Deadline of this Job: 20 October 2022
KPMG IDAS is looking for a range of experienced international development professionals for potential short and long-term assignments on various programmes across our two regional clusters in Africa (East Africa - Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda; West Africa - Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone).

We are looking for experienced consultants specializing in the following sectors/thematic areas:

• Climate change, natural resource management, and sustainability:Climate finance, design and implementation of programmesin climate adaptation, Biodiversity, Green economy strategies, Carbon markets, Forestry, and management, Circular economy, Climate risk assessment, GHG assessment, Sustainability strategies, and related skills;
• Lowcarbon and renewable energy expertise:Low carbon development, renewable energy technologies, clean cooking, energy governance and monitoring, renewable energy project development and financing, and related skills;
• Education:Education financing, Education technology, Early childhood development and TVET, Universities and Higher Education and related skills;
• Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH):Water Security, Sanitation and WASH financing and related skills;
• Trade and investment:Trade facilitation, Export promotion and development, Trade policy, Regional integration, Value chain analysis, Market systems development and Investment promotion and related skills;
• Investment climate reforms:Feasibility studies and business planning.
• Governance and PFM: Public finance, Public procurement and Budget policy reform and related skills;
• Financial Inclusion:Blended finance, Consumer Finance, Enterprise Finance, Financing tools/ instruments, Sustainable Finance, Digital Finance and related skills;
• Youth MSME:MSME capacity building, Job creation and Youth empowerment and related skills;

Requirement

• The ideal candidates must have successfully designed, implemented, monitored, and evaluated medium to large-scale programmesin Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Candidates should have at least eight yearsof relevant experience and an advanced degree in a relevant discipline. Experience in Africa will be highly considered.

Deadline of this Job: 18 October 2022
We are currently looking for a Communications and Marketing Associate to join our IDAS team to support us in the communications and marketing of various client engagements across the above-mentioned sectors. The role will be based in Nairobi, Kenya and may require occasional travel across Africa.

Key roles and responsibilities

• Support in various program communication and marketing strategies by conducting various communication-related activities
• Support in communications, marketing planning and execution through various media outlets. 
• Contribute to developing content for various program websites and social media. 
• Support the development of unique and impactful digital campaigns to grow online engagement. 
• Support in production and delivery of communication assets including newsletters, blogs, briefs etc. and coordination of internal and external communications. 
• Identify knowledge management portals for disseminating program communications. 
• Support in planning and coordinating hosted and sponsored events, workshops and conferences. 
• Support in facilitation of knowledge sharing by organizing trainings and documenting lessons.
• Develop suitable reporting and metrics for measurement and tracking of program communications efforts. 
• Provide ad-hoc communications and marketing support in line with other responsibilities

Academic/Professional qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Journalism, Humanities and Social studies, International Development, or other relevant field.
• 2 - 3 years’ experience in a communications or marketing position, preferably at an international management consultancy firm or working in the international development sector.

Technical skills and competencies:

• Strong analytical, writing and communication skills. 
• Strong project management skills.
• Understanding of global development issues. 
• Experience working in a complex, fast moving environment and dealing professionally with multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships with others inside and outside the organization. 
• Team player.

Personal attributes:

• Good communication (written and verbal), numeracy, presentation and analytical skills. 
• Attention to detail.
• Team player with leadership capability.
• Great Inter-personal skills, quick to learn and result oriented.

We offer:

• An exciting opportunity to work with a Big 4 firm on cutting edge clients across Africa. 
• Continuous learning and development.
• Exposure to multi-disciplinary client service teams.
• Unrivalled space to grow and be innovative.
• Opportunity for international travel.