Overview
The Risk and Compliance Manager is responsible for assessing, monitoring, and mitigating internal and external risks across the Gaza field office, developing high-quality approaches and systems, and ensuring effective monitoring and response to external risks.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the organisation’s Risk and Compliance Director in risk identification and assessment processes.
- Provide insight support to proposal award risk assessments (PART).
- Facilitate risk management processes.
- Conduct fraud risk assessments/compliance reviews and prepare reports.
- Prepare and update the SCARF.
- Provide support to ensure risk prevention measures are fit-for-purpose.
- Provide support on internal control/ mitigation design for new projects or processes.
- Provide support for risk prevention expertise to major humanitarian incidents.
- Provide training to staff and Partner staff on fraud and safeguarding and key control and compliance risk prevention measures.
- Provide Surge support for risk prevention expertise to major humanitarian incidents.
- Provide compliance checks/ audit reviews to provide assurance on key risk management controls.
- Implement the annual workplan of compliance / spot checks/audit reviews on key Management controls.
- Review/attend key control meetings/ process and ensure that they are working & provide specialist input.
- Provide independent reporting of risk, incidents & investigations.
- Support in reporting of risk versus appetite and management of escalations as appropriate.
- Report incidents in Datix that affect ability of an organisation to hit its objectives.
- Conduct fraud and safeguarding investigations.
- Coordinate Fraud and Safeguarding investigator training.
- Track progress of risk actions.
- Track audit/ investigation findings and update CO Management Improvement Plan.
- Develop annual Safeguarding plans for the Gaza.
- Support function and program leads in developing Safeguarding risk assessments.
- Analyse trends in Gaza office safeguarding performance and report to Risk and Compliance Director.
- Lead SG areas of analysis in new business development, program/budget design, program kick- off meetings, project annual review meetings, and management meetings.
- Support all functions in the implementation of Safer Programming and refine risk assessment tools.
- Form, lead and coach the team of Safeguarding Focal Points.
- Manage and track all mandatory SG trainings and ensure the Learning Management System is updated.
- Develop and adapt SG training, guidance, and communication materials.
- Support translation of material into local language, pictorial images and /or other child friendly material.
- Support all sectors and units to understand their safe programming responsibilities, refine risk assessment tools, build capacity of thematic programme, and support teams to carry out risk assessment in relation to safer programming.
- Work with MEAL team to develop tools to measure and evaluate the impact of the Safeguarding activities and mitigations.
- Develop and support Country Office specific SG referral mechanism and accountability lines.
- Ensure that SG reporting procedures will disseminate and understood by all stakeholders.
- Develop SG survivor response plan.
Required Experience
- Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience, with a minimum of 2 years spent working at NGO Senior Management level.
- A strong interest in international development/humanitarian work.
- A programme experience, with strong analytical skills is preferable.
- Excellent business partnering and relationship building skills.
- Proven ability to have a highly strategic focus, whilst dealing competently with operational matters.
- Strong personal organisational and self-management skills with an ability work in teams and motivate others.
- Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
- Willing to travel to support members directly or to relevant events as required.
Qualifications
University degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent field experience.
