Communications and Knowledge Management Officer for a Climate Change programme
Deadline 21 July 2013
KPMG is a leading provider of professional services, which include audit, tax and advisory. KPMG’s International Development Advisory Services Unit (IDAS) is based in Nairobi, Kenya and has adopted a pan-African approach to development work, employing full-time experienced development experts within the KPMG Africa team at our headquarters in Nairobi, together with a network of champions across the twenty countries of KPMG in sub-Saharan Africa.
KPMG seeks a Communications and Knowledge Management Officer for a Climate Change programme bid in Kenya. The three-year project with a possible extension of up to 12 months will support Kenya achieve sustainable growth through improved response to climate change risks and opportunities.
The Communications and Knowledge Management Officer will be responsible for developing and operationalising a communications plan that will catalyse action and, if possible, funding into the programme, and developing a knowledge management system where good practice and lessons learnt are maintained and shared by partners and grantees of the programme. S/He will be based at the programme management unit office located in Nairobi, Kenya.
Principal responsibilities include:
- Developing a communications plan that maps all relevant stakeholders of the programme and the means to effectively engage them in order to catalyse attention and action to further the goals of this programme. These activities may also result in additional funding.
- Demonstrating an understanding of the different projects from a communications perspective and being able to factor this in to the communications plan
- Designing and operationalising a working knowledge management system that is simple, inclusive and effective at collecting and disseminating relevant lessons to programme partners and grantees
- Proactively seeking new sources of knowledge to complement internal lessons learned. As part of this, contributing to a system of collaboration between existing climate change activities in Kenya and this programme
- Consistently keeping the system ‘alive’ by ensuring that information is fresh, relevant and accessible to the correct people
- Collaborating with the rest of the programme team as necessary
Qualifications
- Experience in communications and knowledge management on donor funded programmes
- Familiarity with the climate change adaptation and mitigation issues in Kenya with proven networks within the government of Kenya, private sector and civil societies
- A degree. Preference will be given to those candidates possessing some qualifications in climate change and natural resource management issues.
- Project management in complex and dynamic environments.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Working proficiency in Swahili will be considered an asset
- Experience working in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) will be considered an asset
If your career aspirations match this exciting opportunity, please forward your curriculum vitae giving details of your qualifications and experience quoting IDAS/2013/CKM in the subject line on or before 21 July 2013 tohthati@kpmg.co.ke
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