Organisation: Living Goods
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
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 cook stoves, and solar lights.
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 cook stoves, and solar lights.
Job Summary: The
Branch Management Training Program – a paid program – provides training on
branch management, stock management, community health care focusing on
diarrhoea, pneumonia, malaria prevention and treatment, as well as nutrition
and maternal/newborn care. Living Goods offers a 6-week Branch Management
Training Program for potential new team members to be immersed in our community
health care model. Successful graduates may have the opportunity to gain a full
time role as part of the Living Goods team. The graduates will bolster their
careers in health and entrepreneurship.
Branch Management Training Program – a paid program – provides training on
branch management, stock management, community health care focusing on
diarrhoea, pneumonia, malaria prevention and treatment, as well as nutrition
and maternal/newborn care. Living Goods offers a 6-week Branch Management
Training Program for potential new team members to be immersed in our community
health care model. Successful graduates may have the opportunity to gain a full
time role as part of the Living Goods team. The graduates will bolster their
careers in health and entrepreneurship.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Agent Support and Motivation:
- Actively
motivate agents to achieve health and sales targets. - Ensure
all agents are maintaining target inventory levels month to month. - Ensure
all agents know and follow health protocols. - Actively
implement marketing and promotional efforts to support agents sales goals. - Support
in ensuring all agents are in compliance with regulations set by health
authorities including compliance with standard treatment guidelines.
2. Financial Management: Manage branch financial operations
3. Operations:
- Ensure
branch is clean, neat and welcoming to CHPs. - Responsible
for managing branch inventory. - Ensure
all inventory is received with appropriate Delivery Notes. - Ensure
inventory is managed on a First in/First Out basis. - Ensure
no stock-outs occur at the branch for key products. - Oversee
all the operations to keep costs as low as possible. - Build
and strengthen working relations between the implementing partner
organizations.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The
applicants for the trainee program should hold a Diploma or Degree in
clinical health and/or business required. - The
Branch Management Trainees should be motivated by others and possess
strong business skills - The
applicant should also be highly committed to improving the lives of
mothers/children in the community, and want to be part of a cutting edge
team that is setting the mark for a how a social enterprise can improve
health impacts in a sustainable way. - Proven
success as a CHP, entrepreneur, business manager, or health professional. - Past
management experience will be an added advantage. - Entrepreneurial
spirit and drive for results. - Exceptional
natural leader with strong interpersonal skills. - Excellent
written and verbal communications skills, both in English and Luganda
required. Fluency in Lusoga is an added advantage. - Highly
flexible and willing to travel across Uganda and periodically stay
up-country. - Basic
computer skills.
How to Apply:
All candidates are strongly
encouraged to Apply Online at the web link below.
encouraged to Apply Online at the web link below.
Deadline: 30th June,
2015
2015
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