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  • Posted: Mar 12, 2017
    Deadline: Not specified
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    At Living Goods we empower people to improve the health of their families, friends and communities. Living Goods supports networks of 'Avon-like’ health entrepreneurs who go door to door to teach families how to improve their health and wealth and sell life-changing products such as simple treatments for malaria and diarrhea, safe delivery kits, fortif...
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    Innovation Senior Manager

    The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker, data-driven, detail-oriented individual with experience managing several projects and timelines at once and can balance the detail with the strategic objectives and thinking of the projects. The role will require some travel within Kenya and to Uganda.

    Responsibilities:

    • Design projects – objectives, success factors, work plans, budgets, KPIs - and that can drive replicability, efficiency or greater health impact. 
    • Project manage key innovation experiments - including coordination with field teams, partners, suppliers and other departments to ensure effective implementation.
    • Provide ongoing support during implementation, with keen attention to insights gained, challenges and rapid adjustments needed to ensure success.
    • Analyze data directly and review analytics on an ongoing basis, assessments and recommendations for ongoing improvement and/or roll out.
    • Coordinate preparation and submission of timely and high quality project narrative reports.
    • Develop insights and case studies on innovations to provide lessons learned from initiatives, which will inform future operations activities for Living Goods and partners.
    • Research and develop innovative new products for Living Goods portfolios in Kenya and Uganda

    Qualifications:

    • Minimum of 4-6 years of project management experience in emerging markets.
    • Strong analytics skills.
    • Strong communicator, able to work with multicultural teams.
    • Private sector experience in one of the following fields: consumer package goods, health delivery, pharmaceuticals, retail or direct selling/franchising, management consulting would be ideal.
    • Some understanding of M&E a bonus.
    • University degree required. MBA preferred.
    • Ability and comfort to be in the field 50% of time.

    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.

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    Senior Advisor, Government Partnerships

    The ideal candidate is an accomplished, results-focused professional with vision and entrepreneurial spirit.  This role can be based in either Nairobi, Kenya or Kampala, Uganda and will report to the Director of Global Partnerships. Up to 50% travel can be expected.

    Responsibilities and Requirements

    • Prospect and develop partnership opportunities to enable Living Goods to expand its operations either directly as LG or by offering technical assistance and support to partners, or indirectly by influencing policy and guidelines that other organisations and government are required to implement.
    • Develop and manage strategic partnerships with governments and NGOs in new countries that enable Living Goods to scale the impact of its proven community health outreach model.
    • Build the capability of LG to provide technical assistance to governments in both the development and implementation of community health policy.
    • Lead the design, implementation, and reporting on community health policy and advocacy activities with government in new countries.
    • Prepare community health policy analyses, recommendations and policy briefs to position Living Goods with governments and donors.
    • Team up with LG’s Business Development team to prepare bids and proposals in response to government, foundation or other donor solicitation.
    • Research and stay abreast of trends and developments in health financing, both globally and in our target countries; innovations in community health work and bilateral funding opportunities (i.e.USAID, DFID).
    • Represent LG at external high level meetings, workshops and conferences.
    • As a member of the Living Goods Strategic Management Team, contribute to organization-wide strategy and discussion.

    Minimum Qualifications and Experience

    • A minimum of 7 years of experience in strategic partnerships at senior management level with 5 years minimum experience in policy engagement with senior government planners.
    • Experience of providing technical assistance in the health sector.
    • Emerging markets experience, preferably in Sub Saharan Africa.
    • Background in management consulting and public health, a major plus.
    • Superior proposal development skills targeting large funders (e.g. USAID, DFID, Global Fund, Gates Foundation, corporates, etc.)
    • Experience of driving organizational strategy as member of a senior management team.
    • Exceptional quantitative and qualitative analytical skills.
    • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively at senior levels of government and with a range of stakeholders.
    • Master’s degree ideally in Public Health, Public Policy, Public Administration, Business Administration, or Law.

    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.

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