Overview
The Ethics and Compliance Coordinator supports the Country Director in strengthening internal controls, promoting ethical conduct, and ensuring compliance with IRC policies, procedures, and donor regulations across the country program. The position plays a key role in fostering a culture of integrity and accountability.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the implementation of IRC’s compliance and risk management framework.
- Facilitate periodic compliance reviews across program and operational functions.
- Support compliance assessments of implementing partners and sub-grantees.
- Produce consolidated reports from compliance reviews and provide recommendations.
- Monitor and track follow-up actions related to compliance reviews, audit findings, and risk mitigation plans.
- Serve as the country focal point for coordination with IRC’s Ethics and Compliance Unit (ECU).
- Support investigations into allegations of fraud, corruption, misconduct, or ethical violations.
- Facilitate access to documentation, systems, and personnel required during investigations.
- Ensure confidentiality and integrity of investigative processes.
- Prepare reports and documentation related to investigations in coordination with ECU.
- Support the development, maintenance, and monitoring of the country program risk register.
- Coordinate with program and operational teams to identify emerging compliance risks and mitigation measures.
- Support periodic fraud risk mapping exercises.
- Identify operational areas vulnerable to fraud, corruption, or misuse of resources and recommend mitigation measures.
- Monitor implementation of agreed risk mitigation actions.
- Contribute to country-level risk reviews and risk management discussions.
- Identify systemic weaknesses in operational procedures and recommend improvements.
- Provide compliance guidance to operational and program teams.
- Support the development of practical compliance guidance tools and checklists.
- Contribute to strengthening operational policies, procedures, and standard operating practices.
- Promote awareness of IRC’s Code of Conduct and ethical standards.
- Coordinate and facilitate training sessions for staff and partners on ethics, anti-fraud, anti-corruption, and compliance policies.
- Support onboarding and refresher training related to ethical conduct and compliance expectations.
- Promote awareness and accessibility of IRC reporting channels.
- Support safe and confidential reporting of concerns.
- Coordinate with People & Culture, Safeguarding, and ECU to ensure cases are appropriately referred and managed.
- Track and analyze trends in reported cases.
- Support partner compliance monitoring and assessments.
- Provide guidance to partners on IRC compliance standards and donor regulations.
- Monitor compliance risks related to partnership agreements and sub-grants.
- Support capacity strengthening of partners on compliance and ethical standards.
Required Experience
- Minimum 7–10 years of professional experience in compliance, auditing, investigations, risk management, or internal controls.
- Experience working with international NGOs or humanitarian organizations is strongly preferred.
- Experience supporting investigations, fraud prevention initiatives, or compliance monitoring is an advantage.
- Experience working in complex or fragile operational environments is desirable.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Law, Business Administration, or related field.
- Preferred: Professional certification such as CPA, CIA, CFE, or equivalent.
- Preferred: Postgraduate training in audit, compliance, law, or risk management is an advantage.
