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Global Grants and Compliance Manager Global Senior Manager- Accounting Services Manager, Software Quality Assurance Senior Manager, Data Engineering and Architecture Senior Manager, Product Management Internal Auditor Senior Manager – Digital Transformation

Purpose of role:

The Global Grants and Compliance Manager focuses on driving end-to-end grants management and reporting processes, working in collaboration with other Grants and Compliance staff, Business Development and Program Operations to produce high-quality and timely donor reporting, and conducting staff capacity building on grants and reporting. The Global Grants and Compliance Manager will be responsible for providing program and support teams with general grants management support and advice on donor compliance and LG policy & regulations to ensure grants are implemented on track, on time, and on budget while adhering to funding and reporting requirements from grant inception to close.

Key Responsibilities:

Grant Management and Compliance:

Ensure grants or contracts are well administered and that program and support teams are fully informed of relevant donor compliance regulations and LG procedures to support on-track, on-time, and on-budget implementation.
Coordinate regular grant monitoring, using appropriate grant management tools and through facilitation and support of regular and timely Grant Review, Opening, and Closing Meetings.

Oversee comprehensive information management and filing system, ensuring donor contractual documents, reports, and key correspondences are consistently and frequently filed.
Maintain a broad and deep understanding of relevant donor policies, regulations, and procedures.
Provide support to the Director of Compliance and Grants, Director of Financial Planning and Analysis, Country Heads of Finance and Administration, BD team, and Project Managers in liaison or representation to donors, and tracking key donor correspondence.

Ensure effective channels of internal and external communications relating to grants are established and respected, confirming senior management and technical leads understand donor communication protocols and provide copies of correspondence for files.
Proactively identify compliance risks throughout the portfolio and advise programs, support teams, and senior management on necessary actions.
Liaise with the GET, Project Managers, and BD teams about specific compliance issues, clearly communicating issues to relevant colleagues.
Study all proposed sub-contract and sub-grant agreements and applications to ensure compliance with the terms of contract and grant agreements between Living Goods and its donors/funders.

Collaborate with financial analysis, planning, and program teams to ensure that key processes and systems are in place to manage grant risk assessments, donor financial compliance, and reporting management processes.

Budget Management:

Ensure compliance with approved program/project budgets and spending policies, and initiate improved policies and systems regarding spending guidelines, cost allocation, and annual planning.
Lead program and finance staff in grant revisions, modifications, no-cost extensions, or budget realignments.
Collaborates with program staff in the development and input into comprehensive annual program budgets incorporating funding from restricted / loosely restricted funding sources.
Assist with the development and maintenance of organizational indirect cost rate.
Ensures grants and contract budgets are aligned with institutional budgets and forecasts.

Reporting:

Manage all external reporting to ensure timely delivery of high-quality reports which meet donor and LG requirements, coordinating closely with program and finance managers and coordinators.
Ensure quality information management related to reporting by overseeing the regular maintenance of grant files, reporting calendars, and updating of internal LG documentation and Grant Management Tools.
In concert with the finance team, assist program technical leads and operations staff with understanding the reporting and other compliance requirements on their grants.

Sub-award management and Administration:

Development, maintenance, and updates to the Grant and Contracts manual, tools, templates, policies, SOPs, and guidance documents for sub-award management and administration
Oversee sub-award due diligence and monitoring procedures to ensure donor compliance in line with LG internal policies and donor regulations.
Develops, and reviews sub-award templates and tools, prepares assessments, monitoring plans, and takes corrective actions.
Reviews sub-award modifications and provide expert advice to Program/Project staff on sub-award-related matters.
Collaborate with Program/Project staff on sub-recipient/subcontract monitoring of deliverables, invoices, compliance with regulations, as well as terms and conditions.
Advises program/project staff on matters related to preparation, administration, and closeout of grants and sub-awards.
Oversees maintenance and timeline updates to the program sub-award tracker and regulatory reporting requirements.
Coordination, planning, and execution of annual audits from sub-awardees.
Participate in the assessment and induction of new partners/sub-awardees.
Facilitate partner/sub-awardee institutional capacity strengthening plans to ensure effective, efficient implementation of projects.

Capacity Building:

Conduct ongoing capacity strengthening of staff in report writing, editing, and critical analysis.
Provide capacity building for grants management, spending tracking, and compliance staff.
Support training to program staff related to LG and donor regulations and processes for visibility and communications.

