Branch Manager (3 positions available)

Branch Manager
 

Western Region, Kenya
 

Up To 3 Positions Available

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 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 and 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

Agent Support and Motivation

• Motivate agents in-field to achieve health and sales targets. Work to support strong performers, to increase effectiveness of medium performers, and increase or remove poor performers.
• Ensure all CHPs are delivering impact in the communities both through remote checks and through in-field checks (esp. diagnosis and treatment)
• Implement marketing and promotional efforts to support CHPs sales goals.
• Lead monthly meeting of agents.

Operations Management

• Manage Branch team members, ensuring performance
• Manage Branch financial operations and ensure that the books balance: cash matches sales on a daily basis.
• Manage and maintain inventory.
• Manage operations to keep costs as low as possible.
• Manage relations between the implementing partner organizations.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Business or Health related areas; Bachelor of Arts welcome.
• Minimum 2 years experience in health/community related work.
• Business related degree or diploma a plus.
• Management experience a must.
• Entrepreneurial spirit and drive for results.
• Ability and willingness to work extensively in the field.
• Exceptional natural leader with strong interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills in English.
• Luhya, Luo, Kiswahili speaking added advantage.
• Proficiency with Ms-Word and Excel and general computer proficiency.
• Flexible and willing to travel across Kenya and stay for some nights up-country.

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. 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. See www.livinggoods.org/principles.

How to Apply

CLICK HERE to apply for this position online on our applicant tracking system. 

Successful candidates will be contacted for an interview.

For more information about Living Goods, please visit: www.livinggoods.org

follow us @Living_Goods

Assistant Branch Manager

Assistant Branch Manager
 

Western Region, Kenya
 

Up To 6 Positions Available
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 and 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

• 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. 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. See www.livinggoods.org/principles.

How to Apply

CLICK HERE to apply for this position online on our applicant tracking system. 

Successful candidates will be contacted for an interview.

For more information about Living Goods, please visit: www.livinggoods.org

Pharmaceutical Technologist / Assistant Branch Manager

Pharmaceutical Technologist / Assistant Branch Manager

Western Region, Kenya
 

Up To 3 Positions Available 

If you are a natural entrepreneurial pharmaceutical technologist who loves working with people, creating an impact in health and selling life-saving products, you could be a bit for Living Goods’ Branch team. 

Please Note: To be qualified for this position you must be registered at the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (please include your registration number in your CV) and have your pharmaceutical license available for use.

 

Living Goods supports a network of over 900 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. 

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
 

Health

• Motivate agents to meet health targets.
• Achieve health impact goals.
• Ensure all agents know and follow health protocols (esp. diagnosis and treatment).
• Support agents in learning and using correctly the health-centered Android apps.
• Provide as needed professional advice and training on dispensing, handling and management of drugs and pharmaceuticals to branch staff and to CHPs
• Manage the premises registration with the PPB
• Monitor drugs handed out, respond to queries from CHPs and address drug reactions if and when they occur
• Represent the branch in pharmaceuticals forums in the county
• Manage the branch pharmacy and ensure that all protocols pertaining to; storage, labeling, tracking, recall and recording are adhered to.
• Allow access and accompany authorized officers as per the provision of Cap 244 to carry out inspections and respond to any concerns that may arise.

Sales

• Motivate agents to meet sales targets.
• Achieve sales targets
• Implement marketing and promotional efforts to support agent sales.
• Manage credit: deposit, timely repayments, rigorous reporting.

Field and Branch Support     

• Recruit, train and manage Community Health Promoters.
• Support agents in learning and using correctly their smartphones
• Contribute to branch operations.
• 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 Build strong community relations.

Qualifications

• Certificate in Pharmaceutical Technology required (NOTE: must be registered with Pharmacy and Poison Board) and have your license available for use.
• Diploma in Business or Health related areas; Bachelor of Arts welcome.
• Minimum 1 - 2 years’ experience in health/community related work.
• Management experience a must.
• Entrepreneurial spirit and drive for results.
• Ability and willingness to work extensively in the field.
• Ability to interact with community elders, Community Health Promoters and clients.
• Exceptional natural leader with strong interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills in English.
• Luhya, Luo, Kiswahili speaking added advantage.
• Proficiency with Ms-Word and Excel and general computer proficiency.
• Flexible and willing to travel across Kenya and stay for some nights up-country.

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. 

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 will thrive at Living Goods. See www.livinggoods.org/principles.

How to Apply

CLICK HERE to apply online for this position online on our applicant tracking system. 

Successful candidates will be contacted for an interview.

