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Africa DIY Manager

Location: Nairobi, Kenya; travel to DIY user sites across Africa will be required as demanded by the job responsibilities

Background: Medic Mobile builds mobile and web tools that help health workers provide better care that reaches everyone. We are focused on identifying and addressing the highest-impact mobile use cases, currently: antenatal and postnatal care, childhood immunizations, stock monitoring for essential medicines, and disease surveillance.

We help partners implement mobile tools for these priority use cases to amplify their impact. As of 2014, we also offer our best tools and workflows as a downloadable, guided, “Do It Yourself” (DIY) version of the Medic Mobile platform.Medic Mobile’s DIY package includes free, easy-to-install, and simple-to-use mobile and web applications which can be deployed by even the smallest organizations and clinics working in the most challenging settings.

The package also includes design tools, implementation guides, reference guides for users, and an impact monitoring framework.Africa DIY Manager: We are searching for a DIY Manager to support the deployment of Medic Mobile’s DIY package in Africa

The DIY Manager will join a growing team, including a DIY Product Lead, marketing lead, senior designer, software developers, and regional manager in Africa.The Africa DIY Manager will be based in Nairobi. The position will report to the DIY Product Lead.

The DIY team is in “startup mode” and the Africa DIY manager will need to work independently to contribute to daily and weekly milestones.

DIY Manager Responsibilities:

Champion Medic Mobile’s DIY toolkit in Africa, managing outreach to grassroots organizations

Provide feedback on the DIY toolkit based on testing and user experiences

Contribute to overall goals for DIY delivery and impact

Assist with localization of tools, resources and workflows

Serve as community manager, providing programmatic and basic technical support to DIY users in Africa

Run local and regional workshops on the DIY toolkit; provide individual remote training sessions where needed

Support monitoring and evaluation of DIY use in Africa, including, but not limited to, site visits and qualitative data collection and/or analysis

Support product direction and priorities by gathering insights from users in Africa

Provide input on marketing and communications strategies to ensure local engagement

Provide input for DIY funding proposals, where needed

Work with the Africa Regional Director to guide partners to the right package of support and tools

Represent the DIY team publicly at events in Africa, where needed
Preferred Qualifications for the Kenyan DIY Manager Job

Bachelor’s degree in public health, social sciences or management with experience in field implementation of public health or other social development programs

Tech savvy; ability to learn to use new technology proficiently

Start-up experience

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Ability to collaborate with a distributed team on a self-directed work schedule

Ability to work under high pressure, meet deadlines, monitor and follow-up on pending matters with minimal supervision

Work in global health and/or community health systems

Solutions-oriented approach to challenges

Fluent in English and Kiswahili, both speaking and reading/writing; other local language skills a plus; French language skills a plus

Must have current, valid permit to work in Kenya

Medic Mobile’s DIY package represents a new approach to reaching last-mile clinics with tools they can use.

We expect our tools to lead to improved services at the community and facility level, improving access, adherence, and quality of care for people in under-served communities.If this role inspires you, please get in touch.

Send through a copy of your current CV, along with a cover letter, to Sharon Langevin at sharon@medicmobile.org as soon as your materials are ready.

Please include “Africa DIY Manager” in the subject line of your email.

Interviews will be scheduled on a rolling basis, and we aim to bring someone on board very soon.

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