Qualifications & Experience Required

Required Experience & Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in business management, Finance, Accounting, or a related field with at least 12 years of relevant work experience (5 of which should be at the supervisory level).
A Master’s degree will be an added advantage with at least 13 years of relevant work experience with at least 5 years of Leadership/Management experience.
Excellent skills in analysis, and training.
Proven skills in project management, documentation, and project budget management
Excellent networking and relationship-building abilities for effective collaboration with other functions.
Grants management experience within INGOs.

Professional Qualifications / Membership in professional bodies

CPA, CA, ACCA, or equivalent preferred.

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October 30, 2024
Executive Assistant to the CEO Global Senior Manager- Accounting Services Internal Auditor

Key Responsibilities

Administrative support: Manage the CEO’s diary and appointment schedule by planning and scheduling meetings, conferences, and teleconferences, and organize complex travel agendas. Provide administrative support to the leadership team. Process the CEO’s expenses and other administrative items.
Office management: Ensure that the Global office has all that is required for seamless operations. Partner with the P&C team to implement and maintain workplace policies as necessary. Provide general support to the CEO’s visitors and help create a positive, friendly office environment.
Meeting and Events Management: Responsible for the seamless coordination of Board meetings and Global Executive Team meetings. Plans, coordinates, and executes virtual and physical Global Office all-team meetings, team building sessions, executive team retreats, and other events as needed.
Design documents: Develop and edit attractive memos, briefing papers, and presentations.
Performance tracking: Trends/insights analysis with inputs from the Global leadership team to support the overall delivery of work plans.
Internal communication: Working closely with the CEO and in collaboration with the Group Communications team, play a key role in internal communication. Ensures communication from the CEO is dispatched on time, takes notes during meetings, and that responses to varied audiences are met.
Organize information: Develop and maintain document management (physical and digital filing and retrieval system). Suggest efficient ways to run the Kenya Global office and troubleshoot malfunctions.
Board Support and Liaison: Act as a primary point of contact and liaison between the executive team and the Board of Directors, ensuring smooth communication and information flow.

Education, Experience, Technical skills, and attributes:

Background. Undergraduate. 3+ years in a fast-paced working environment. Experience working in a consulting organization or similar environment handling multiple projects and clients. Background relevant to the operations of Living Goods gained in either the private, public, or NGO sectors.
Analytical skills: An analytical mindset.
Communication & Influencing: Experienced at preparing communication materials (PowerPoint, Word documents, email correspondence that meets Board-level standards) and effectively sharing these – both verbally and in writing in English.
Planning and Organizational skills: People can rely on you because you can develop the engine that runs the Global CEO office. You will keep the leadership team true to governance routines and are good at keeping calendars and timelines. You keep a tight ship and up-to-date to-do lists. You like to get the details right.
Collaboration and team effectiveness: Build team effectiveness and work collaboratively in a Global team environment.
People and info junkie: Once you join an organization you become a sponge, soaking up information quickly. You enjoy getting to learn the inner workings of an organization and meeting and getting to know employees at all levels.
Discretion: You are a consummate professional. You have an intuitive feel for sensitive situations, and you respect confidentiality.
Multitasks: You’re able to juggle multiple tasks at once while ‘staying calm and carrying on. You think strategically, handle ambiguity and work well in a multicultural environment.
Bilingual in French is a plus.

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October 30, 2024
Culture and Internal Communications Manager Digital Outreach Officer

Top Accountabilities:

Design and execute an internal communication strategy and plan that drives employee engagement and helps build a vibrant culture of collaboration at Living Goods: Working closely with the Director of Org Design and Effectiveness and the Communications team, you will define a purposeful and creative approach that will promote connectivity among staff across the organization, drive bottom-up and top-down communications, and enable clarity and consistency around change management.
Increase staff understanding of our organizational direction and priorities for our people. Publish information that all staff needs to know, and support consistent country communication in our countries of operation. Lead the organization of regular lunch and learns and other staff events or forums.
Maximize digital tools and virtual events to engage staff across the organization. As we have a decentralized structure with staff operating in different countries and time zones, we seek a digital strategist who will maximize communications vehicles and tactics that create connection, bottom-up opportunities for feedback, and better clarity about organizational initiatives.
Drive culture and positive energy: You will take ownership of helping to enhance company culture and making employees feel appreciated and celebrated and will work to execute key tactics intended to drive diversity, equity, and inclusion, and strengthen understanding of core organizational values. You will develop a mechanism to monitor and report on DEI KPIs and targets for various teams across the organization.
Change management. You will work cross-functionally across multiple teams—in close partnership with the People & Culture, Communications, and Global Executive/Country Leadership teams—to ensure organizational initiatives and projects are successfully communicated to employees and stakeholders on a timely basis and through multiple channels.
Strengthen our employer brand. You will champion staff engagement forums that amplify employee stories and experiences to drive improved internal branding and drive recruitment on our website, by inspiring applicants by the people who drive our work.
Internal messaging: Develop and author a variety of internal and executive communications including internal newsletters, presentations, announcements, and blogs to be delivered across a variety of communications channels, including the articulation of policies, performance management cycles, and other org-wide initiatives managed through the People and Culture department.
Internal communications consultancy services: Act as the focal point for receiving and handling requests for internal-facing communications needs, including the review, editing, and production of products targeting internal audiences. This includes the editing of presentations for select internal meetings, photography for internal events, and editing of other documents targeting internal audiences, among others.

Qualifications & Experience Required

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree is required. Advanced degree (MA/MBA) preferred. Communications or related training is desirable. Bilingual French is not required but will be an added advantage.

Experience:

6-8 years of professional experience with an emphasis on communications, culture & employee engagement within a multinational environment or international non-profit.
Strong expertise with digital communications tools to drive engagement; basic formatting and design skills with the Adobe Creative Suite, Canva and Mailchimp are a plus but not required.
Demonstrated experience in developing content and campaigns for employee audiences.
Proven track record of successfully managing medium-to-large scale employee projects, particularly around change management.
You have a commitment to diversity and inclusion and experience working in a decentralized, matrixed structure. Experience successfully leading DEI and/or change management initiatives preferred.
Strong messaging communications experience: You can write and tailor content for specific audiences that demonstrates a deep understanding of messaging, positioning, and stakeholder needs.
Organized and creative, you’re able to easily adapt and change directions quickly when needed and can resiliently work well in a challenging environment.
Sense of humor and easygoing personality a strong plus.
Bilingual in French is a plus.

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October 30, 2024
Senior Manager – Digital Transformation

Your charge?

Reporting to the Chief Digital Health Officer you will provide ownership for the overall design, implementation and management of org-wide digital systems, tools and platforms required for driving effective internal effectiveness. You will oversee a wide range of systems including but not limited to an internal ERP system, access, and security controls for Microsoft platforms, Office365 and EMS E5 including Intune, Defender (O365, Endpoint, and Identity), Azure Active Directory P2, Azure Information Protection and Governance, OneDrive, Teams, and Share-point.
While working closely with the CDHO you will be responsible for design, deployment, and appropriate adoption of internal IT roadmaps and workplans to ensure choice of fit for purpose digital tools that deliver maximum value for the organization.
As part of the Digital Health Leadership Team, you will develop and implement IT strategic plans aligned with the LG’s goals and objectives which includes identifying and prioritizing technology initiatives to support organizational growth and operational efficiency. Through your expertise you will provide guidance on emerging technologies and industry trends.
You will be a leader with overall ownership on management of a team of technical project manager/s and System Administration team – you will provide the team with day-to-day management as well as support their long-term career growth plans in-line with the organizational needs. You will set and drive adoption of necessary structures and processes required to ensure the Digital Transformation sub-function delivers its mandate effectively.
Responsible for organizational wide IT assets security including determining the right technologies, development of all IS governance and security policies, knowledge, and right skillsets to work with all LG technologies so that security delivery is current, procedurally documented, and in compliance with organization standard as well as alignment with ISO 27001 and NIST CSF security controls across all the LG offices.
As part of the Digital Health Leadership Team, you will be responsible for driving cross-functional workplans including building alignment with key internal and external stakeholders during the lifecycle of digital transformation projects like organizational wide Cyber security, IS risk management framework and security awareness programs. You will also work closely with compliance and internal audits functions to determine necessary risk management and training programs.