For more information about Living Goods, please visit: www.livinggoods.org

follow us @Living_Goods

Deputy Country Director

Solidarités International
 

Deputy Country Director in charge of Operations Kenya / Somalia
 

Desired start date: 15/02/2016 

Duration of the mission: 12 months subject to funding

Location: Nairobi duty station with frequent travel to Kenya and Somalia bases or meeting points (30-40% travel) 

About the mission: Solidarités International has been operational in Kenya and Somalia since 2007. Solidarités International main areas of intervention are WaSH and Food Security.

In Kenya since 2007, Solidarités International has field base in North Horr. Resilience and WaSH project are implemented in Marsabit County, with funding from EU and DFID. 

In Somalia, Solidarités International has field bases in two regions: Lower Juba (Dhobley) and Hiraan. Projects are focusing on WaSH and food security. 

At the time of the writing of this job description Solidarités International is also considering opening activities in other locations. 

The coordination is based in Nairobi. 

The Field Team dedicated to Somalia Programs is based in Somalia. 

The Field Team dedicated to Kenya is based in North Horr (Marsabit county). 

Current Field Visit locations and their security context:  

Somalia: Dadaab/Dhobley/ Mandera/Dollow/ Other locations inside Somalia, where travel might be needed (i.e. Beletweyne, Galckayo, Mogadishu, Dollow, Elwak, Kismayo, Garowe) 

Kenya: Marsabit/ North Horr 

About the job 

The Deputy Country Director (DCD) in charge of Operations in close cooperation with the Head of Mission (HoM) provides a leadership, decision-making and coordinating role on programmatic issues, both in the development of quality proposals as well as the effective implementation of Solidarités International projects in Kenya and Somalia. 

The Deputy Head of Mission in charge of Operations supports the Head of Mission in setting up and monitoring operations.

He/she is responsible for supervising and coordinating Solidarités International’s programs in Somalia and Kenya. 

The Deputy Director of Programs line manages four staff members (WaSH technical coordinator, FSL technical coordinator, Reporting Officer and M&E officer). 

The Deputy Director of Programs reports to the HoM.

Responsibilities 

Strategic orientation 

• Follow and analyze the humanitarian needs, the development of program sector strategies, the political, cultural and economic context of the countries of intervention 
• Be proactive in proposing the setting up of new activities 

Coordination and operational monitoring 

• Ensure through support to Technical Coordinators and Field Coordinators that all programs are implemented in coherence with annual operational strategy, Solidarités International technical requirements and financial donor criteria 

Team management

• Initiate and lead workshops and program department meetings (including launching of new programs)
• Set up training sessions in light of operational requirements 
• Manage the Technical Coordination team as well as collaborators placed under his/her supervision 

Reporting / communication / representation 

• Consolidate internal reports and supervise the preparation of donors reports and amendments 
• Oversee the development of timely and high quality reporting for each grant by the program team, for submission per Solidarités International and donor guidelines 

Monitoring and evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) 

• Manage the MEAL team and support it in developing, rolling out and monitoring the use of a country-wide MEAL strategy and tools for the collection and analysis of program information to inform all stages of the project cycle to increased shared learning internally and externally. 

The main challenges of the position are 

• As a senior member of the country management team (CMT), the DCD leads on the development of strategies and implementation of programming in both countries Kenya and Somalia.

Your Profile 

Education:

• Relevant university degree (Master or Post graduate), preferably in international relations and/or development, political science or management. 
• Experience can substitute qualification but not vice versa. 

Experience: 

• Minimum 5 years of experience overseas (including 2 years at Senior management level) in complex emergencies, preferably with refugees and/or IDPs/WaSH/Food Security and ASAL countries
• Strong experience in programme development and documented skills in formulation of programme/project proposal as well as budgets and reports
• Ability to use Logical Framework Approach as a tool in programme/project design and follow up 
• Demonstrated success in program development and fundraising. 
• Must have a successful track record in initiating, cultivating, and securing support from a range of institutional and private donors. 
• Extensive M&E knowledge and experience, including conducting surveys/assessments and analyzing data.
• Experience in negotiating and advocating with government authorities and donors for solutions that serve the needs of beneficiaries, pursuing values of internationally recognized and universal character in a, post-conflict context with a strong respect of local culture and tradition 

Technical skills and knowledge:

• Strong working experience in ASAL areas 
• Knowledge and experience of working in Somalia 
• Strong expertise in resilience and emergency program required 
• Proven ability to lead culturally diverse teams 
• Previous working experience with Solidarités International is an asset 
• Good knowledge of donors procedures (esp. ECHO, OFDA/USAID, DFID and EU) 

Transferable skills:

• Very comfortable with standard office software and internet research. 

Languages:

• English: Fluent with excellent writing capacities 
• French: Fluent with excellent writing capacities 
• Somali: knowledge of Somali is an advantage 

 Application Process 

CLICK HERE for detailed requirements for the position and to apply online

Deadline for applications: 12th February 2016. 

Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for interview. 

Solidarités International is an equal opportunities employer