Public Health / Monitoring and Evaluation Expert
Number of positions: 1
Function And Business Unit
Digital Consulting: Financial Management
Description Of The Role And Purpose Of The Job
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, was created as an innovative financing mechanism that seeks to rapidly raise and disburse funding for programs that reduce the impact of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria in low-and middle-income countries.
KPMG South Africa is contracted as a Local Fund Agent (LFA) to provide the Global Fund (GF) with independent assessment and verification services through risk-based approaches and methods. With no in-country presence, the Global Fund relies on Local Fund Agents like KPMG to oversee, validate and report on the effective management of funds for programs to fight the three infectious diseases.
KPMG is inviting independent consultants in the development and health sector who are qualified for, and interested in, working with us as a sub-contractor in delivering Local Fund Agent (LFA) services in the South African region to respond to this call. Local Fund Agents are appointed by the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) to work closely with the Country Team at the Global Fund Secretariat to evaluate and monitor activities before, during and after the implementation of a grant.
(Please visit the website of the Global Fund https://www.theglobalfund.org/en/lfa for more detail about LFAs, the roles of LFAs and the requirements for LFAs.)
Key Responsibilities
The key role of this sub-contractor would be supporting the LFA Team Lead and the Team to provide good quality deliverables to the client. Typically, this would include:
- Assessing the capacity of a nominated Principal Recipient and reviewing key grant documents, including assessing:
- The nominated Principal Recipient's previous track record
- Effectiveness of internal controls and systems
- The proposed grant budget, work plan, performance framework and related documents
- Reviewing the progress of the grant, the appropriate use of funds and implementation effectiveness, including:
- Progress update and disbursement requests
- Implementation effectiveness review during the grant implementation
- Visiting sites to verify results and data quality
- Advising the Global Fund on activities related to the closing of a grant and any possible risks
- Solid technical knowledge and analysis skills;
- Attention to detail;
- Agile/flexible;
- Willing and able to handle change;
- Willing to travel;
- Strong social conscience.
- An individual with a Graduate Degree (MSc. equivalent) in: Public Health; Medicine; Epidemiology; or other relevant discipline.
- With a minimum of 7 years relevant experience in the health sector, notably in monitoring and evaluating health programs in developing countries, and with the following expertise:
- ability to interpret performance results of health programs and analyse the implications of such results in the country context;
- strong understanding of public health monitoring and evaluation systems;
- a thorough knowledge of epidemiology and programmatic interventions related to at least one of the three diseases (HIV, TB, or malaria);
- understanding of the dimensions of health service quality and familiarity with reviewing and interpreting national service delivery guidelines;
- strong interpersonal skills, diplomacy and tact to effectively communicate with senior level officials, multiple stakeholders and professionals from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds;
- strong professional oral communication and writing skills, including the development of reports, oral presentations, and technical/persuasive documents.
- Must have good written and spoken English and, preferably, a good working knowledge of the official language(s) spoken in the country or countries in which the individual has been assigned to work.