Key duties and Responsibilities:

Day to day management of the entire digital transformation team that includes – technical project manager, system and security administration team and system engineers.
Oversee the day-to-day IT operations including infrastructure, networks, services, systems, and applications.
Design and drive overall structural and processes- set-up and drive progressive improvements of centralized Digital transformation workplan and well thought approaches within the organization.
Coaching and mentorship to the Digital transformation including supporting the team to define their technical growth and offering recommendations on soft skills growth.
Management, guidance and oversight of all administration and security configurations by the System Administrators, tech partners, auditors, and any other relevant stakeholders.
Implement and maintain IT policies, procedures, and standards to ensure compliance and best practice.
Identification of required technologies and development of implementation roadmaps including training plans for all LG staffs to ensure that overall org-wide IT security mitigates all cyber risks and sufficiently protects critical organizational IT information.
Establish and maintain strong relationships with external vendors, ensuring effective service delivery and value for money.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams and business stakeholders to understand their technology needs and provide appropriate solutions.
Manage IT budgeting, forecasting, and procurement processes, optimizing resource allocation and cost-effectiveness.
Ensuring timely and sufficient resourcing from System Administration to drive all necessary fraud and cyber-attacks investigations.
Supporting internal finance, compliance, and any other business/program leaders in drafting appropriate key messaging regarding such incidents and investigations
Ensuring resourcing from Systems and Security teams to drive timely and accurate response on all forensic, internal, and external audits.
Ownership of drafting and contextualizing management reports including final audit scores, overall IS risk ratings and post audits recommendations.

Requirements

Bachelors in computer science, Information Technology, or any other Technology related Degree
8+ years total post education working experience preferably in a large multi-national organization.
4-5 years of hands-on technical experience as an implementation engineer in various technology projects.
4 years supervisory / managerial level in a busy and dynamic technology environment with experience of coaching and guiding technical engineering teams.
Professional certification in various technology platforms and System and Security Administration and governance.
ERP system and security governance certification are highly desirable – CISSP, CISSM, CISM
Desirable Security Technical certifications: Cloud services architect, such as Azure, AWS, Google, CCNA, CompTIA certifications, relevant Microsoft Administration and Security certification tracks.

Compensation

A competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience including health insurance and annual performance bonus pay opportunity. This is an opportunity to be your best while making lives better for those in need.

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October 30, 2024
Manager – System and Security Administrator

Key Responsibilities

You will be tasked with the following:

Lead the evolution and implementation of the Internal IT Roadmap for LG to provide for a secure, safe and highly productive IT environment for LG staff across the various offices.
Provide ownership for the overall management of administration of access and security controls for Microsoft platforms – Office365 and EMS E5 including Intune, Defender (O365, Endpoint, and Identity), Azure Active Directory P2, Azure Information Protection and Governance, OneDrive, Teams, and Share-point and all other platforms as per the signed off organizational governance controls.
Overall ownership and management of the global system administration team and setting up all necessary system administration structures and processes to ensure internal IT support to staff across various LG offices and branches on software and hardware aspects (laptops, emails, connectivity, etc.) including institutionalizing and refining the helpdesk structure for internal IT troubleshooting (L1, L2, etc.). This would also include ownership of day-to-day operational management of the system admin function.
Responsible for organizational wide IT assets security including determining the right technologies, development of all IS governance and security policies, knowledge, and right skillsets to work with all LG technologies and digital system so that security delivery is current, procedurally documented, and in compliance with organization standard as well as alignment with ISO 27001 and NIST CSF security controls.
Responsible for driving organizational wide Cyber security, IS risk management framework and security awareness program including working closely with compliance and internal audits to determine necessary risk management and training programs.
Coaching and overall mentorship to the System Admin team with specific focus on technical growth recommendations and management skillsets.
Ownership for management and oversight of all administration and security configurations by the System Administrators, tech partners, auditors, and any other relevant stakeholders.
Identification of required technologies and development of implementation roadmaps including training plans for all LG staffs to ensure that overall org-wide IT security mitigates all cyber risks and sufficiently protects critical organizational IT information.
Ensuring timely and sufficient resourcing from System Administration to drive all necessary fraud and cyber-attacks investigations.
Working closely with the Senior Manager (DT) to ensure adequate resourcing for timely and accurate response on all forensic, internal, and external IT audits.
Supporting the Senior Manager (DT) with the drafting of management reports including final audit scores, overall IS risk ratings and post audits recommendations.

Qualifications & Experience Required

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or any other technology related degree.

