Overview
The role aims to strengthen the Country Office's risk management, assurance, and governance functions, supporting management in overseeing operational, fiduciary, compliance, and fraud risks. It involves embedding risk-informed decision-making and maintaining risk registers.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to embedding risk management in planning and decision-making.
- Support risk and control assessments.
- Analyse risk, incident, monitoring, and oversight information.
- Support management accountability and assurance processes.
- Support preparedness for internal and external audits.
- Maintain oversight and management action tracking mechanisms.
- Support implementation of the Anti-Fraud and Anti-Corruption framework.
- Support training and awareness activities.
- Oversee and maintain centralized governance arrangements.
- Support review of operational or programme arrangements.
- Provide advice to management on risks and controls.
- Support Business Continuity Management and Organizational Conflicts of Interest processes.
Required Experience
A minimum of three years of relevant postgraduate professional experience in risk management, internal controls, audit/assurance, compliance, programme management or related areas, preferably in a humanitarian or development context. Experience supporting organizational risk assessments, internal control reviews, audit or assurance processes and tracking of management actions. Experience analysing qualitative and quantitative information and preparing concise risk, assurance or management reports. Experience with fraud risk management, investigations/fact-finding support, governance or business continuity would be an asset. Previous WFP/UN experience or familiarity with WFP's operational and corporate risk-management framework would be an advantage. 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, Economics, Law, International Development, Risk Management, Audit, Political/Social Sciences or another relevant field; or a first university degree with 2 additional relevant professional experience and/or training.