Living Goods supports networks
of ‘Avon-like’ micro-entrepreneurs who go door-to-door teaching families how to
improve their health and wealth while selling affordable, high-impact products
like basic medicines, fortified foods, water filters, clean cookstoves, and
solar lights.

At Living Goods, we believe
that our technology and data systems will become our most transformative tools
for success: empowering our agents to sell and earn more, dramatically lowering
our cost to market and monitor, enabling real time sales force management and
igniting social connections that drive impact and business success. Living
Goods’ future success increasingly depends on the mastery of data,
communications and the latest mobile tools, apps and technologies.

Job Summary: The
Technology Operations Manager will be responsible for managing all our existing
systems there and leading the deployment of new systems, services, tools, and
strategies that improve our profitability and deepen our impact.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Manage
the deployment design and management of Android across LG operations in
Uganda by deployment of quality control, monitoring and evaluation tools.
Offer
project management support for the countrywide scale-up and rollout of
Android through project tracking, reporting and documentation.
Provide
advisory and technical support to the Android development process though
regular involvement and interaction with the development team.
Manage
the LG database on a day-to –day basis and facilitate training, data
extraction and reporting as the need may be.
Work
in close consultation with the LG country director to develop and design
an I.T policy to guide operational support and I.T infrastructure
management.
Oversee
cross-departmental knowledge sharing, content design and provision on
behalf of the tech-department.
Act
as principal coordinator in the identification, selection and management
of vendors for I.T related functions.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

The
applicant should exhibit strong leadership, project management skills,
time management, and problem solving skills
Four
or more years of project management or equivalent experience with high
degree of competency in: planning & organizational skills,
prioritization, tradeoff management, issue and risk identification and
management, dependency and milestones tracking, and establishing
accountability across the team
Strong
understanding of the software development cycle as well as Experience with
software development methodologies and related process management
Past
exposure and experience in database architecture, design, and development
Prior
experience in designing and implementing Web applications with forms,
reports, and dashboards accessing relational databases
Past
exposure and experience in managing mobile devices and mobile reporting.
Possess
the ability to analyze situations, evaluate alternatives, and implement
solutions within standards (where applicable).
Prior
management experience a strong plus.
Entrepreneurial
spirit and drive for results.
Exceptional
interpersonal skills.
Excellent
written and verbal communications skills
Flexible
and willing to travel across Uganda or Kenya and stay for some nights
up-country

How to Apply:

All candidates are strongly
encouraged to visit the career page and apply for this job through our
applicant tracking system. Opens the employer’s application pageApply Now → In lieu of a cover letter you will be asked to answer a few short
questions that will help us learn a little bit more about you and your interest
in working with Living Goods.

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