Programme Consultant – Just Energy Transition - UN Women - South Africa Multi-Country Office
(2025-04 - 2025-12)
- Contributed to the successful rollout of Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) initiatives across six local municipalities under Nkangala District Municipality, strengthening climate resilience among smallholder farmers.
- Participated in the inception meeting and supported programme coordination to align stakeholders and implementation strategies.
- Played a key role in developing and applying selection criteria for 200 farmers, ensuring transparent, inclusive, and impact-driven beneficiary identification for CSA training.
- Coordinated and managed end-to-end logistics for CSA training programmes (venues, transport, catering, stakeholder communication), ensuring smooth execution and high participation rates.
- Conducted pre-training assessments to evaluate farmers' baseline knowledge, informing tailored training delivery and improving learning outcomes.
- Facilitated post-training follow-up and post-intervention processes to monitor impact, reinforce learning, and support adoption of climate-smart practices.
- Worked closely with the Programme Manager to recruit and onboard two consultants: A Gender Mainstreaming Consultant to integrate gender considerations into the Nkangala District Municipality Climate Strategy. A Training Consultant to deliver CSA capacity-building sessions across six local municipalities.
- Managed travel coordination for the Programme Manager and consultants, ensuring efficient programme implementation.
- Facilitated consultancy payment processes in compliance with financial and contractual requirements.
- Participated in the inception meeting for the Clean Cooking Initiative in Nkangala District Municipality under the Sustainable Development Goals and successfully organized a multi-stakeholder engagement meeting to align partners on clean energy implementation priorities.
Programme Associate, HIV & AIDS - UN Women - South Africa Multi-Country Office
(2021-11 - 2025-03)
- Coordinated the onboarding of Implementing and Responsible Partners (IPs/RPs), including conducting risk assessments, organizing LPAC reviews, and preparing Partner Agreements in PGAMS.
- Facilitated partner financial processes by preparing FaceForms, processing advances, and ensuring timely receipt and review of quarterly financial and narrative reports to support accurate liquidations.
- Provided administrative and financial management support in the preparation and monitoring of annual work plans and programme budgets, including project award creation and budget revisions.
- Monitored budget expenditures to ensure compliance with financial regulations and donor requirements.
- Supported partner capacity strengthening through participation in monitoring visits and audit preparation processes.
- Managed logistical, administrative, and financial arrangements for meetings, workshops, missions, and events, ensuring smooth programme implementation.
- Processed consultant and supplier payments, created requisitions in SAMCO, and registered suppliers in Quantum to ensure procurement compliance and operational efficiency.
Accounts Associate - United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) Africa Regional Office
(2008-01 - 2013-10)
- Ensured correct interpretation and determination of applicable policies, regulations, rules for disbursements within authorized limits, payroll, contractual agreements, payments to suppliers, travel claims, etc, through reviews and confirmations.
- Monitored and ensured availability of budget & funds for budget revisions.
- Maintained and controlled petty cash fund and prepared reports for replenishment.
- Assessed the quality of the financial data, randomly checked whether financial procedures are followed or not, monitor expenditures and project budgets.
- Ensured data quality exception reports related to Purchase Orders, AP, Bank reconciliation, billing, overspent projects, Facilities and Administration (F& A), cooperate charges and budget exceptions.
- Monitored proper maintenance & application of operational advances and Account Recovered Locally (ARL) for proper management and timely reconciliation, verification and monitoring of un-liquidated obligations, cash requirements and expenditures.
- Oversaw pay cycle, bank account replenishment and reconciliation.
- Reviewed current year and prior year Obligations to ensure compliance with UNDP/UNOPS Financial Rules and Regulations (FRR).
- Prepared periodic financial statements for funding sources and external clients in compliance with established reporting requirements.
Finance Officer – Acting - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Regional Service Centre
(2007-01 - 2007-12)
- Established Standard Operating Procedures in areas of payment of vouchers on behalf of other units, Petty Cash, Common Services and Vendor creation.
- Reported monthly of common services contributions and timeframe for collection of outstanding items
- Reconciled monthly and timely payment of all Common Services / Building Management creditors
- Recovered costs relating to Vat, inter-agency billing and private telephone calls enacted in timely manner.
- Reported monthly to management indicating external items and timeframe for clearing off bank reconciliation.
- Reconciled monthly all balance sheet accounts with a monthly reporting to management reflecting outstanding staff loans.
- Timely corrective actions on un-posted vouchers, including the vouchers with budget check errors, match exceptions, unapproved status.
- Communicated weekly to all agencies of items in pay-cycle which have not been processed / vouchers received which are not showing in pay-cycle.
- Ran daily the pay-cycle for UNDP payments including those for other UN agencies and projects within the building.
- Monitored daily the ZAR bank account for timely replenishment ensuring the availability of funds for payments to be processed.
Administrative/ Finance Assistance - UNDP Regional Project on HIV & Development for sub-Saharan Africa
(2000-07 - 2006-12)
- Managed project budget implementation in line with the Annual Work Plan, including processing payments, conducting budget revisions, and maintaining petty cash controls.
- Administered and monitored project funds to ensure compliance with financial regulations and efficient resource utilization.
- Facilitated VAT refund processes with the Department of Foreign Affairs, strengthening financial recovery and compliance.
- Served as custodian of organizational policies and procedures, advising staff on travel, contracts, leave administration, and compliance matters.
- Led end-to-end coordination of administrative, financial, and logistical requirements for workshops, meetings, trainings, and official missions.
- Oversaw procurement of office equipment and furniture, maintained the asset register, and managed asset disposal in accordance with regulations.
- Liaised with Human Resources on personnel matters, including contract preparation and extensions, ensuring timely and compliant staffing processes.
- Supervised drivers and managed fleet operations, ensuring efficient vehicle utilization, maintenance, and transport coordination.
Programme Assistant - United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa (UNETPSA)
(1998-02 - 2000-06)
- Liaised with partner institutions (Technikons & Agricultural Colleges) in South Africa on all matters related to scholarship administration.
- Institution's bursary administrators for the selection and submission of all relevant documentation for potential students for scholarship.
- Undertook selection of candidates and extension of awards in accordance with UNETPSA policies and selection criteria.
- Drafted correspondence for the request of payment authorizations from headquarters in New York.
- Processed payments to tertiary institutions.
- Liaised with Information Systems Officers and Software expert to ensure timely updating and maintenance of the UNETPSA website, database, and communication equipment (computers, phones and fax):
- Maintained the Programmes software: entering data on scholarship holders and capacity building participants, and assist partner institution's officials on the operation of the database.
- Generate reports from the database.
- Worked with the Northwest government on the implementation of the Marshalls Project (freedom fighters who were not privileged to further their studies) on capacity building (to build their capacity in skills ranging from electrical & mechanical engineering, carpeting, penal beating, brick laying, etc.)
- Compiled and maintained financial reports on the pledges made and donated by donor countries on yearly basis.
- Compiled data and other information on development matters related to UNETPSA activities.
- Prepared statistics on higher education, donors and other stakeholders, for presentations, briefings and review operation.
- Disseminated information upon request by the public regarding accessibility of funds and the
- Maintained logs, files, and updated records in prescribed format for subsequent use
- Prepared and maintain records of the Programme's inventories.
- Ensured effective utilization and maintenance of the UNETPSA vehicle including preparation of the daily log sheet on its utilization.
