Dr Jurie Van Niekerk

Experience

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  South African Police

  Jan 1978 - Jan 1982

  Training Officer

  Training Officer SA Police Force Training College, Pretoria. Firearms & First Aid instructor. Conducted instructor training courses as from 1980. Initiated several changes in the training curriculum, procedures and management.

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  Splitz Consulting

  Jun 1991 - Jan 1994

  Entrepreneur Managing Director

  Professional management consulting services to small business entrepreneurs.Designed, developed and patented nylon moulded fire-arm holster - currently in use by Pretoria/Tshwane Metro Police. This was my first entrepreneurial business undertaking filed for bankruptcy resulting in me losing all assets as well as my first marriage ending in divorce in 1993.

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  Dobsonville Community Forum

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1994

  Founder & Executive Committee Member

  Founder Member of post apartheid reconciliation community forum between white and black communities in Roodepoort and Dobsonville.

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  Independent Electoral Commission

  Feb 1994 - Dec 1995

  Management Consultant

  Contracted for 1994 South African first democratic election as Development Coordination Officer (DCA) responsible for development, coordination & assessment of election monitoring directorate. Contracted due to my specific leadership, organisational and management skills and expertise demonstrated while serving as Secretary General of FAK NGO. After April 1994 election contracted to position of Office Administration Manager to be charge of the 1994 Election wrap-up and clean-up - procurement fraud investigations, asset recovery and consolidation, etc. in conjunction with Auditor-Generals office. Contracted as administrative and logistical technical assistance expert in planning for the first South African democratic municipal elections in 1995. Show less

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  National Department of Health

  Jan 1996 - Jun 1998

  Technical Advisor/ Consultant

  Technical Advisor to Director-General and Minister of Health South Africa in management and implementation of 3 concurrent official development assistance programs funded by EU. ODA Capacity building in Ministry, National and provincial departments. 1994 National HIV/AIDS Program South Africa; 1994 District Health Systems Support Program and 1994 Health Sector Technical Support Program, total value US$9m. Obtained at program closure in 1998 clear financial audits. Represented South African Department of Health in annual reviews and negotiations with European Commission on these programs. Show less

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  Department of Labour

  Aug 1997 - Apr 1998

  Technical Advisor / Consultant

  Based on my success with implementation and management of the health sector programs I was seconded on part-time basis to Department of Labour to advise them in the planning and start-up of the largest EC funded South African program - Labour Market Skills Development Program US$ 36m. Technical Assistance Advisor for start-up, program implementation planning, procurement planning & financial control systems & training of project staff in government department.

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  National Department of Health

  Oct 1998 - May 2003

  General and Minister of Health South Africa in management and implementation of 3 concurrent official development assistance programs funded by EU, two years behind schedule at that stage - 1994 National HIV/AIDS Program South Africa; 1994 District Health Systems Support Program and 1994 Health Sector Technical Support Program, total value US$9m. No South African Official Development Aid (ODA) support framework existed up to that stage due to isolation of SA pre-1994. International funding were pouring into SA after 1994 but no capacity or systems existed to manage this. Assisted National Treasury in the establishment of functional framework - this resulted in the health sector programs becoming guinea pigs for program successes and failures - maintained credibility with both the South African Ministry and EU Delegation. Obtained at program closure in 1998 clear financial audits. Represented South African Department of Health in annual reviews and negotiations with European Commission on these programs. Show less Contracted again by Department of Health as Technical Advisor for the management and implementation of a new EU funded project: 1997 Public Health Sector Support Program, value US$ 15m. Technical Advisor to National & Provincial health departments in respect of strategic planning, program management, administration and procurement. Once again this program was a guinea pig project for the new EC development support modality of direct budgetary support to South African government. This pilot project was successfully implemented and is the standard mode of EC development aid support to South Africa today for all programs. Show less

  • Technical Advisor to Director General

    Sept 2001 - May 2003

  • Technical Advisor to Director General

    Sept 2000 - May 2003

  • Technical Advisor to Director General

    Oct 1998 - Sept 2000
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  EC Delegation, South Africa

  Jan 1999 - Aug 1999

  Training & PCM Consultant

  Contracted by the EC Delegation, due to success achieved in management of EC programs in South Africa to conduct training project. Designed, developed and presented project management & procurement training course for EU funded programs in South Africa. Trained 386 persons in South African government departments and NGO sector in EU project management & administration.

