Uganda: Health Trainer | Uganda Jobs Vacancies, Employment, Career Opportunities in Uganda. - 2015

Organization: Living Goods

Country: Uganda

Closing date: 28 Feb 2015

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’ next Health Trainer Management Program!

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 cook-stoves, 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. The Living Goods Health Trainer Management Program is an opportunity to be immersed in 6 weeks of top of industry training in a high performance environment with the opportunity for successful graduates to gain a full time role as part of the Living Goods team

Responsibilities

• 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.


• Deliver training on key business skills and products.


• Provide ongoing training to all LG Branch team members on key sales and health topics


• 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 Branch teams in the organization and delivery of ongoing refresher trainings for their agents.

Qualifications

• Nursing degree or Public Health degree required.


• Training qualifications or experience an asset.


• Entrepreneurial spirit and drive for results.


• Exceptional natural trainer and a true people person.


• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, both in English and Luganda. Langi a plus.


• Well organized and attentive to detail


• Team player – supportive, collaborative and encouraging of teammates.

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.

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 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.

How to apply:

To apply for this position please send the following in an email to jobs@livinggoods.org with the subject line: Re: Trainer Management Class

1. Cover Letter


2. CV

Or visit our career page and apply for Health Trainer 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 Goods.

Successful candidates will be contacted for an interview.