Directly reports to: Marketing Coordinator

Job Summary

•   Directly educate Community groups about contraception with a focus on DKT’s brands.
•   Assist Women/Men interested in DKT’s brand of contraceptives to gain access to them by managing referrals to trained providers and selling contraceptive products to them.
•   Recruit and work with a team of Peer educators to sell short term contraceptives directly to interested Women/Men in their territories and collect data related to usage and acceptance patterns of the various types of contraceptives.
•   Enroll interested Youth in an SMS /Voice message system to receive reproductive health information

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Directly educate women about  contraception with a focus on DKT’s Brands

•   Meet with Women, Youth & Men Groups in various venues and educate them on the various types of contraception and their advantages and also address appropriately any misconceptions about contraception.
•   Discuss the misconceptions related to the various types of contraceptives and address them satisfactorily.
•   Promote DKT’s brand of contraceptives to various Women/Men groups to drive up acceptance and trial of the brands/products

Assist Women interested in DKT’s brand of contraceptives to gain access to them by managing referrals to trained providers.

•   Refer Women interested in clinical contraceptives to nearest trained provider sites
•   Follow up on all referrals to ensure that the Women actually keep their referral appointments and service providers are informed of referrals to expect.
•   Follow up on Women who accept shorter term contraceptives to ensure that they keep their appointments when they are due for another administration.
•   Work with Sales Coordinators to ensure that providers are always stocked with required quantities of products.

Recruit and work with a team of Peer Educators to sell short term contraceptives directly to interested Women/Men in their territories and collect data related to usage and acceptance patterns of the various types of contraceptives.

•   Recruit with the help of Marketing Coordinator, plan training and work with a team of Peer Educators to do door to door education of Women/Men groups on DKT contraceptive products and sell the products to them.
•   Compile data on referrals made per month
•   Compile data on acceptance of contraceptives per month
•   Report on women reached (Demographics)

Enroll interested Youth in an SMS /Voice message system to receive reproductive health information

•   Actively collect contact data from community members within specified target groups to receive RH information through SMS
•   Put the data together and submit to marketing Coordinator.

Other Duties:

•   Perform other duties as may be assigned by Marketing Coordinator periodically.
•   Ensure confidentiality in the handling of all business related issues.

Qualification Required & Experience

•   HND in Marketing or a Diploma in any Science related Course.

Work Experience

•   Minimum of 1 year Experience in Marketing /Sales.
•   Experience in sales/Marketing of Pharmaceuticals will be an advantage
•   Experience in an International company may be an added advantage
•   Must be based in any of the 10 Regional Capitals in Ghana.

Skills and abilities

•   Good negotiations and interpersonal skills
•   Good Communication skills
•   Excellent selling skills
•   Flexible
•   Effective time management
•   Organizational skills
•   Excellent writing and oral communication skills
•   Fluent in English
•   Computer literate
•   Self driven
•   Achiever

Location: Nationwide Recruitment

How To Apply For The Job

Send a CV to:-

henry_bruce@dktghana.org

Closing Date: 25 November, 2013

The subject of the email should be Community Representative