Overview
The Humanitarian Affairs Officer (Risk Management and Compliance) monitors and analyzes humanitarian developments, organizes studies, and maintains contacts with stakeholders to detect compliance issues. The role involves providing risk management and compliance training and preparing reports related to humanitarian financing.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitors, analyzes and reports on humanitarian developments, disaster relief/ management or emergency situations in assigned country/area which may impact performance of the Humanitarian Financing Unit (HFU).
- Organizes and prepares studies on humanitarian, emergency relief and related issues and organizes follow-up work management response related to audits and evaluations of Country-Based Humanitarian Pooled Funds.
- Establishes and maintains contacts with other UN agencies, non-governmental organizations, and other key stakeholders to enable early detection of compliance issues in HFU funded projects and verifies prevention and control mechanisms.
- Undertakes and provides risk management and compliance training for implementing partners.
- Prepares or contributes to the preparation of various written reports, documents and communications, e.g. drafts sections of studies, background papers, policy guidelines, briefings, case studies, presentations, correspondence, etc. related to risk management and compliance in the context of Country-Based Humanitarian Pooled Funds.
- Serves as the primary focal point on monitoring and risk management and compliance of the HFU, keeps abreast of latest developments, liaises with other humanitarian organizations, etc., ensures appropriate monitoring and reporting mechanisms in line with global country-based pooled fund guidelines.
- Reviews and provides advice to HFU on policy issues related to risk and compliance.
- Organizes and participates in work groups, meetings, conferences, consultations with other agencies and partners on humanitarian and emergency relief-related matters.
- Supports and monitors compliance by IPs with global policy requirements on accountability and risk management, leads the Eligibility Process and oversees response to non-compliance by IPs with contractual obligations and CBPF requirements.
- Provides technical capacity to respond to alleged and proven incidents of misconduct (financial misconduct or sexual exploitation and abuse) by IPs.
- Provides guidance to, and may supervise, new/junior staff.
- Performs other duties as required.
Required Experience
A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in humanitarian affairs, emergency preparedness, crisis/emergency relief management, rehabilitation, development, or other related is required. Experience in compliance and risk management is required. Experience in responding to fraud and/or Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) incidents is desirable. Relevant experience in a humanitarian context within the UN Common System or other comparable international organization is desirable. Relevant experience in the Middle East region is desirable.
Qualifications
An advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in political science, social science, international studies, public administration, economics, engineering, earth sciences or a related field. A first-level university degree in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