Professional Qualifications / Membership In Professional Bodies

Professional certification in System and Security Administration and governance.
Essential security governance certification: must have successfully completed at least two out of CISSP, CISSM and CISM certifications.
Desirable security technical certifications: CCNA, CompTIA certifications, relevant Microsoft Administration and Security certification tracks.

Experience

06+ years of professional work experience in the capacity of internal system security and IT admin roles for a medium to large organization with multiple offices is essential.
05+ years professional experience of team management in a system admin function which is supporting an organization with offices in different locations is essential.

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October 30, 2024
Tor: Living Goods Organization Incident Management Senior Manager – Digital Health & Government Partnerships Senior Manager – Community Health Systems Strengthening (CHSS).

OVERVIEW

Living Goods is committed to offering a safe and trusted work environment and meeting the duty of care it owes internally to its staff, board and volunteers (CHWs) and externally to its stakeholders (community it serves, partners, clients, donors, Governments, regulatory authorities, consultants). To achieve this, we have initiated a process to review the current safeguarding and related policies, complaint mechanisms and develop training materials. We aim to ensure relevant capacity within the organization specifically with the Field Operations teams while improving the current policies and guidelines. The scope of work will also include the development of safeguarding communication and training material to enable the integration of safeguarding consistently in Living Goods’ approaches and ways of working.

OBJECTIVE

The objective of this consultancy is to support Living Goods (LG) in the development and institutionalization of an enterprise-wide incident management framework to provide a structured approach to identifying, analyzing, and responding to incidents in the organization to minimize their impact on the business and prevent similar incidents from happening in the future.
Living Goods considers incident management capability as a critical factor in guaranteeing our operational resiliency. We believe that operational resilience as a concept is critical in managing operational risk to ensure mission viability by being able to adapt to new risks as they emerge and acting before reacting. Our operational resilience is understood as a function of a robust and strong incident management framework which will be part of our risk and security management activities.

THE CONSULTANT’S RESPONSIBILITIES

This role will be on a 3 months consultancy basis, directly reporting to the Director of Compliance and Grants and interacting majorly with the organizational functional leads at the Global Office and Country Level. A Technical Working Group consisting of Global Executive and Management Team members will oversee the outputs of this consultancy.

Key responsibilities will include the following:

Conduct a current state assessment to understand the current state of incident management in the organization.
Facilitate enterprise-wide cross-functional engagement to gather understanding, determinants, and gaps of the organization’s current incident management practices.
Based on the needs analysis and findings of the detailed assessment make recommendations to the TWG on improvements and best practices for implementation.
Develop an incident management framework that outlines the processes, roles, responsibilities, and tools required to manage incidents effectively tailored to Living Goods’ needs.
Support the development of standardized methods, workflows, and procedures for the efficient and prompt response, analysis, documentation, ongoing management, and reporting of Incidents aligned to the incident management framework. These should help
Identify the incident types.
Define the severity levels and associated response times.
Steps that should be taken to resolve incidents.
Support the development of policies and procedures that define and assign the appropriate roles and to responsibilities for personnel involved in incident management activities.

SCOPE OF WORK

The consultant will be required to conduct a comprehensive review of LG’s incident management system with the aim of developing an enterprise-wide incident management framework. The consultant will provide advice based on industry best practices and Standards to meet the objectives of the assignment.

Specifically, the Consultant is required to:

Undertake a comprehensive review of the proposed incident management mechanism to identify the needs and management teams across the enterprise and their specific roles and responsibilities (command and control structure with clearly defined RACI)
Support management in establishing a policy and corresponding procedures that define the incident management process and key participants.
Develop required workflows to illustrate how incidents flow through the incident management process, including detection, reporting, triage, analysis, response, and closure, which should be completed.
Develop the required incident management tools (Incident reporting forms, guidelines, and procedures).
Identifying people across the enterprise who have a role in analyzing and resolving incidents and their specific roles and responsibilities.
Establish a comprehensive enterprise-wide incident management system that supports the organizational mission, goals, or business drivers.
Develop a standard orientation program for the organization.
Map and ensure linkages of the proposed incident management system to any existing business continuity or disaster recovery plans where and when appropriate.
Ensure the incident management systems supports the overall strategy to protect and secure critical business functions and assets.
Other specific actions aligned with the key activities.

DELIVERABLES
The Consultant will deliver:

Inception Report
Presentation of draft
Final comprehensive LG enterprise-wide incident management framework, tools, and orientation;
This will include;

Incident management systems Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to Critical Success Factors (CSFs).
Feature system to assign unresolved Incidents to appropriate Tiers.
Escalation mechanism.
Incident lifecycle.