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  Department Environment Affairs

  Oct 1999 - Mar 2000

  Technical Advisor/Consultant

  Based on my success with implementation and management of the health sector programs I was also seconded to the Dept Environmental Affairs & Tourism to assist them with EC funded Wild Coast Spatial Development Program value US$ 8m. Responsible for preparation and management of the international program management unit tender - terms of reference, evaluation, development aid technical support project planning & start-up and NGO's (WWF) involved as partners in program implementation.

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  Splitz Consulting

  May 2000 - Jan 2005

  Business & Project management for various clients including major international development organisations, ie EU, Dutch Govt, NZAID, etc. Experience in SMME, Health, Tourism, Labour sectors. Well versed in NGO development programme management. Developed manuals and training seminars with GIC Group London on: "How to write the winning proposal/tender" - presented training seminars for companies on ODA and - "Working with International Funding Institutions"

  • Management Consultant

    Jan 1991 - Jan 2005

  • Management Consultant

    May 2000 - Jul 2000
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  Printing Industry Franchisor

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2003

  Managing Director/Partner

  Secured majority share in printing & signage business while running my management consultancy Splitz. This was my third major entrepreneurship exploit in small business, this time with partners. We successfully franchised concept and sold more than 12 franchises in South Africa and Botswana within 18 months.

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  Ntsika Trade & Industry Dev

  Jan 2001 - Aug 2001

  Project manager

  Conducted an independent external Mid-Term review of an EC funded project -Ntsika Trade and Investment Program. Reviewed program progress and attainment of program objectives. Recommendations were made for corrective action to ensure program objectives would be achieved.

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  JBvN & Associates Pty Ltd

  Jan 2003 - Dec 2009

  Director Consulting Services

  Consultancy & Research project specialist. Experienced researcher in sustainable development, CSR, CSI, foresight trend analysis. International Corporate Volunteer program facilitator. Strategic foresight and planning consultant. Futurist and scenario development services. Personal presentation skills are well developed at all levels of stakeholder, client and team settings between diverse stakeholders in different disciplines within the multicultural diversity of Africa.EU, WB, DFID, NZAID, SIDA - development project conceptualisation, design, management, review and evaluations. Experienced proposal writer, PCM training and capacity building in public sector. Show less

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  HSRC, Kellog Foundation

  Jan 2003 - Sept 2003

  Management Consultant

  Planning and implementation preparation for 5-year multi-country HIV/AIDS orphans & vulnerable children research project, funded by Kellogg Foundation to value of US$50m. Evaluation & review: partner NGO capacity & competencies to implement & manage project. Developed work plans, financial & procurement controls. NGO training and guidance on project management.

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  Save the Children (UK)

  Mar 2004 - Jul 2004

  Management Consultant

  Develop Procedures & Procurement Manuals and assist with restructuring of the general management and administration functions of Save the Children organisational structure for South Africa.

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  Unemployment Insurance Fund

  Aug 2004 - Mar 2005

  Management Consultant

  Project administration manager: UIF restructuring project conducted by camphor Consulting Services. Responsible for review and redesign of all job descriptions, performance agreements within proposed staff structure. Conducted performance management training for all managerial level staff.

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  New Zealand-AID

  Jan 2005 - Jul 2005

  Management Consultant

  Final evaluation NZIAD support for Mozambique Accelerated De-mining Program 1992-2005 (ADP), removing landmines program coordinated by United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Conducted program performance appraisal, procurement review & program evaluation. Designed and made recommendations on continued future NZAID program support for Mozambique.

