Job Summary:
Organization: Living Goods
Country: Kenya
Field location: Busia
Office: Living Goods in Busia
Deadline: 22nd November 2024
About Us Living Goods (LG)
Living Goods (LG) is a leading non-profit organization innovatively transforming the health of vulnerable communities. Living Goods leverages a powerful combination of catalytic technology, high-impact training, and quality treatments that empower government community health workers (CHWs) to deliver quality care to their neighbours’ doorsteps. These CHWs also earn meaningful compensation and enhance their stature in the process, reinforcing a virtuous cycle of trust. The organization prides itself on its agile and quick-footed approach and has embedded experimentation, innovation, and research into its DNA. Additionally, Living Goods pushes itself to account for quantifiable and aggressive targets designed to drive health impact. It is this high performance and innovative culture that has pushed LG to learn, adapt, and optimize its approaches in cases where targets aren’t achieved or when local circumstances change. Consequently, the organization and its impact on the lives of the most vulnerable and underprivileged groups has attracted incredible talent from a multiplicity of backgrounds, expertise, race, and cultures as it grows and expands its footprint.
The Role Work closely with the County and Sub County pharmacists and other relevant government officers to ensure CHVs are in stock. Train county and sub county pharmacists on medicine forecasting and track sub-county pharmacist forecast submissions. Ensure all adverse effect reactions are consigned and reported by sub-county pharmacists as per expectations. Provide support in-field to assigned CHAs / CHEWs when necessary, as identified by supervisor coaches
Key Responsibilities / Duties / Tasks
- Government Relations
- Ensure health facilities and CHVs are always in stock of essential medicine.
- Work closely with the County and Sub County pharmacists and other relevant government officers to ensure CHVs are in stock.
- Train county and sub county pharmacists on medicine forecasting and track sub-county pharmacist forecast submissions.
- Engage relevant county and sub-county personnel to ensure medicine is set aside for CHVs at health facility level.
- Ensure CHVs are restocked in a timely manner, and follow-up with relevant personnel when not. Escalate concerns to the Government Relations team.
- CHP support
- At assigned branches or sub-counties, monitor the dispensing of medicines by CHVs in the field to ensure compliance of all treatment and dispensing protocols and undertake pharmacovigilance.
- Support the branch and sub-county team in the delivery of health training during CU trainings and support the training teams during base trainings within their county.
- Provide support in-field to assigned CHAs / CHEWs when necessary, as identified by supervisor coaches.
- Staff and CHA training and coaching
- Deliver continuous skills training on relevant health topics and coach staff and CHAs within their county to deliver high quality community health work. Advise the Pharmaceutical and Procurement Manager on areas where additional support is needed.
- Gather and share best practice in health and pharmaceutical management within their branches or sub-counties and more widely across Living Goods.
- Pharmacovigilance / adverse effect reactions / compliance to treatments
- Ensure all adverse effect reactions are consigned and reported by sub-county pharmacists as per expectations.
- Ensure county and sub-county pharmacists focus on compliance to treatments by CHVs, and keenly follow-up on any potential challenge identified by the QC teams.
Academic Qualifications & Work Experience
- Diploma in Pharmaceutical Technology required (NOTE: must be registered with Pharmacy and Poison Board) and have your license available for use.
- Professional Qualifications / Membership to professional bodies
- Pharmaceutical professional trainings
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in health or community related work.
Competencies/Attributes
- Ability and willingness to work extensively in the field – Kisumu.
- Ability to interact with community elders, Community Health Volunteers, and clients.
- Team player with drive for results.
- Ability to work under minimum supervision.
- Ability to test new innovations and learn fast.
- Honest, reliable, diplomatic, and well organized.
- Collaborative team player
To apply please submit your CV. The deadline for submissions is end of day 22nd November, East Africa Time. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with the potential for interviews to be called before the end of the submission period.
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.
Link: https://livinggoods.applytojob.com/apply/3Bbl5jbUDW/Supply-Chain-Coordinator-Busia
