Application Guide

How to Apply for Technical Lead – Digital Health

at Living Goods

🏢 About Living Goods

Living Goods is a unique non-profit that combines technology with community health worker empowerment to transform healthcare delivery in vulnerable communities. Unlike traditional health organizations, they focus on catalytic technology and door-to-door care through government partnerships, making them a pioneer in sustainable digital health solutions for low-resource settings.

About This Role

This Technical Lead role involves defining the technical architecture for digital health systems across multiple countries while serving as senior technical advisor to Ministries of Health. It's impactful because you'll directly shape how community health workers deliver care through scalable, interoperable systems that adhere to data security and ethical standards.

💡 A Day in the Life

A typical day might involve morning meetings with Kenya's Ministry of Health technical team to co-design system integrations, followed by architectural reviews with distributed engineering teams across time zones, and ending with mentoring sessions on interoperability standards for community health information systems. You'll constantly balance technical decisions with partnership considerations and sustainability requirements.

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🎯 Who Living Goods Is Looking For

  • Has extensive experience designing and implementing digital health systems with specific knowledge of DHIS2, OpenMRS, CommCare, or similar platforms used in community health contexts
  • Holds professional-level cloud architecture certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP Solutions Architect) combined with health informatics or computer science education
  • Demonstrates proven ability to build trusted relationships with government health ministries and local partners in African contexts
  • Has experience leading distributed technical teams while ensuring systems meet interoperability, scalability, and sustainability requirements for low-resource settings

📝 Tips for Applying to Living Goods

1

Highlight specific experience with DHIS2, OpenMRS, or CommCare implementations in African health systems, not just general health IT experience

2

Demonstrate your understanding of 'country ownership' by describing how you've designed systems for local sustainability rather than just technical excellence

3

Include examples of working with government health ministries in Kenya or similar contexts, showing cultural sensitivity and partnership-building skills

4

Quantify your impact on community health outcomes through previous digital health implementations, not just technical metrics

5

Show how you balance technical rigor with the practical constraints of low-resource settings in your portfolio or case studies

✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter

['Your experience co-designing digital health solutions with government stakeholders in African contexts', 'Specific examples of designing scalable health information systems that achieved country ownership and sustainability', "How you've ensured data security and ethical data use in community health settings", 'Your approach to mentoring distributed technical teams while maintaining focus on interoperability standards']

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🔍 Research Before Applying

To stand out, make sure you've researched:

  • → Living Goods' specific digital health platforms and their integration with government systems in Kenya
  • → Kenya's community health strategy and how digital health fits into the national health system
  • → The organization's partnerships with Kenya's Ministry of Health and local implementing partners
  • → Living Goods' approach to 'catalytic technology' and how it differs from traditional health IT implementations

💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics

Based on this role, you may be asked about:

1 Describe your experience integrating DHIS2 with other health information systems in a government partnership context
2 How would you approach co-designing a community health information system with Kenya's Ministry of Health?
3 What strategies have you used to ensure digital health systems remain sustainable after donor funding ends?
4 Tell us about a time you had to balance technical best practices with the practical constraints of low-resource settings
5 How do you ensure data privacy and security in community health worker mobile applications?
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⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Focusing only on technical architecture without demonstrating understanding of community health delivery models
  • Presenting experience that's exclusively in high-resource healthcare settings without adaptation to low-resource contexts
  • Emphasizing technical control over partnership and co-design approaches with government stakeholders

📅 Application Timeline

This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.

Typical hiring timeline:

1

Application Review

1-2 weeks

2

Initial Screening

Phone call or written assessment

3

Interviews

1-2 rounds, usually virtual

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