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  • Posted: Sep 14, 2017
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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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    Strategic Partnerships Manager

    The Opportunity

    We are recruiting for several new senior Partnership Management roles to join our growing Community Health Strenthening team (CHST) in identifying, developing and managing partnerships in new and existing countries. This role involves a range of activities including cultivating new opportunities aligned with government priorities, building relationships with potential implementing partners including technology providers and designing Living Goods’ interventions in new countries. You will lay the groundwork for Living Goods to support community health systems strengthening in new countries, and will typically oversee a handover to our start-up operations team and in some cases, help with the start-up of new country operations. This is a flexible, exciting role and one that is squarely positioned both at the heart of Living Goods’ strategy, and at the leading edge of our drive towards transformative change. As Living Goods is growing rapidly, this role will continue to evolve and we are open to shaping roles to fit people’s strengths and interests.

    The ideal candidate is an accomplished, results-focused professional with vision and entrepreneurial spirit.  This is a full-time role, based in either Nairobi, Kenya or Kampala, Uganda. You will be part of the Community Health Strengthen Team, but will also have a dotted line to the Country Director for any work based in our current countries, and can expect up to 50% travel.

    Responsibilities

    • Identify and target new opportunities to work with Governments and other implementing partners including mHealth service providers.
    • Develop and maintain a strong network, of NGOs and Governments, to build a pipeline of opportunities.
    • Conduct research on potential opportunities to expand operations or provide technical assistance to the public sector or other implementing partners.
    • Manage and prioritise the pipeline of opportunities.
    • Develop and manage opportunities for Living Goods to expand operations in existing countries through new partners and into new countries.
    • Ensure engagement and support for new opportunities through the management of internal and external stakeholders.
    • Carry out in-country scoping trips.
    • Undertake program design and budgeting work in conjunction with operations teams.
    • Where relevant, lead the initial set-up of operations or structures to deliver technical assistance in existing and new countries or successfully transition to a set up team or Operations team.
    • Collaborate with Living Goods’ Business Development team to support the preparation of bids and proposals in response to Government, Foundation or other Donor solicitations that support the strategic partnerships objectives
    • Work with the Advocacy team to further any partnership opportunities or build relationships with relevant organisations.
    • Remain up to date on trends and developments in community health, health financing and mHealth solutions; innovations in community health work and work closely with business development teams to understand bilateral funding opportunities (i.e.USAID, DFID).
    • Represent the organization in external high-level meetings, workshops and conferences

    Qualifications and Experience

    • A minimum of 5 years of experience, interacting at the senior management level, in scoping new opportunities, strategic partnerships
    • Relevant experience scoping partnerships with Governments and NGOs in the health sector, preferably in Sub Saharan Africa
    • Emerging markets experience, preferably in Sub Saharan Africa
    • Proven Experience of working strategically and in developing organizational strategy
    • Superior quantitative and qualitative analytical skills
    • Project leadership and management experience. 
    • Proven ability in driving initiatives with minimal support
    • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively at a senior level of Government and diverse spectrum of stakeholders
    • Master’s degree preferable in Public Health, Public Policy, Public Administration, Business Administration or equivalent experience.
    • Experience in management consulting and public health, a plus

    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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    New Country start-up lead

    The Opportunity

    Living Goods is looking to scale the impact of its proven community health model throughout the developing world. To transform community health and achieve our mission, Living Goods cannot go it alone.  Success in scaling our impact will require us to partner with government and in some cases other local and international NGOs. In addition, we must  create innovative relationships with institutional funders, corporations and other stakeholders to transform and sustain change in community health. We are building a team to do just that and now have an exciting new opportunity for an innovative and dynamic professional to join the Community Health Strengthening team

    The New country start-up lead will join other members of our Community Health Strengthen Team team in pioneering, developing and managing the successful launch of partnerships and operations in new countries. This role will lead the development of a program in a new country and therefore, will be central to finalising program design, government relations, recruiting new staff, and setting up operations. Interventions in new countries will vary substantially depending on the needs of the country government. As a result, the duration of an in-country start-up may vary substantially from 6 months where we are setting up direct operations to 1 month when we are providing light-touch technical assistance to the government.  

    Aside from new country set-up, the role will assist with exploring new opportunities, working with governments to identify their needs, building relationships with potential implementering partners, including technology partners. This is a flexible, exciting role and one that is squarely positioned both at the heart of Living Goods’ strategy, and at the leading edge of our drive towards transformative change. As Living Goods is growing rapidly, this role will continue to evolve with the needs of the organization. 

    The ideal candidate is a resourceful, results-focused professional with vision and entrepreneurial spirit.  This is a full-time role, based in either Nairobi, Kenya or Kampala, Uganda. You will be part of the CHST, and can expect up to 75% travel within the region and beyond.

    Responsibilities

    • Manage Living Goods’ entrance into a new country, developing and cementing relationships with key stakeholders in the government and NGO sector at the national and district level.
    • Create detailed implementation and resource plans aligned to budgets to ensure smooth implementation.
    • Work with donor/ funder to set up relevant reporting and payment systems.
    • Responsible for finding premises, hiring staff and doing the necessary groundwork for Living Goods to be able to operate in-country legally and is set up for success, under tight timelines.
    • Provide necessary support to back-office functions such as HR, finance etc. while team is being hired.
    • Develop transition plans and oversee transition to permanent staff.
    • Support scoping opportunities with new partners and in new countries.

    Qualifications and Experience

    • A minimum of 10 years professional experience.  5 years of which are relevant to the role, i.e. setting up new operations, scoping new opportunities, strategic partnerships etc.
    • Adept at managing operations  ideally in the health sector.
    • Proven success working closely with government and building lasting relationships.
    • Professional experience in emerging markets, preferably in Sub Saharan Africa
    • Proven success in setting up new initiatives in developing countries with limited support and infrastructure
    • Ability to learn quickly and adapt. Must be comfortable with ambiquity.
    • Superior quantitative and qualitative analytical skills
    • Competent in managing budgets and resource planning
    • Project leadership and management experience
    • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively at a senior level of Government and diverse spectrum of stakeholders
    • Management consulting and public health experience, a plus

    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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