Donald, 40, will aid the England team's fast bowling programme on a "short-term consultancy basis", a media release by the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Friday.
He will begin his work from the run-up to the third Test against West Indies at Old Trafford starting on June 7, through to the end of the five-match one-day series in July.
Donald is the latest addition to England's new-look coaching team after Peter Moores replaced Duncan Fletcher as head coach following the World Cup. Former Zimbabwe captain Andy Flower succeeded Matthew Maynard as batting coach this month.
Donald played 72 Tests and 164 one-day internationals for South Africa and was one of the world's leading pace bowlers in the 1990s.
He has an English wife and a home in Birmingham in central England, having played for county team Warwickshire throughout the nineties.