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  PSO NGO Netherlands

  May 2005 - Aug 2005

  Management Consultant

  Conducted mid term evaluation of Netherlands Government support through PSO for South African small business exporters within international Fair Trade development program. The Fair Trade concept project focuses on the complete value chain in the lifecycle of products: tea, wine, processed vegetables and tourism.

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  Imani Development Group

  Feb 2006 - Mar 2010

  Business Development Manager

  Projects & Business Development Manager for Imani Development Group of companies for all offices – South Africa (Pretoria, Durban), Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, UK (London, Oban) and Australia. Responsible for overall centralised project management of an average of 20-40 international project contracts at any one time plus 80-120 future business development project pipeline for all group offices. Responsible for Imani group business alliance & partnership development and sustainability. Designed and successfully implemented Project Information Management System (PIMS) for Imani group of companies Show less

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  Men at the Side of the road

  Feb 2007 - Jun 2009

  Professional skills volunteer

  Expanding Ashoka Fellow Charles Maisel social entrepreneurship and employment venture Men at the Side of the Road in Pretoria through partnership between MSR, Community organisations and Tshwane City Council. Jan-June 2009 figures are 1,704 permanent placement days/month in Tshwane region.

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  EC Delegation, Pretoria

  Sept 2007 - Jun 2008

  Project Manager

  Development of project implementation planning, term of reference, tender dossier for long term PCU & Interim PCU, Budget & Program Estimate for US$ 7m EC funded Rural Development SURUDEC program, Eastern Cape.

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  Dept Trade & Industry

  Oct 2007 - Feb 2008

  Project Manager

  Conducted a comprehensive research study of the 2nd Economy for South African Department Trade & Industry (Dti) to determine current levels of support to this major underserved sector in the South African economy. Made recommendations to Dti for suitable future 2nd economy support interventions.

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  National Development Agency

  Nov 2007 - Mar 2008

  Research Project Manager

  South African provincial poverty profile research study conducted in all nine provinces. The objective was to development of recommendations for effective and efficient National Development Agency interventions to alleviate poverty in each province, taking into account the specific environment and profile of the province.

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  AHP

  Aug 2008 - Dec 2008

  Management Consultant

  Development of an induction and orientation program for foreign qualified doctors working in rural hospitals in South Africa. Due to shortage of medical doctors in South Africa AHP as NGO facilitates a process of recruiting medical doctors internationally for the public health sector in South Africa. Funded by USAID and others and average of 140 doctors are recruited per annum, plus various other medical professions.

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  GTZ & British Council

  Nov 2008 - Apr 2009

  CSR Research Teamleader

  Project Manager for GTZ survey: CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility in Sub Sahara: Survey on Hindering & Promoting factors. Conducted in 6 Sub-Saharan countries on private sector corporate social responsibility projects and programs. The objective of the study was to identify hindering & promoting factors and make recommendations for GTZ future support interventions to the private sector with regards to CSR functions.

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  Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA)

  Sept 2009 - Dec 2009

  Evaluation Teamleader

  Review of online SMME support & developmental diagnostic tools for Department of Trade & Industry SMME support agency, Seda. Review of entrepreneurial diagnostic, business planning, business process, business assessment, export readiness, costing, critcal planning tools for SMME support through desktop research, interviews with relevant staff and Business Advisors, as well as online questionnaire. Recommendations for future tools development.

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  Cardno Emerging Markets Brussels

  Jan 2011 - Jul 2011

  National Planning Commission, Presidency, Nigeria

  Technical Advisor & Training specialist in EDF Programming & Procurement for Nigeria National Planning Commission, Presidency, State procurement agencies. Developed EDF Sustainable development project programming and EDF Procurement training manuals and present 14 training seminars & capacity building support to various state entities across Nigeria on development project design, stakeholder liaison, programming and procurement.