CONSULTANT QUALIFICATIONS

At least 3 years of experience in providing consulting services in the field of incident management
Extensive experience in technology solutions for organizational processes.
Full command of the English language with prior experience and a proven ability for excellent oral and written communication/documentation in the development of Operational and Administrative policy and procedures development.

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October 29, 2024
Global Research and Evidence Manager

Research Project Management

Manage priority internal and external research projects from end to end including developing the evaluation strategy, drafting RFPs, identifying and contracting research partners (where appropriate), project management and oversight, data anlaysis report writing, dissemination, and ensuring translation of evidence and insights for program improvement and advocacy.
Provide technical guidance/management to other LG and partner staff to adhere to research systems/processes/protocols to ensure high-quality research design, implementation, and analysis.
Conduct analysis of internal program data and external evaluation data to answer priority learning questions or develop key evidence and insights for advocacy.

External Research Partnerships & Business Development

Expand and deepen strategic global research partnerships
Identify Principal Investigators and high-quality research partners for collaboration on specific projects.
Package up key evidence, learning and insight to share externally for advocacy, thought leadership and business development.
Represent the organization externally with government partners, academia, funders
Lead the technical input on evaluation and research sections of funding proposals.
Partner with the business development team to identify specific opportunities for research funding aligned with the strategy.
Participate in relevant external coalitions and technical working groups

Knowledge Pieces and Publications

Publish key research, analysis, evidence and insights in peer-reviewed journals.
Write knowledge pieces including blogs, policy briefs, and other articles to drive LG thought leadership, fundraising and advocacy goals.

Professional development & capacity-building

Provide technical mentorship and capacity building across staff in research design, management and dissemination.
Share relevant literature and research with team to enable and encourage evidence-informed decision making.

Administrative/Other

Contribute to Global Program Team and country-level research strategy, annual planning and budgeting.
Lead or participate in internal and external steering committees and technical working groups as assigned and appropriate.

Minimum Qualifications

Advanced degree in public health, epidemiology, biostatistics, health economics, health systems strengthening, health policy with quantitative research specialization
Demonstrated research technical experience with 7-9 years of total work experience with ideally 1-3 years at managerial level

Skills and Competencies:

Excellent research & analytical technical expertise including in Epidemiology, bio-statistics, health economics, health systems research, quantitative & qualitative methods, survey design and management, data management,
Experience managing multiple research projects from end to end with a high degree of quality and excellence.
Strategic thinking and analysis, ability to synthesize and interpret evidence and data into relevant, strategic recommendations
Track record of packing up evidence and insights into high quality knowledge and learning outputs, policy briefs, peer-reviewed publications etc.
Ability to foster research collaboration internally and externally across an established personal network of research colleagues.
Experience in team management, technical capacity building and mentorship.
Excellent written, verbal and inter-personal communication skills. Demonstrated ability to communicate and engage effectively with a range of stakeholders including team members, external partners, funders and government partners.
Strong interpersonal skills including cultural sensitivity. Experience working cross-functionally across teams

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October 29, 2024
Fundraising & Resource Mobilization Associate – BI & Multilaterals.

The Opportunity:

Living Goods is looking for an experienced Fundraising/Resource Mobilization Associate to support the bi/multilateral department. The role will be a part of our global team, supporting Kenya, Uganda, Burkina Faso, and any new countries of expansion setting up Fundraising/Resource Mobilization systems and processes, and making sure they are being used and refined—this will include a process to track new funding opportunities, support in managing relationships with implementing partners and donors, and support proposal development. While contributing to the broader BD team – philanthropic fundraising teams based in Washington, DC, and San Francisco.
We are looking for someone who wants to pour their heart and soul into supporting us to identify and secure funds, primarily from bilateral and multilateral donors such as USAID, GAVI, Global Fund, FCDO, etc. but also from Africa-based foundations and corporations. This role will also support our program team to identify and execute opportunities to embrace traditional and non-traditional resource mobilization strategies (co-finance and other innovative financing) in order to support the organizational revenue/income growth agenda and the sector at large including leveraging resources from others (national government, implementing partners, etc.)
We are seeking a pro-active and enthusiastic candidate early in their career looking to get experience in a fast-paced health-focused organization in the changing world of international development. This position will require an exceptional eye for detail, solid writing, research and communications skills, and a willingness to work hard.

