Senior Manager, Global Advocacy Reports to: Director Global AdvocacyLocation: Nairobi, Kenya; Kampala, UgandaIntroduction:Do you want your work to matter? Do you want to use your skills to make a difference, not just a living? Do you want to improve millions of lives, including your own?Living Goods (LG) is a global organization headquartered in Nairobi, which aims to save lives at scale by supporting digitally empowered community health workers.For the past 15 years, LG has been deeply focused on systemic change through government- led programs that support community health workers (CHWs) have the tools, support, and knowledge they need to be successful in ensuring that women and children do not suffer morbidity or mortality caused by easily preventable and treatable diseases.
LG focuses on advocating for CHWs to be treated as frontline health workers who should be digitized, equipped, supervised and compensated - so they can make the greatest impact-and harness community level data to transform health systems.Living goods has operations in Kenya, Uganda, and Burkina Faso and a support office in the United States. The position:Living Goods seeks an experienced results driven advocacy professional to join the Global Advocacy team. We are looking for someone with demonstrated expertise and impactful achievements in advocacy work.The role holder will be responsible for building and maintaining collaborative partnerships, sharing effective practices, exploring new opportunities to improve community health, and providing administrative support to the team. The role involves a primary focus on country-level teams support with additional responsibilities at the regional and global level.Responsibilities: - Provide day-to-day support to country teams on implementing country-level advocacy strategies and monitoring performance.
- Facilitate cross team learning and knowledge sharing for country teams and provide advisory tactics.
- Provide support on the coordination of global and regional events, including coordination with the communications team on increasing visibility on events.
- Backstop Director and Deputy Director in global and regional coalition meetings, activities, campaigns and events. Represent LG (Living Goods) in coalition and partner meetings as needed to promote community health.
- Conduct policy research and analysis, providing timely and relevant information to guide advocacy initiatives – including on health financing at country-level.
- Support documentation, including Living Goods advocacy approaches and wins, policy briefs, and position papers at global, regional, and country levels.
- Support, nurture, and sustain partnerships and identify new partners in the community health space.
- Flag changes, high-level external meetings and events at national, regional, and international platforms, and new developments in community health work to the teams.
- Track and maintain a calendar of external engagement opportunities and contacts and assist in meeting and conference planning and preparation.
- Manage administrative needs of the advocacy team.
Education and Experience: - Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or a combination of education and experience that yields the required competencies. Masters in a relevant field is desirable.
- At least 5 years of professional experience at the national, regional level demonstrating a proven ability to coordinate advocacy interventions across multiple countries.
- Experience supporting country offices, building capacity and providing tactical support is essential.
- Experience in developing robust advocacy strategies in the development context.
- Experience working with coalitions, building effective networks, and nurturing partnerships.
Skills and Competencies:- Ability to consult, gather and integrate feedback into internal and external influencing briefings and materials- proven research and writing skills.
- Knowledge of global health and development issues and hands-on experience in advocacy related to primary health care, health workforce, universal health coverage, and/or community health is strongly preferred.
- Ability to work autonomously combined with experience working remotely and with country and global teams.
- Strong analytical, writing, editing, and verbal skills for communicating with broad and diverse stakeholders.
- Effective as a collaborator in complex internal and external organizations.
- Proven ability to build and cultivate strong relationships.
- Excellent communications, collaborating and influencing skills.
- Meticulous and organized.
- Good interpersonal and critical thinking skills
- High integrity, commitment, and respect for diversity.
- Proficiency in English and French (Spoken) required.
What We Offer You at Living Goods:Competitive Salary Package with Annual Review: We offer a competitive salary package with annual reviews to ensure that our employees are fairly compensated for their contributions.
Comprehensive Retirement Benefits: Living Goods provides pension schemes to help you plan for and secure your future, ensuring financial stability in your retirement years.
Private Medical Cover: You have the option to opt-in to a Private Medical Insurance scheme, providing thorough medical coverage and confidence in your health and well-being.
Life Assurance: We provide life assurance to give you peace of mind and protect your loved ones in case of the unexpected.
Parental Leave: Living Goods offers competitive parental leave schemes, ensuring you can spend quality time with your new bundle of joy. We offer 4 months of fully paid maternity leave and 4 weeks of paternity leave.
Annual Leave: Living Goods team members are eligible for 25 working days of paid annual leave.
Education Support: We support your continuous learning and development with education support to help you advance in your career.
Healthy Snacks and Fruits: Fruits are offered daily in the office to promote a healthy lifestyle and boost productivity.
Flexible Working Arrangements: Living Goods is a hybrid organization, offering flexibility for you to work where you need to be most productive.
Additional Perks: In addition to the above benefits, you will find a range of secondary perks depending on your location, to help you thrive at Living Goods.Ready to Apply?
If you are interested, please submit your resume along with a cover letter, highlighting how your experience demonstrates that you meet the requirements of the role.We look forward to welcoming you to the Living Goods team! 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. If offered a role at Living Goods, we’ll request consent to complete a background check, which is part of our hiring process.
