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Position Title:Health Trainer
Duty Station: Busia, Kenya
Organization:Living Goods
Employment Type:Full Time Permanent
Organizational Profile:
Are you looking to use your health knowledge in a high impact training career? If you are a natural public
speaker and health professional who loves working with people you could be the
right fit to join Living
Goods as a Health Trainer!
Living Goods supports networks of Community Health Promoters who go
door-to-door building the capacity of families to improve their health and
wealth while selling affordable, high-impact products like basic medicines,
fortified foods, water filters, clean cookstoves, and solar lights. As a Living
Goods Health Trainer you will play a key role in building the capacity of
Community Health Promoters to deliver high quality health care in the community.
Responsibilities
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Prepare and deliver base training
in Integrated Community Care to Community Health Promoters with a focus on
Malaria, Diarrhea, Pneumonia diagnosis and treatment, as well as pregnancy and
new baby care and nutrition.
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Deliver training on key business
skills and products and health support Android applications.
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Provide ongoing training to all
LG Branch team members on key sales and health topics.
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Contribute to the development of
LG’s health training content, pedagogical methods and materials as needed to
keep learning systems, content and tools fresh and inspiring.
·
Assist in ensuring all LG agents
are in compliance with regulations set by health authorities and professional
bodies including compliance with standard treatment guidelines.
·
Assist the Branch team in the
organization and delivery of regular refresher trainings for their community
health promoters.
Qualifications
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Degree or Diploma in a
health/medical related field.
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Minimum 2 years post-graduation
experience as a health practitioner (Clinical Officer, Nurse, Public Health
Officer etc.).
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Experience/qualifications in
training is an asset.
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Entrepreneurial spirit and drive
for results.
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Exceptional natural trainer and a
true people person.
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Excellent written and verbal
communications skills, both in English and Swahili.
·
Well organized and attentive to
detail.
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Team player – supportive,
collaborative and encouraging of teammates.
This role will initially be based in Busia but may change in the future,
with travel to Nairobi and other counties.
Applicants must be willing to relocate if applicable.
What is Living Goods?
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. Living Goods seeks nothing
less than a disruptive reinvention of distribution in emerging markets, through
networks of franchised micro-entrepreneurs who leverage Living Goods’ brand,
buying power and mobile marketing tools to deliver vital products at accessible
prices to the people who need them most. By combining the best practices from
the worlds of micro-enterprise, franchising and public health, Living Goods is
creating a fully sustainable system to improve the health, and wealth, of
underserved communities.
Life at Living Goods
Living Goods is aiming to make disruptive changes, dramatically improving
the lives of underserved communities. We think big, but we operate small and
nimble. At Living Goods, you will have the chance to use your creativity and
work with your teammates to conceive and test new ideas every day. If you work
well in a dynamic, highly collaborative culture, if you set high standards for
yourself and your colleagues, if you know how to fail fast and learn fast, if
you meet challenges with calm determination and a sense of humor, you will
thrive at Living Goods. See www.livinggoods.org/principles.
Mode of application:
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