Community Lead

About You and The Role  
Does creating and maintaining meaningful relationships with multiple layers of stakeholders within local communities come natural to you? Are you a natural communicator who is able to use the power of storytelling to sell the impact of project activities to create positive long lasting partnerships across different stakeholder groups? At Zipline, your work will result in the creation of community legacies and impacts, with customers and stakeholders counting on you everyday,  so there is no time for ambiguous communication or aiming low.  If building rapport with external stakeholders, helping internal teams better live and represent Zipline’s cherished values and leveraging your technical skills to build and maintain mutually beneficial long lasting stakeholder relationships match your experience and interests, READ ON!
Zipline believes access to medical care should not depend on your GPS coordinates. We are at the forefront of a logistics revolution, using autonomous aircraft to deliver just-in-time, lifesaving medical supplies on 3 continents around the world right now, 7 days a week.  Are you interested in supporting the team and a system that 200 million people will depend on with their lives?
What You’ll Do

Create awareness of Zipline’s service in the communities we serve through running community events, conducting community visits, hosting visits at our site, and more
Build and maintain strong relationships with community champions
Coordinate opportunities to give back to the community including blood drives and community events
Help team understand and live Zipline’s values
Develop community bonds within and across our sites
Create a welcoming and inclusive environment for all Zipliners
Meet regularly with each team member at the site

What You’ll Bring 

You have significant prior experience working with people and communities on programs (candidates with strong relevant experience working with community based multinational non-profit organisations may also be considered)
You can communicate effectively (verbally and in writing) and are comfortable speaking in front of large groups and have experience building strong and high-trust relationships with internal teams and external stakeholders
You are detail-oriented and have experience organizing successful in-person events for large groups
You have the grit, resourcefulness, and resilience to thrive in novel, uncertain and constantly-changing business and regulatory environments
You believe deeply that access matters and that we can and will provide access to essential medical supplies for every person on the planet 
You need to speak proficient English
You must be eligible to work in Kenya
This position is based in Kisumu, Kenya

Apply via :

flyzipline.com