Projects Manager – Living Goods

Location: Kampala, Uganda
Department: Operations Department
Type: Full Time
Min. Experience: Experienced
Reports to: Senior Manager –Field Operations

Location: Kampala

Introduction

Do you want your work to matter? Do you want to use your skills to make a
difference, not just a living? Do you want to improve millions of lives, including your
own?

Living Goods works to reinvent how we improve the lives of the under-served. We
think big but operate lean and nimble. We believe community health is critical to
deliver Universal Health Coverage and that community health workers (CHWs) are
essential, because they bring health services to people’s doorsteps. But to truly
make an impact, CHWs need to be digitally empowered, equipped with treatments,
effectively supervised, and compensated.

We also help governments transform their community health systems and

workforces.  Using the disruptive power of mHealth, we’ve transformed ability of
more than 7,000 community health workers to have a lifesaving impact across
Africa. These community health workers educate, assess, treat and refer for
common illnesses like pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria that affect children under 5,
they help ensure children get immunized on time, and they support women through
their pregnancies and with family planning.  They also provide primary healthcare to
6 million people at a fraction of the cost of doctors and nurses.

The secret to our success is a winning team.  One that enables people to bring their
ideas and creativity to work every day.  If you work well in a dynamic collaborative
culture, set high standards, meet challenges with determination and a have a sense
of humor, come work for Living Goods!

Living Goods is growing!  We’ve grown 30 percent every year for the past 5 years.
We now have more than 450 Living Goods staff, 97 percent of whom are based in
East Africa.

At Living Goods, you will have the chance to apply your ideas and creativity at work
every day.  If you work well in a dynamic collaborative culture, set high standards,
and meet challenges with determination and a sense of humor, you’ll thrive here at
Living Goods.

Purpose of the role:

Leads in the design, implementation and reporting on restricted donor programs as
well as new projects/programs including innovations scale up/rollout.

What You’ll Do:

Project design development

 Lead in the development of project design & work plans for both internal
and external stakeholders
 Define Key Performance Indicators for each project and ensure alignment
with stakeholders and relevant teams.
Project Management (including innovations rollout):

 Lead roll out of new innovations and program areas to improve operational
efficiency and broaden impact
 Work with other departments to develop costed work plans and budgets
for scaling new innovations and or projects inclusive of trainings, staff level
of effort, stake holder engagements and research
 Track and report implementation progress of projects/new innovations at
scale including documentation key learnings.
 Lead the risk management of projects and ensure strict compliance to
mitigation measures.
 Monitor project operating budgets and make adjustments to project
constraints based on financial analysis.
 Ensure cost effectiveness of various activities and sustainability of the
organization.
Performance management

 Routinely measure project performance using appropriate tools and

techniques and ensure achievement of both short and long-term goals.
Project compliance management:

 Develop simplified versions and interpret compliance requirements to

branch teams, ensuring effective dissemination and adherence.
Reporting:     

 Provide routine project updates to stakeholders highlighting key learnings

and best practices.
 Develop and maintain an effective project knowledge management
platform that ensures easy access to essential project information.
 Ensure all donor reports are submitted in the format and schedule agreed.
Business development         

 Participate in proposal writing and presentation for prospective funding

opportunities
 Participate in field visits with donors and partners to demonstrate the
impact of Living Goods model.
Stakeholder engagement    

 Develop and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with key

stakeholders including ministry of health, district leadership, implementing
partners and the wider community as deemed necessary for the
implementation of projects.
Who You Are:

Education and Experience

 Excellent written and verbal communication skills

 Solid organizational skills with an eye for detail and ability to multitask
 Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office
 At least 7 years of project management experience in the health sector
 Project Management Professional (PMP) / PRINCE II certification is a plus
 Bachelor’s Degree in health or humanities disciplines, Maters degree is a
plus
Competencies:

 Good communication skills

 Project planning and management
 Marketing and behavior change communication
 Analytical skills
 Budget performance management
 Stakeholder engagement and relationship management
 Reporting
 Computer literacy
Deadline for applying is: 27th March 2020 5 pm

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. If offered a role at Living Goods, we’ll request consent to complete a
background check, which is part of our hiring process.

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