Senior Consultant - International Projects Group - London

Senior Consultant - International Projects Group - London

Location: London , South East Salary: competitive Date posted: 08/04/2012 12:09 Job type:Permanent Company: PKF (UK) LLP Contact: PKF Recruitment Team Ref: Totaljobs/South87 Job ID: 53182973

PKF is one of the UK's leading firms of accountants and business advisers, which specialises in advising the management of developing private and public business. We pride ourselves on creating and sustaining supportive relationships where objective and timely advice enables our clients to thrive and develop.

We have more than 1,200 partners and staff operating from 19 offices around the country; wherever our clients are based we can offer local expertise backed up by the resources of a natio nal firm.

PKF (UK) LLP is a member of the PKF International Limited network of legally independent firms with around 15,000 people working out of 400 offices in 120 countries, and an overall turnover of approximately US$ 2 billion.

Management Consultancy Services (MCS) - International Projects Group (IPG)

Our London-based International Projects Group focuses on assignments in developing nations and emerging markets, working principally for bilateral and multilateral development partners. We provide a wide range of technical assistance and support covering such areas as public expenditure and financial management, public finance audit and accounting, private sector policy and SME development, and financial sector restructuring.

The Role:

PKF (UK) LLP is seeking to recruit a full-time Consultant/Senior Consultant in private sector development to join our London-based team to identify, bid for and manage PSD technical assistance projects with deve lopment partners including the DFID, EC, the World Bank and EBRD. Candidates should have technical expertise in one or more of the following areas: SME policy development; business advisory services; regulatory and enabling environment; making markets work for the poor (M4P); value chain and cluster development; financial services strengthening and international trade.

Principal duties and responsibilities:

We are seeking to recruit a Consultant/ Senior Consultant with a track record of successful bidding for and delivery of international development consultancy assignments in private sector development. Duties and responsibilities will include:

tracking and bidding for project opportunities;technical lead in preparing proposals, assembling project teams and budgets;contract management and on-going liaison with clients and beneficiaries;advising project teams in preparing work plans and reports;monitoring and quality assuring project deliverables;undertaking short-term technical assignments in the field, providing consulting services and backstopping support, as well as technical delivery in support of project outputs and outcomes;participating in knowledge management and experts' database development;proactively contributing to marketing efforts;mentoring other in-house staff.

Skills / Experience:

Masters degree in a PSD-related field (economics, business, development), with demonstrable experience in managerial/consultancy positions in donor-funded projects;proven ability to win and manage DFID, EC, WB and other donor contracts;at least 5 years of experience in private sector development consultancy, gained through working in a development consultancy, donor organisation or overseas projects;flexibility to travel and work across different continents;good verbal and written language skills in English. Knowledge of other languages will be an advantage;excellent organisational and communication skills, ability to work indepe ndently and lead multicultural teams to achieve results;at this time PKF does not have an allocation of Tier 2 work permits and therefore only individuals with a right to work in the UK should apply.