Responsibilities:

Lead a systematic process for identifying and reporting on new funding opportunities, including initial screening for potential opportunities on a weekly basis.
Detailed research on new & prospects bi/multilateral and corporate/foundation donors in the region.
Detailed research on specific funding opportunities.
Supporting in the development of presentations or specific collateral, briefing papers, etc. to inform and support meetings with potential donors or partners.
Support in preparing notes from both internal team meetings and external meetings with donors/ partners and sharing with the bi/multi-team.
Supporting the development and roll-out of systems and processes to support BD including standards of procedure for the proposal process, and our resource mobilization strategy.
Supporting organizing donor field trip visits and immersion visits for partners
Managing Living Good’s new Customer Relationship Management (CRM), including updating opportunity records, pulling required reports as needed, tracking, and supporting in maintaining relationships with implementing partners and donors, and updating meeting notes.
Supporting the proposal process during live opportunities to develop drafts of sections, lead on concept note development as needed and collect annexes and compliance documentation.
Working closely with Grants and Compliance to provide general grants management support on the BD side i.e., participate in kick-off/closure meetings, upload grants documents on CRM, etc.
Administrative support to set up meetings, book venues for pieces of training, book travel, etc.

Qualifications, Experience & Competencies:

Bachelor’s degree required and at least 2-3 years of professional experience in Fundraising/Resource Mobilization.
At least 2-3 years of professional experience in Fundraising/Resource Mobilization.
Some knowledge of the health and international development arena.
Experience working with donor management and CRM software preferred.
Experience providing support to senior executives preferred.
Demonstrated passion for Living Goods’ mission and alignment with its values.
Superb communication skills across all mediums that engage and inspire others.
Strong time management and prioritization skills.
Exceptional judgment, including a high level of discretion when handling confidential materials.
Team player. You play well with others and enjoy seeing the impact of our work as a team.
Multitasks. You’re able to juggle multiple tasks at once while ‘staying calm and carrying on.’ You think strategically, handle ambiguity and work well in a multicultural environment.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and Outlook.
Bilingual in French is a plus.

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October 29, 2024
Digital and TeleHealth Innovations Manager

Key Responsibilities
Development of a digital and data innovation pipeline:

Develop an ongoing funnel of digital innovation experiments through conducting ongoing external horizon scanning research, in-depth bottleneck analysis of Living Goods operations and early-stage solution design.
Design fit-for purpose scalable digital solutions through the facilitation of stakeholder consultations (internal and external with government and partners) and ideation or Human Centered Design (HCD) workshops. Guide innovation designs and digital solutions through a rapid cycle of iterations for continual improvement.

Project management of the innovation pipeline:

Implement a portfolio of prioritized digital innovations (max of 2-3 main experiments per year), including project management, ensuring adherence to innovations quality standards, providing technical leadership, developing workplans, key milestones, leading on internal communications and supporting successful innovations to transition to scale. Work closely with Country Team leadership and operational, technical and field teams to oversee day to day implementation of experiments.
Working alongside the Digital Health Team, oversee the scoping, procurement, onboarding and management of partners directly involved in innovations experiments.
Where applicable, provide support to LG leadership, the business development team and Senior Manager – Strategic innovations to the management of funders, and ensuring compliance to contracts, including development of reports and deliverables.

Documentation, supporting cross-learning and advocacy:

Working alongside the Performance, Evidence and Insight Team, ensure experiments are underpinned with a learning agenda, clear results frameworks, and documentation of operational insights, including drivers of success, lessons from failure and the development of case studies and/or communication outputs for external dissemination of findings. Support organizational cross learning through facilitation of learning sessions and innovation review forums.
Represent Living Goods as part of networks, exploratory learning sessions and conferences or innovation forums. Engage with a pro-active and strategic eye for leveraging sector best practice, advocating around our evidence, and identifying and growing opportunities for future innovations concepts, partnership and funding.

Support internal capacity building and processes:

Work with the Senior Manager to develop revised tools, processes and additional capacity building activities aimed at building technical skills, strengthening the innovative capacity and culture of innovation across the organization.

