Living Goods Employment Opportunities in Kenya
Living Goods Innovation Manager Employment Opportunities in Kenya
IntroductionLiving Goods (LG) seeks to improve the lives of tens of millions of underserved customers by revolutionizing the way community health is delivered in the developing world. To do this, Living Goods not only grows its own business operations, but also dramatically magnifies its impact through large-scale partnerships. Living Goods works with many of the world’s leading visionary organizations across the corporate, social and government sectors. Current partners include the governments of Kenya and Uganda, plus Care International, BRAC and PSI. Living Goods’ future success increasingly depends on the state of the art mHealth, communications, the latest mobile tools, apps and technologies to drive impact.
Responsibilities
Define and prioritize key innovation projects based on work plan phases and decision points
Identify and liaise with potential innovation partners individuals, organizations, governments to pursue the innovation strategy
Manage innovation projects and implementation partners
Report on progress of strategy on a periodic basis, as agreed with the Technology Director
Identify areas for research and innovation that includes and not limited to;
User research to explore current scenario and define problems and opportunities for improvement
Development of user personas
Literature reviews of existing solutions
Landscape of existing or potential solutions
Buy-in from required partners
Research to establish and document baseline and future success markers
Take the lead in the development of knowledge products based on research outputs and validated innovation activities
Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree level required; Master’s or higher desirable
Experience in social research, with a focus on technology, health and governance issues
A strong background and experience in innovation work, technology, research, data science, and human-centered design
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English; able to produce high quality presentations, briefing papers etc.
A good understanding of Web technologies
Understanding of regulatory environment and health protocols that must be adhered to
Experience of commissioning and managing contracts with third party researchers
Ability to work as part of a distributed team and to work independently in a start-up environment, meeting tight deadlines and multiple priorities with minimal supervision
Sensitive to different cultural and social contexts, able to collaborate successfully with people from many different countries
Based in Nairobi with 50% travel to the field in the West of Kenya
How to apply
Interested candidates should apply online by 27 November, 2017
For more information and job application details, see; Living Goods Innovation Manager Employment Opportunities in Kenya
Living Goods Technology Project Manager Employment Opportunities in Kenya
Responsibilities
Developing project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
Manage and coordinate the ‘path-to-deployment’ and ‘path-to-scale’ for multiple innovation projects;
Coordination of projects activities which include conceptualization, designing, development and configuration, functional and user testing of projects spanning multiple year, driving potential for large scale impact.
Work with the design team to design and iteratively improve on the health service delivery workflows incorporated in Living Goods products.
Develop Impact and activity metrics/indicators and monitoring plan for portfolio projects to track and address issues as they arise for successfully transition to full-scale and realize health impact and monitoring overall progress and use of resources, initiating corrective action where necessary.
Lead the process of documenting and communicating lessons learned from projects both internally and externally.
Support the communication team with the development of external communication material including; proposal, reports, presentations and write-ups for various audiences ensuring timely reporting and communication with all stakeholders.
Prepare and manage work plans and budgets for all projects under various scenarios to facilitate quality project management and decision making in an ambiguous environment.
Identify all the internal and external resources whether financial or human resources required completing the project successfully and recruiting for junior positions
within the project.
Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs
Provide coaching and guidance to the team members about every aspect of the project so that the team members can understand their tasks fully and act on them efficiently.
Recommending information technology strategies, policies, and procedures by evaluating organization outcomes; identifying problems; evaluating trends; anticipating requirements.
As Living Goods is a dynamic organization, perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
BA/BS degree in Project Management, Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT or related field.
3+ years’ experience in project management with experience in Project Management tools.
Experience working with marginalized communities in any social impact programs.
Experience in collaborating multiple internal and external stakeholders and teams.
Experience with managing expectations and change directly and indirectly.
Good understanding of data collection, analytics and ability to interpret research for program design and implementation.
Willingness to travel to project implementation geographies in Africa up to 50% of the time.
Adaptable, self-motivated, inquisitive and a team player who is interested in being part of a fast-paced, growing and diverse team with a start-up atmosphere.
Detail oriented with demonstrated ability to multitask and manage timeline pressure focusing on quality.
Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English.
How to apply
Interested candidates should apply online by 27 November, 2017
For more information and job application details, see; Living Goods Technology Project Manager Employment Opportunities in Kenya
Living Goods Innovation Network Employment Opportunities in Kenya
Responsibilities
Support the development and coordination of evaluation frameworks, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems, including requirements, reporting, baseline, and evaluation surveys for all initiatives within Living Goods’ Innovation Network.
Assist in documenting, disseminating and promoting the utilization of generated knowledge internally and externally.
Ensure the use of appropriate M &E methods and that all learnings, data, successes and failure are captured for reporting and dissemination.
Ensure the alignment of research and M&E activities with the Innovation Network goals, and contribute to the refinement of the project work plans to identify targets and ensure inclusion of M&E activities.
Monitor project activities and track activities against the resultsA3 C4 framework and tracker.
Coordinate data collection to monitor the initiatives and ensure timely compilation and reporting of data.
Visit the field to validate data and to monitor the quality and completeness of data sets.
Capture and present the Innovation Network results and implications internally and externally.
Generate timely indicator reports to track progress against key indicators.
Communicate findings, issues and challenges to Innovation Network colleagues and LG Senior Leadership.
Qualifications
Master’s degree in public health, epidemiology, demography, health management, development studies, social sciences, statistics, or a related field.
A minimum of five (5) years of professional-level experience.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Excellent knowledge of monitoring and evaluation principles and practices is essential, including plan development, conceptual frameworks, and logic models.
Strong knowledge of monitoring and evaluation methodology data analysis and synthesis, performance evaluation and correction, and report writing.
Demonstrated capacity to use project M&E to advance strategic goals and provide data for decision-making.
Familiarity with local health systems support is desired.
How to apply
Interested candidates should apply online by 27 November, 2017
For more information and job application details, see; Living Goods Innovation Network Employment Opportunities in Kenya
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