Overview
Supports the discharge of fiduciary accountability responsibilities over Pooled Funds and drives the implementation of enterprise risk management across OCHA’s programmes and operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Supports the EO in the discharge of her fiduciary responsibilities, in particular as they relate to the Pooled Funds oversight, compliance with UN regulatory framework and risk management.
- Liaises with the relevant oversight bodies on audit, evaluation, investigation and oversight processes as related to the responsibilities of the Executive Officer, in particular regarding the management of the Country-based Pooled Funds and their implementing partners.
- Advices the Executive Officer on the sound management of the US award for OCHA’s Pooled Funds.
- Serves as focal point on OCHA’s corporate enterprise risk management and the implementation of OCHA’s Corporate Risk Management Strategy and related actions.
- Ensures annual reporting and work in close collaboration with DMSPC on Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) risk register compliance and all related ERM activities.
- Leads on ERM training for managers and staff and support ERM implementation across divisions and offices.
- Coordinates on relevant UN and OCHA reform processes and preparation of related inputs and background papers for senior management.
- Develops, implements and evaluates assigned programmes/projects, etc.; monitors and analyzes programme/project development and implementation; reviews relevant documents and reports; identifies problems and issues to be addressed and initiates corrective actions; liaises with relevant parties; ensures follow-up actions.
- Contributes to legal and UN regulatory review and design of new administrative instruments, policies and guidelines, regulatory or oversight for the use of OCHA programmes and its pooled funds.
- Researches, analyzes and presents information gathered from diverse sources.
- Coordinates policy development, including the review and analysis of issues and trends, preparation of evaluations or other research activities and studies.
- Organizes and prepares written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, analysis, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications, etc.
- Provides substantive backstopping to consultative and other meetings, conferences, etc., to include proposing agenda topics, identifying participants, preparation of documents and presentations, etc.
- Initiates and coordinates outreach activities; conducts training workshops, seminars, etc.; makes presentations on assigned topics/activities.
- Leads and/or participates in large, complex field missions, including provision of guidance to external consultants, government officials and other parties and drafting mission summaries, etc.
- Coordinates activities related to budgetary matters and prepares related documents/reports.
- Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentations and reporting.
- Performs other duties as required.
Required Experience
A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in project or programme management, administration or related area is required. At least 3 years of experience at the international level is required. Experience in Country based Pooled Funds management in the UN common system or comparable international organization is required. Experience in risk management and compliance processes is required. Experience in oversight, monitoring and /or evaluation of humanitarian programmes is required. Experience in complex legal analysis and review is desirable.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in business administration, management, economics or a related field. A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
