
·
Thought
leader. You have influenced top leaders
or board members of a company or organization. others look to you for insight
and your opinion. You have cutting edge ideas, spot trends, and propose ideas
to address challenges.
·
Track
record leading growth. You have
successfully managed growth in an African company or NGO. in a growing company
or NGO in Africa – one that is expanding in size (people, $) and geography (new
countries, counties).
·
Love
for Africa. You have lived and worked in
East Africa. You love lions, coffee, mobile money, and other gifts that Africa
has given the world.
·
Ability
to execute. You have great ideas and the
ability to implement them. You can translate a vision into a plan so that we
understand where we’re headed and what we need to do to get there.
·
Country
management experience. You’ve
led country or field operations for an NGO or for-profit company. You can coach
country directors on challenges and solutions associated with start-up and
country management because you’ve walked a mile in their moccasins.
·
Thrive
under pressure. This role isn’t for the meek. We
want excitement, not reluctance when a big decision needs to be made or you’re
asked to speak in front of a hundred people.
·
Gets
our model. Living Goods is a hybrid model.
We’re a nonprofit organization with a business minded approach. We use business
practices to achieve social goals. Candidates with for-profit and nonprofit
experience preferred.
·
Lives
our values. You can thrive in our culture – you
can demonstrate inclusion, integrity, innovation, quick footedness,
collaboration, and accountability.
Compensation
A competitive salary and benefits
package commensurate with experience including health insurance and bonus
opportunity. The opportunity to be your best while making lives better for
those in need.
Living Goods is an equal opportunity
employer and will consider every qualified applicant for employment. Living
Goods does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, national origin,
ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation or disability.
Our current job openings are
displayed on our website, where you can search for open positions and apply
directly. Living Goods does not offer any positions without an interview and
never asks candidates for money. If you are asked for money, we strongly
recommend that you do not respond and do not send money or personal
information.
How to Apply:
To Apply for this job
kindly use this link: https://bit.ly/2PdvoJU