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  CDC Development Solutions

  Aug 2011 - Oct 2011

  CDC IBM ESC Facilitator & Program Coordinator South Africa

  Strategic level facilitator for IBM Executive Service Corps (ESC) team with City Johannesburg 2040 Growth & Development Strategy refinement project. South African Program Coordinator for IBM ESC team working with Mayor & City Executive Mayoral Committee, City Manager refining 5-year Public Safety strategy within 2040 GDS.

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  Imani Development

  Dec 2011 - Dec 2011

  FDI and LED Training co-facilitator

  Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Training workshop for West Coast District Municipality, Bergrivier, Cedarberg, Matzikana, Saldanah and Swartland municipalities, based on World Bank FDI training programme. Capacity building in LED to plan for and attract FDI investments in the region.

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  PYXERA Global

  Feb 2012 - Mar 2012

  Corporate Volunteer facilitator

  Local facilitator for IBM Corporate Service Corps Volunteer Team working in South Africa. Strategic stakeholder selection and interview facilitator on leadership development in Africa baseline research project. African Leadership Academy, University Pretoria Albert Luthuli Centre Responsible Leadership, WITS Business School, etc.

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  ADE

  Mar 2012 - Apr 2012

  Feasibility study PFM capacity building Sub-Saharan Africa region

  Feasibility study for PFM capacity building interventions in Sub-Saharan region - support to regional intermediary organisations AFROSAI-E, ATAF, ESAAG and CABRI. Develop updated concept note and potential action fiche for EU funding support.

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  Dept Public Enterprises, South African Government

  May 2012 - Oct 2012

  Team Leader - Youth Economic participation strategy.

  Develop Youth Economic Participation strategy and implementation plan for Dept Public Enterprises, Pretoria, South Africa. Desk research, international best practice, fieldwork research and workshop facilitation.

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  Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

  May 2012 - Jun 2012

  Teamleader - Review CSR Country profile South Africa

  Review of South Africa country profile on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for GIZ Center for Cooperation with Private Sector (CCPS) as part of CSR mapping to cover 29 African countries. Desk research and review.

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  Independent Development Trust, Dept Public Works

  Oct 2012 - May 2013

  Mid Term Review EPWP-II Program South Africa

  Independent Development Trust (IDT) to conduct a mid-term review of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) Phase 2. Focus of review to assess achievement of goals and programme performance in terms of efficiency, effectiveness, relevance, sustainability and impact, make recommendations as to the future direction of the EPWP 3 and how it should be restructured, improve M&E and management systems, interdepartmental governance coordination & collaboration, etc.

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  Management Sciences for Health

  Mar 2013 - Mar 2013

  Team Leader - Global Fund Performance Review

  Phase 1 Programme performance review for National Dept of Health Global Fund grant - Single Stream Funding (SSF) as a new architecture for grant implementation. Generate knowledge from NDOH’s experience in implementing the Global Fund grant over the last 18 months. The specific objective: Assess overall progress of the Primary Recipient from the start of the grant until December 2012, based on programmatic achievements in relation to key output indicators.

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  (CDRS) Community Development Resources & Services

  Jul 2013 - Nov 2013

  Team Leader - CSR research project

  A Study on Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives in Botswana. Botswana Council of NGOs (BOCONGO), after engaging in dialogue on greater partnership with private sector institutions over the past five years through its NGO Private Sector Forum, seeks to develop a framework for formalizing a strategic and coordinated, collaboration partnerships between NGO’s and the private sector through a survey of major companies in Botswana to investigate their involvement in the implementation of CSR initiatives. The purpose of the proposed survey would be to gain an insight into the perspective of the companies’ CSR polices and related measuring systems. Objective is to develop CSR guidelines that can be used by the private sector in Botswana using lessons learnt from other countries and advise on developing a Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Framework Show less

