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Position: Peer Coach
Department: Program Delivery
Reports To: Supervisor Coach
No of Positions: 4 (Four)
Location: Vihiga

About Us

Our Strategy for delivering high-quality, cost-effective community health through and with digitally empowered, equipped, supplied, supervised, and compensated CHWs requires that we continuously re-invent the way we work. Innovating incessantly and with swift responsiveness to global trends is, therefore, a critical success factor for building a thriving and sustainable LG of today and tomorrow.

Over the last four years, Living Goods has become a more complex organization with multiple implementation modes, exciting opportunities in new countries, and new partnerships in existing countries. Furthermore, while we have delivered some strong work over the last couple of years in technology, we now need to go the extra mile beyond technology and ensure a much greater emphasis on government partnerships in the broader digital health space. We can only do this by building a great place to work where our teams thrive, grow, and deliver extraordinary results.

Job Purpose

To support a network of Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) within a sub county, primarily to support the Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs) & Community health Assistants (CHAs) deliver high impact through best practice, digitally enabled performance management and supervision and supporting the sub county and county health teams to deliver impactful community health.

Key Responsibilities / Duties / Tasks

• Coach and mentor CHAs & CHEWs attached on performance management, use of digital tools, utilization of dashboards and use of data for decision making.
• Accompany CHAs & CHEWs for Field Visits and offer support supervision.
• Undertake necessary measures to ensure that CHAs & CHEWs report quality data.
• Offer first level support on Android issues faced by the CHAs, CHEWs & CHVs.
• Participate in Community Events including dialogue & Action days.
• Support in-service Training and any other trainings that may arise.
• Support CHAs & CHEWs in quantification and management of Commodities of CHVs
• Develop and maintain a good working relationship with local government in the area of operation.
• Attend and support CUs review meetings and sub county planning meetings. Alert the Supervisor Coach to any arising risks, challenges, and impediments to implementation.

Job Competencies (Knowledge, Experience and Attributes / Skills)

Academic Qualifications

• Diploma in community health, business management or a related field.

Work experience required

• Minimum of (1) year relevant experience for degree holders and (2) years relevant experience for Diploma holders as a Community Health Supervisor or Manager in community health field.

Competencies/Attributes

• Learns from experience and applies what is learned to new situations.
• Plans, prioritizes, breaks down tasks accordingly.
• Supports in Program/projects in data analysis, collation of information, reporting etc.
• Supervisory skills and high levels of integrity.
• Ability to communicate and share information verbally and in writing.

To apply please submit your resume. The deadline for submissions is end of day 2^nd August 2024, East Africa Time.

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

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.