Various positions

Country Experience:

South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi,

Mozambique, Namibia and Botswana

Deadline:

 March 19, 2010

Description:

KPMG Development Advisory Services (DAS) is a pan-African practice operating in several countries across the continent. DAS offers consulting services to donor agencies, Governments, NGOs and Private Sector.

DAS work covers five broad areas:

• Programme Management Services (PMS),
• Fund/Grant  and Programme Management,
• Capacity Building (including Public Sector Reform & Decentralisation),
• Public Financial Management (PFM),
• Development Projects Audit and
• Private Sector Development.

DAS sectoral focus areas are, but no limited to, Agriculture and Rural Development, HIV/AIDS and Health sector, Economic Development, Development Finance, Education and Energy and Natural Resources (ENR). DAS main clients are: DFID, USAID, Danida, SIDA, NORAD, The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MCA UN agencies, WBG and AfDB.

KPMG DAS is currently seeking Programme Directors, Technical Experts and Monitoring band Evaluation Experts for several forthcoming donor funded projects in Southern Africa (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and Botswana) across our focus areas.

The following section describes the required qualifications and skills for each position.

Position:

Programme Directors/Team Leader 

Qualifications:

Qualification & Skills:

• Post graduate degree in development, social sciences, human rights, governance and law or other relevant field;
• Proven team management and communication skills;
• Fluent in English (spoken and written), with other languages used in Southern Africa are of advantage

General professional experience:

• At least 10 years of general experience, with a minimum of 6 years subject-related work experience in a leading position as Technical Expert or Team Leader
• Expertise in technical and financial programme management, preferably related to development cooperation (e.g. community  development, civil society capacity building, human rights, good governance, decentralisation, civic education, private sector development and health)

Specific professional experience:

• Experience in programme management, including strategic development, publicity, institutional assessments, appraisal and approval of grant applications, financial management and reporting, monitoring, evaluation and lessons learned
• Experience in grants/fund management and grants assessment
• Experience of working with donors agencies such as Irish Aid, CIDA, DFID, MCA, USAID, SIDA, NORAD, WB and EU
• Experience in dealing with multi-sectoral institutions. 

Position:

Technical Expert/Adviser: governance and accountability, public financial management and budgeting, financial management, grants/fund management and assessment, private sector development, accountability, public sector reform and institutional capacity building

Qualifications:

Qualification & Skills:

• Post graduate degree in development, social sciences, human rights, governance and law or other relevant field;
• Proven team management and communication skills;
• Fluent in English (spoken and written), with other languages used in Southern Africa are of advantage

General professional experience:

• At least 10 years of general experience, with a minimum of 6 years subject-related work experience in a leading position as Technical Expert or Technical Adviser
• Expertise in technical fields relevant to KPMG DAS

Specific professional experience:

• Experience in designing and managing donor funded programmes
• Experience in providing technical inputs and advice in specific field of specialization
• Experience of working with the major donors such as Irish Aid, CIDA, DFID, SIDA, WB and EU

Position:

Knowledge Management and Performance Monitoring Expert

Qualifications:

Qualification & Skills:

• Post graduate degree in development economics, sustainable development, international relations, social sciences, civil society and governance, governance and law or other relevant field;
• Proven ability to manage teams and communication skills;
• Fluent in English (spoken and written), with other languages used in Southern Africa are of advantage

General professional experience:

• At least 8 years of general experience, with a minimum of 5 years subject-related work experience in a leading position as Knowledge Management and Performance Monitoring Expert
• Expertise in designing and implementing M&E frameworks with reference to the logical framework and management for results approach.

Specific professional experience:

• Experience in designing and implementation of development programmes in relation to knowledge management, monitoring and evaluation, management for results and result based approach.
• Experience of working with the major donors such as Irish Aid, CIDA, DFID, SIDA, WB and EU
• Experience in dealing with multi-sectoral institutions involved in the southern Africa context

How to apply

Send electronic submissions to by March 19, 2010

Please send your cover letter, CV (using attached CV format) and professional references.

No telephone inquiries, please.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.