Overview
Provide support in the establishment of risk management activities, contribute to the application of controls and compliance with policies and procedures, and to the overall effectiveness of operations and optimization of WFP resources.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to embedding risk management in planning and decision-making.
- Support the collection of feedback and data on risk performance.
- Support relevant managers in their regular and ad hoc risk assessments.
- Support the discussion with functional experts and risk management focal points.
- Utilize available risk management tools to link risk, oversight and evaluation information.
- Collect information/training needs and contribute to the preparation of training programmes.
- Participate in the development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
- Contribute to management accountability across functional units.
- Support the completion of the annual Executive Director’s Assurance exercise survey.
- Support managers to prepare and plan for Internal Audit and External Audit.
- Support the promotion and dissemination of the 2021 Revised Anti-Fraud and Anti-Corruption (AFAC) Policy.
- Other duties as required including potentially serving as Business Continuity Management (BCM) and Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI) focal point.
Required Experience
- Knowledge of governance, organizational structures, strategy and major initiatives of international organizations.
- Experience in programme/project management.
- Has conducted monitoring and reporting activities, has knowledge of results hierarchy, performance metrics and measurement.
- Has participated in risk analysis and risk mitigation strategies development and/or implementation.
- Has participated in conversations with other units on impact, timing or planning initiatives, using analytical, evaluative and problem-solving skills as well as resourcefulness, initiative, good judgement, tact and diplomacy.
- Has contributed to risk management activities, including assessing and recommending effective internal controls and mitigation actions, preferably in organizations that use modern enterprise risk management frameworks, techniques and systems.
Qualifications
Advanced University degree in business/public administration, finance, accounting, international development, audit 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.
