Partnerships Manager

Summary

Living Goods is entering a period of rapid growth. In addition to growing operations in Uganda and Kenya, we launched an Advisory Services division in 2012 to dramatically scale our impact through partnerships and influence. Living Goods has since brought on several leading global NGOs as clients to adapt and scale Living Goods-like models. The Partnerships Manager will be a core member of the Advisory Services team – supporting client engagements and bringing new business to the unit. From time to time, the Partnerships Manager will lead special operations and strategy-focused projects for LG Uganda and LG Kenya operations.

We're looking for someone with a blend of strong management consulting and emerging markets experience who is eager to roll up their sleeves and build this new unit within Living Goods. We're a small organization striving for big impact so we're looking for someone proactive and energetic, with a start-up attitude.  From day one, you'll demonstrate problem-solving prowess and commitment to achieving huge impact for Living Goods and our partners.

About Living Goods

We believe that the poor are not helpless victims; they are resilient entrepreneurs and value conscious consumers.  We empower the poor through our 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 simple treatments for malaria and diarrhea, fortified foods, water filters, clean cookstoves, and solar lights. Living Goods seeks nothing less than a disruptive reinvention of distribution in the developing world, 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, wealth, and productivity of the world's poor.

Living Goods has been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Economist, Forbes and The Huffington Post. Check out these articles and more on our press page.

  

Qualifications

• 4 + years of management consulting experience with top firm, with proven track record of exceeding expectations
• Demonstrated success managing client-facing relationships and delivering exceptional impact for clients
• Proven ability to communicate effectively and inspire confidence in a wide variety of audiences including senior executives, middle managers, and field staff, across global businesses, NGOs and governments
• Excellent quantitative, analytical and project management skills
• Entrepreneurial spirit and professional maturity; ability to work independently, think creatively, learn quickly and know when to seek support
• Experience working with culturally diverse teams in developing countries, preferably Sub Saharan Africa
• BA required; Masters degree in a relevant field (MBA, MPA, etc) preferred. 

This position is ideally based out of our regional offices in Kampala, Uganda, or Nairobi, Kenya. Requires regional travel 30-50% of the year.

Life at Living Goods

Living Goods seeks nothing less than a disruptive reinvention of high-impact product distribution in the developing world. We think big but we operate small and nimble. At Living Goods you will have the chance to work with a team of changemakers to conceive and test innovative 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, and if you meet challenges with calm determination and a sense of humor, you will fit right in at Living Goods. See our guiding principles.

Compensation

A competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience including health, vacation, 401k, and bonus opportunity.  

Contact

To apply, please submit a single file with resume/CV and cover letter to jobs@livinggoods.org. Kindly include: 

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• Current and desired salary
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