Western, Western, Kenya
Role: Community Health Supervisor.
Reports to: Community Health 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, therefore, 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 over the last couple of years in technology, 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.Â
Purpose of role:
To motivate others, have a great willingness to learn, and want to be part of a cutting-edge team that is setting the bar on improving health impacts in a sustainable way.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support recruitment, training, and managing Community Health Volunteers.
- Motivate CHVs in-field to achieve health metrics. Work to support strong performers, increase the effectiveness of medium performers, and support to improve.
- Ensure all Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) are delivering impact in the communities both through remote checks and through in-field checks (esp. diagnosis and treatment).
- Support Community Health Promoters in learning and correctly using their m-health app.
- Manage inventory: Ensure no stock-outs and ensure management on a First In/First Out; First Expiry/First Out basis.
- Support experiments and innovations in the learning sites.
- Build strong relations with MoH, communities and partners.
- Conduct regular refresher training for Community Health Volunteers.
Qualifications & Experience Required
Qualifications:
Degree or Diploma in Public Health, Community Health, Nutrition, Social Sciences, or health-related professional preferred.
Experience:
- At least 1 year’s work experience, preferably in health/community / social workspaces.
Competencies & Attributes:
- Team player with a drive for results and strong performance management skills.
- Ability to mentor and coach Community Health Volunteers.
- Ability and willingness to interact with community elders and clients.
- Willingness to work extensively in the field under minimum supervision.
- A good communicator with excellent public speaking skills.
- General computer proficiency and experience in handling.
- The ability to speak in the local dialect – Luhya and Luo – is an added advantage.
- Passionate about working with poor rural households in remote areas is a great plus.
To apply please submit your CV. The deadline for submissions is end of day 22nd November, 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.Â