Overview
The Risk Officer will support the Country Office Risk and Compliance team in providing advice and specialized support in risk management activities, application of controls, and compliance with policies and procedures.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and/or participate in risk assessments/oversight/control reviews to identify and assess risks, develop mitigation actions, and assess internal controls.
- Support the Head of Risk and Compliance Unit in embedding risk management in planning and decision-making.
- Coordinate the collection of feedback and analysis of data on risk performance.
- Lead and/or contribute to discussions on identifying trends and emerging issues.
- Review and analyse risk management activities, exposures, and mitigation actions.
- Provide advice to Country Office management on enhancing risk management and internal control systems.
- Supervise and build capacity of staff, and deliver training programmes on risk management and compliance.
- Contribute to the development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for managing risk and compliance processes.
- Facilitate management accountability and prepare reports on compliance status.
- Conduct the annual Executive Director’s Assurance exercise.
- Support managers in preparing for and implementing Internal Audit and External Audit exercises.
- Promote and disseminate the anti-fraud and anti-corruption policy.
Required Experience
- Hands-on knowledge of governance, organizational structures, strategy and major initiatives of international organizations.
- Has conducted audit, oversight, risk and control reviews, risk analysis and contributed to the development of risk mitigation strategies.
- Demonstrable experience in programme/project management, oversight/audit, risk management.
- Has managed a team including participation in recruitment, contract management, performance management and capacity building of team members.
- Has conducted monitoring and reporting activities, demonstrating knowledge of results hierarchy, performance metrics and measurement.
- Has facilitated strategic and operational conversations with other units.
- Progressively responsible experience in undertaking and/or contributing to risk management activities, including assessing and recommending effective internal controls and mitigation actions, in various organizations preferably those that use modern enterprise risk management frameworks, techniques and systems.
Qualifications
• Advanced University degree in business/public administration, audit, project management, finance, accounting, international development, or other relevant field, or First University degree with additional years of relevant work experience and/or training/courses in audit, performance and risk management or other related fields.
