Uganda: Partnerships Associate

Do you want your work to matter? Do you have serious business chops and want to use them to make a difference? Are you just looking for a change, or are you looking for the chance to change millions of lives for the better, including yours? If the answer is yes, read on.

Living Goods aims to improve the lives of tens of millions of underserved customers in the developing world. To do this, LG not only grows its own business, but also dramatically magnifies its impact through large-scale partnerships. Living Goods works with many of the world’s leading visionary organizations across the business, social and government sectors. Current partners include the Clinton Foundation, BRAC, PSI, and Marie Stopes. LG has also advised top global brands like Unilever and Nestle.

We are seeking a self-motivated, passionate professional to help partners replicate Living Goods’ success. This position is based in Kampala, Uganda, with travel 30-50% of the time. This is a full time role requiring a minimum two-year commitment. By collaborating with leading international NGOs, businesses and governments to replicate our business model, you will have the opportunity to improve the health and livelihoods of millions of underserved customers.

Roles & Responsibilities

· Support new country research and scouting trips to help identify opportunities for replication through partnerships;

· Contribute to successful execution of partnership engagements by helping partners adapt Living Goods’ model and tools including: market research, business plan development, operations design, financial modeling, adapting mobile technology, and staff development;

· Cultivate relationships with potential funders, partners, governments and other social enterprises;

· Develop materials detailing the LG model, best practices, and lessons learned to share through our networks and social media channels.

Qualifications

· 3-4 years with top consulting firm, large health focused NGO, or highly demanding professional environment, with proven track record of exceeding expectations in a client-facing role;

· Experience working in developing countries with culturally diverse teams;

· Superior quantitative and qualitative analytical skills;

· Proven ability to present information in an insightful and structured manner, and inspire confidence in a wide variety of audiences;

· Passionate about designing and scaling innovative, market-based approaches to improve lives of the poor;

· Excellent computer skills and working knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint, CRM tools, knowledge of mobile technology a plus;

· French or Portuguese language skills are a plus.

Compensation

A competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience including health insurance, vacation, and bonus opportunity. The opportunity to be your best while making lives better for others.

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 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 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 dramatically improve 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.

For more information about Living Goods, please visit:

www.livinggoods.org

follow us @Living_Goods

To apply for this position, please visit our career page and apply for Partnerships Associate 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.