Community Health Manager Busia - (Internal Only)
Busia, Kenya
Contracted
Experienced
Role: Community Health Manager.
Reporting to: Regional Field Manager.
Location: Busia - Kenya.
About Us
Our Strategy for delivering high-quality, cost-effective community health through and with digitally empowered, equipped, supplied, supervised, and compensated CHWs requires that we continuously re-invent the way we work. Innovating incessantly and with swift responsiveness to global trends is a critical success factor for building a thriving and sustainable LG of today and tomorrow.
Over the last four years, Living Goods has become a more complex organization with multiple implementation modes, exciting opportunities in new countries, and new partnerships in existing countries. Furthermore, while we have delivered some strong work in technology over the last couple of years, we now need to go the extra mile beyond technology and ensure a much greater emphasis on government partnerships in the broader digital health space. We can only do this by building a great place to work where our teams thrive, grow, and deliver extraordinary results.
Purpose of role:
To oversee daily branch operations & KPI performance, branch human resource management, and steer MoH and partner relationships at the Sub- County level.
Key Responsibilities:
Performance management:
Qualifications & Experience Required
Qualifications:
Having worked in the LG Learning site is key
Minimum of three (3) to (5) five years’ relevant work experience.
Competencies & Attributes:
Living Goods is an equal-opportunity employer and will consider every qualified applicant for employment. Living Goods does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.
To apply please submit your resume. The deadline for submissions is end of day 9th May 2024, East Africa Time. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with the potential for interviews to be called before the end of the submission period.
Living Goods is an equal opportunity employer and will consider every qualified applicant for employment. Living Goods does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.
Our current job openings are displayed on our website, where you can search for open positions and apply directly. Living Goods does not offer any positions without an interview and never asks candidates for money. If you are asked for money, we strongly recommend that you do not respond and do not send money or personal information.
Reporting to: Regional Field Manager.
Location: Busia - Kenya.
About Us
Our Strategy for delivering high-quality, cost-effective community health through and with digitally empowered, equipped, supplied, supervised, and compensated CHWs requires that we continuously re-invent the way we work. Innovating incessantly and with swift responsiveness to global trends is a critical success factor for building a thriving and sustainable LG of today and tomorrow.
Over the last four years, Living Goods has become a more complex organization with multiple implementation modes, exciting opportunities in new countries, and new partnerships in existing countries. Furthermore, while we have delivered some strong work in technology over the last couple of years, we now need to go the extra mile beyond technology and ensure a much greater emphasis on government partnerships in the broader digital health space. We can only do this by building a great place to work where our teams thrive, grow, and deliver extraordinary results.
Purpose of role:
To oversee daily branch operations & KPI performance, branch human resource management, and steer MoH and partner relationships at the Sub- County level.
Key Responsibilities:
Performance management:
- Report on the Branch weekly priorities, monthly performance, and training to the Regional Manager.
- Routinely measure branch performance using appropriate tools and techniques and ensure achievement of both short and long-term goals.
- Carry out field visits to CHPs areas of operation to ensure that the meet all their set targets.
- Execute service and data improvement plans to ensure quality services are delivered and quality data reported.
- Conduct weekly data analysis interpretation and sharing with supervisors.
- Conduct routine field supervisor coaching and mentorship to supervisors for effective service delivery.
- Supervision of and mentorship for supervisors.
- Ensure DESC functionality for all supported CHPs.
- Innovate and share best practices.
- Participate in peer group meetings, mentor, and coach.
- Maintain an updated branch KPI dashboard.
- Maintain the Required number of CHWs for the Branch.
- Approve all branch teams' work plans/requisitions at the beginning of the month and their expense reports.
- Determine, requisition and account for CHAs & CHPs disbursements.
- Manage petty cash in accordance with the organizations' financial controls.
- Follow on Branch Local Government compliance with the Finance department.
- Ensure timely accountably for disbursed funds.
- Conduct coaching and mentorships through routine check-ins and appraisal and provide feedback.
- Keep staff motivated and engaged.
- Orient new branch employees as required.
- Monitor and manage staff employee discipline as per organizational guideline.
- Ensure the integration of LG reports into local government reporting.
- Compile and share monthly branch reports.
- Record keeping of all necessary Branch documents.
- Prepare and submit monthly branch management Reports/updates and field visit Reports.
- Document lessons and learnings from the branch programs and projects.
- Compile stock take reports at the end of every stock take exercise.
- Develop and maintain a branch risk register.
- Disseminate and ensure adherence to all the Living Goods policies, and Standard Operating Procedures.
- Implement corrective measures on identified audit issues and ensure non-occurrence.
- Ensure that all branch activities adhere to legal and regulatory requirements.
- Receive, and account for all inventories.
- Conduct monthly Stock take exercise with an independent contractor to confirm that the physical stock tallies with the system stock.
- Maintain high quality stock through Temperature stock monitoring.
- Monitor stock levels at the Branch for essential commodities.
- Post any stock movements in the POS and or record in a consignment form to minimize loss of products.
- Maintain an updated branch asset register and follow-up on their functionality.
- Report damaged and short expiries in time to the procurement department.
- Identify CHS capacity needs and develop biannual and annual capacity building plans.
- Ensure utilization of the Living Goods established capacity building resources.
- Organize and conduct routine CHPs capacity building sessions held.
- Lead the execution of CHP competency assessments.
- Represent Living Goods in the routine and ad hoc local government and partners engagements.
- Develop and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with key stakeholders including local government implementing partners and the wider community as deemed necessary for business continuity.
- Ensure strict implementation of local government and partner MOUs.
- Support the planning, organization and host successful donor visits and other visits.
Qualifications & Experience Required
Qualifications:
- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in health, social science, or a relevant field.
- Desirable.
Having worked in the LG Learning site is key
Minimum of three (3) to (5) five years’ relevant work experience.
Competencies & Attributes:
- Critical analytical skills.
- Leadership skills
- Effective Communication skills.
- Conflict resolution and problem solving.
- Teamwork.
- Decision Making
- Financial Acumen
Living Goods is an equal-opportunity employer and will consider every qualified applicant for employment. Living Goods does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.
To apply please submit your resume. The deadline for submissions is end of day 9th May 2024, East Africa Time. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with the potential for interviews to be called before the end of the submission period.
Living Goods is an equal opportunity employer and will consider every qualified applicant for employment. Living Goods does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.
Our current job openings are displayed on our website, where you can search for open positions and apply directly. Living Goods does not offer any positions without an interview and never asks candidates for money. If you are asked for money, we strongly recommend that you do not respond and do not send money or personal information.
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