Living Goods is looking for an
entrepreneurial and experienced manager to drive the strategy and growth of the
Partnerships arm of our business. Living Goods is in the vanguard of
revolutionizing community healthcare delivery worldwide. Through our
partnerships unit, we help p
artners adapt the Living Goods sustainable
community health model.
Partnerships lie at the heart of
Living Goods’ path for impact at scale. As the Director of Strategic
Partnerships, you will build and manage the Partnerships team and budget, drive
strategy, support existing client engagements, and build a robust pipeline of new
partnerships across the developing world. By collaborating with the world’s
leading international NGOs, businesses and governments to replicate our
business model, you will have the opportunity to improve the health and
livelihoods of millions of underserved customers. Our partners include The
Clinton Foundation, BRAC, PSI, and Marie Stopes International.
The position is based in East
Africa in our Kampala or Nairobi Office. You should expect to spend up to
25-30% of your time traveling to build our pipeline, expand our influence, and
drive the success of our partnering organizations around the world.
Qualifications
· 8+ years with a top management
consulting firm and/or global health organization; leading large engagements
and delivering exceptional results for clients; experience serving clients in
the social and/or government sector a plus;
· Experience winning and managing
large, multi-year, multi-million dollar projects/programs from development aid
programs like USAID;
· Experience working in emerging
markets with culturally diverse teams, preferably in Sub-Saharan Africa;
· Experience hiring, managing and
leading teams;
· Proven ability to communicate
effectively and inspire leaders in large, complex organizations;
· Excellent quantitative, analytical,
and problem solving skills;
· Language skills are a plus,
particularly French or Portuguese;
· BA required; Masters degree in
a relevant field preferred.
Compensation
A competitive salary and benefits
package commensurate with experience including health insurance, vacation, and
bonus opportunity. The opportunity to be your best while making lives better
for others.
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 cookstoves, and
solar lights. Living Goods seeks nothing less than a disruptive reinvention of
distribution in the developing world, 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 the poor.
Living Goods has been featured in
The New York Times, NBC News, The Economist,and The Huffington Post. Check out these articles and more on our press page.
Life at Living Goods
Living Goods is aiming to
dramatically improve the lives of the poor. 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.
For more information about Living
Goods, please visit:
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To apply for this position please
visit our career page and apply to ‘Director of Strategic Partnerships’ through
our applicant tracking system. 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 Go