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  PYXERA Global

  Feb 2014 - Dec 2016

  South Africa Country Director of PYXERA Global specialising in International Corporate Volunteer programs, integrated community, enterprise and local content development. PYXERA is the leading organization designing and implementing programs that leverage corporate employees to support local businesses, nonprofits, and governments in emerging markets worldwide. PYXERA Global also facilitates community development for energy & extractive sector along with local content enterprise development for long term sustainability. PYXERA Global has placed more than 8,000 business-oriented volunteers in more than 90 countries for corporations like IBM, FedEx, Deloitte, Pfizer, Dow Corning, Novartis, etc. ICV programs are designed to apply the skills and experience embedded in corporations to address the unique challenges of economic growth, education, ICT, environmental sustainability, and governance in government and civil society institutions, from once off interventions to multi-year projects aimed at addressing global challenges. Show less

  • Country Director South Africa

    Aug 2011 - Dec 2016

  • Project Leader: EDCON SADC CSI Strategy development

    Feb 2014 - Mar 2015
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  Freedom House

  Apr 2014 - Jun 2014

  Capacity Building Training E-learning facilitator

  Facilitated course in 2013 and 2014 Design, develop and facilitate on-line Capacity Building for Public Sector Institutions training course for emerging young future leaders in South Africa and Namibia as part of two year program Empowerment of New Generation Leaders in Southern Africa. The USAID funded training, consisting of four courses on Ethical and Transformational Leadership, Accountable Governance, Citizen Focused Public Policy, and Capacity Building for Public Institutions, will provide young African leaders from the two countries with advanced skills and ongoing support to effectively promote citizen participation and accountable governance. Show less

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  GOPA Worldwide Consultants

  Aug 2014 - Sept 2014

  Teamleader Training: Procurement & Contract Management

  Contract Management training for public sector procurement officials. GIZ funded Good Financial Governance Programme, Ministry Finance, Ghana. Participating Ghana Revenue Authority, Controler & Accountant General's Department.

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  NEDLAC

  Oct 2014 - Mar 2015

  Performance Review Expanded Public Works Program (EPWP) for NEDLAC

  Examine and evaluate qualitative and quantitative results and achievements of the implementation of the EPWP/CWP to measure the impact of these programmes on poverty alleviation of their beneficiaries through employment and training.

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  GOPA Consultants

  Jun 2015 - Jul 2015

  International Teamleader - Training

  Develop and present training courses on Monitoring & Evaluation and Contract Management for Ministry of Finance in partnership with GIZ Good Financial Governance Program. “Tandem-Training” model with one international and one national trainer working together to transmit learning in the respective field to approx. 20 to 25 trainees per course from the partner institutions: the Ministry of Finance, the Ghana Revenue Authority and other institutions such as the Ghana Audit Service, the Controller and Accountant General Department and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. Show less

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  DAI Human Dynamics

  Oct 2016 - Jan 2023

  SA-EU Policy Dialogue & Capacity Building Key Expert PMU

  SA-EU policy Dialogue Facility program aimed at strengthening of relations between the EU and the South African Government through SA-EU policy dialogues. 40 dialogue projects from 7 Calls for Proposals. Project contract management, fund management, dialogue event logistics, managing average 14 concurrent projects, visibility, information and communication activities. Total of 21 study tours for 164 delegates to 17 EU countries, 189 dialogue events attended by 12,329 delegates. Recruited and managed 63 short term NKE. Reconfigured project to continue despite COVID-19 to full virtual and hybrid events. Policy dialogues and institutiuonal capacity building in various sectors. Show less

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  GOPA Worldwide Consultants

  Mar 2023 - Mar 2024

  Team Leader

  ZANTCHITO support the Implementation of Enabling Environment Reforms for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Related Labour Laws. Project Objective 1: To create an enabling business environment for MSMEs in Malawi. The programme will support the establishment and functioning of a multi-stakeholder policy dialogue platform (SME Forum), addressing policy related issues affecting MSME operations, and operationalisation of the SME Law in Malawi. Project Objective 2: To improve the regulatory environment and promote observance of labour laws that address decent work deficits in Malawi. Show less