Location & Travel
This position will be based in East Africa, Kenya. The successful candidate can expect to travel approximately 15-20% of time to conduct field research and oversee prototyping and piloting.
Essential Qualifications, Experience & Attributes

Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or a combination of education and experience that yields the required competencies.
At least 7 years+ of experience working in the digital health sector, with professional experience and track record in development and deployment of digital innovations within private or public sector, including end-to-end management of the innovation cycle.
Excellent technical knowledge and hands on experience of virtual care, telemedicine, digital and data driven solutions within healthcare.
Professional work experience in implementing or support public health programming, preferably primary care, reproductive and maternal, newborn and child health.
Experience in project management of a pipeline of innovations, including managing funders and partners.
Experience of leading and implementing with human centered design approaches and tools.
Self-starter and ability to work autonomously combined with experience working remotely and with global staff.
Strong formative research skills, including triangulation of data and critical analysis.
Excellent project management, planning and coordination skills.
Effective communication skills to communicate inside and outside the organization with impact and influence.
Track record in supporting organizational learning, knowledge management and documentation of best practices.
Effective as a collaborator in complex internal and external organizations.
Proven ability to build, cultivate and manage strong relationships across internal teams, with partners and as part of funder management.

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October 29, 2024
Senior Manager: HR Business Partner Global Senior Manager- Accounting Services

Purpose of role:
We are looking for top-caliber candidates to fill the exciting Senior Manager: HR Business Partner role in Kenya. This role will drive the translation of Living Goods Kenya’s Business Strategy into periodic People & Culture Operating Plans while providing advisory services to the Country Leadership team, as well as the Global People & Culture teams in implementing world-class, integrated Human resources solutions.This role will report functionally to the Chief People & Culture Officer and Operationally to the Country Director – KE.
Top Accountabilities:
Strategy Development & Implementation:

Partner with the Kenya Country Director, Senior Leadership Team, Country Management Teams, and Chief People and Culture Officer to design Kenya’s short and long-term business strategy. Enable the effective implementation of the Country Strategy through fit-for-purpose annual human resource operating plans.
Provide proactive advice and coaching to the Country’s Senior Leadership Team and Line Managers in the delivery of the Country’s Operating Plans through effective teams.
Lead the organization design and organization effectiveness imperatives through defined global processes and practices
Lead organizational change and coach Line Managers as well as their teams to navigate different change initiatives for organizational relevance, impact, and sustainability.
Assessing and implementing continuous improvements in People and Culture Policies and processes in line with global trends and market best practices.

Talent Management:

Partner with the Talent Management Centre of Excellence to identify, acquire, assess, and hire candidates to fill open positions at the country level.
Lead the Country’s Employee life cycle strategy implementation; Acquisition, Onboarding, Engagement Development, Retention, and Offboarding.

Employee Experience:

Advise and support Kenya’s Functional leadership to build a Great-Place-To-Work and a culture that is built on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion norms.
Build a high-performance culture that is strongly linked to Living Good’s Purpose, Mission, and core values.
Respond to complex People and Culture employee relations matters escalated by the HR Shared Services team.
Be a thought leader for the country in designing the hybrid workplace of the future that is safe, secure, and exciting.
Stewarding staff compliance to Living Goods’ Code of Conduct and Safeguarding policies.

Policies, Processes, Systems & Administration:

Review, design, and communicate people and culture policies as well as processes and procedures, ensuring compliance with employment law and alignment with global best practices.
Provide oversight for Staff Master data management and leverage the HR Information system to generate useful HR analytics for management reporting and decision-making.

Others:

Support the HR shared service process standardization and improvement by providing continuous feedback.
Provide support in the preparation for HR audits and subsequent action plans while safeguarding employee data in line with Living Goods compliance & Data privacy standards
Undertake specific HR-related projects with the larger global HR team as appropriate.

Qualifications & Experience Required
Qualifications:

First degree in Social Sciences plus a Postgraduate qualification in HR management.
Membership with an accredited HR professional body.
A relevant master’s degree will be an added advantage.

Experience

7-10 years Experience working in a multi-national environment, NGO, or international development sector.
Keen analytical, organization, and problem-solving skills that support and enable sound decision-making.
Proven strength in building and sustaining supportive relationships and persuasively communicating institutional goals and needs.
Strong human resource management experience: the ability to supervise, mentor, and engage staff members and inspire credibility, and confidence and build consensus.
Demonstrated capacity to think strategically with expertise in complex problem solving, decision making, and critical thinking skills, displays good judgment.

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